GARY
H. DITTO
Long & Foster Realtors®
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Gary H. Ditto - Newsletters
In my continual goal to offer outstanding services
that customers will find informative and interesting, I am pleased
to present to you reprints of articles from newsletters that have
a special meaning to the history of Kensington, the people and the
community. This will be an on-going endeavour, so stop back by another
time as more articles are posted. Recent newsletters are posted
in their entirety as "pdf" files. To access this free
reader, visit www.adobe.com .
--Gary Ditto
YEAR
ISSUE
DESCRIPTION
2009
May/June
Fine
Food Around Town
2009
March
Jubilee
Association of Maryland at Home in Old Town
2009
2008 Annual Sold Report
Gary's
annual Sold Report - January - December 2008
2008
Fall
Autumn in Kensington
2008
Mid Year
Sold Report
Gary
Ditto's Mid Year Sold Report
2008
Summer
Summer
in Kensington!
2008
May
Kensington celebrates
The Day of the Book!
2008
March
Then
and Now ... The Noyes Library for Young Children
2007
Annual Sold Report
Gary's
annual Sold Report News - Jan-Dec 2007
2007
Fall
Introducing Two
New Restaurants in Kensington
2007
Mid-Year Sold Report
Gary's
annual Mid-Year Sold Report News - Jan-July 2007
2007
Summer
Paint the Town
and the MCAA
2007
May/June
What's Old
is New in Kensington
2007
Feb/Mar
Long-Term
Residents Daniel and Gloria Botkiss Recall Kensington Fondly
2006
Nov/Dec
Helping Hands
- Introducing Four Community Organizations
2006
Fall
Fun at the Kensington
Labor Day Festival
2006
June
Parenting with
a Smile
2006
April
The Kensington
Nursery School, 66 Years of Family and Children, Part 2
2006
March
The Kensington
Nursery School, 66 Years of Family and Children, Part 1
2005
Fall
A Special Anniversary
2005
Sept
The Kensington
Poetry Contest: Congratulations to the Winners
2005
Summer
Memories
of Sixty Years on Franklin Street, Part 2
2005
June
Memories
of Sixty Years on Franklin Street, Part 1
2005
February
A Tour
of Capitol View Park
2004
Fall
The NIH
Story
2004
Jul-Aug
Kensington
Parkwood Elementary School: Farewell to the Old Building - Welcome
to the New
2004
June
The
Book Talk Series at the Kensington Park Library
2004
April
Garrett
Park Nursery School's 50th Anniversary: May 1, 2004
2004
Spring
Theatre
in the Kensington Area - Something for Everyone
2003
Oct
90th
Anniversary of the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
2003
Summer
Temple
Emanuel - 50th Anniversary
2003
April
A
70th Anniversary Celebration
2003
March
The
Kensington Cabin
2002
January
The Woman's
Club of Kensington and the Community
2002
May
The Beginnings
of a Cherished Town Instituion: The Kensington Volunteer Fire
Department
2002
Summer
The Kensington
Trolley Line - 1895 - 1933
2002
Fall
A Tradition of
Service
2002
December
A Gift from
the Community
2001
Fall
More Kensington
Stories
2001
Summer
The Early
Years
2001
April
The Woman's
Club ofKensington
2001
March
Olde
Old Town Kensington
2001
March
England's
Kensington
2000
Fall
Looking
Back: 28 Years at the Noyes Library
2000
Summer
Olde
Old Town Kensington
2000
Summer
The
Beginnings of Kensington, MD
2000
May
Isadella
Ward's Family Memories, Part 2
2000
Spring
Isadella
Ward's Family Memories, Part 1
1999
December
99-Plus
Years of Looking Back, Part 3
1999
Fall
99-Plus
Years of Looking Back, Part 2
1999
Fall
99-Plus
Years of Looking Back, Part 1
1999
Spring
Woman's
Community Club of Kensington Anniversary, Part 3
1998
December
The Kensington
Letters
1998
Fall
Woman's
Community Club of Kensington Anniversary Celebration, Part 2
1998
Summer
Woman's
Community Club of Kensington Anniversary Celebration, Part 1
SELECT ARTICLES PRIOR TO 1998
YEAR
ISSUE
DESCRIPTION
1983
Winter
Miscellaneous
real estate facts
1984
Spring
Miscellaneous
real estate facts
1984
Summer
Miscellaneous
real estate facts
1984
Winter
Strategic
Planning Will Sell your Home Successfully
1985
August
Kensington's
Hawkins Produce
1985
May
KENSINGTON,
BETHESDA, CHEVY CHASE LEAD COUNTY IN 1984 HOME RESALE VALUES
1986
Winter (Jan)
A School
in the Woods
1986
April
REFINANCING
A MORTGAGE: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
1986
May/June
Soaring
into Summer
1986
Summer
NEIGHBORS
HELPING NEIGHBORS: SUPPLIES FOR CONVALESCENTS, THE LADIES AUXILIARY,
MILESTONES: THE KENSINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
1986
Sept/Oct
Pleasures
of the Park
1986
Nov/Dec
A COMMUTERS
PUZZLE
AND A SOLUTION?
1987
January
From Armory
to Town Hall
1987
February
From Armory
to Town Hall, Part 2
1987
April/May
People,
Pets and Friendly Visits
1987
Summer
Sailing
through Summer
1987
September
The Trial of
the Ghost Library
1987
November
On the
Trail of the Ghost Library
1989
January
Building the
Kensington Cabin
1989
April
Kensington's
Parks & People
1989
May
Josephs
Park: A History of Kensington Part 1
1989
June
Josephs
Park: A History of Kensington Part 2
1989
July
Josephs
Park: A History of Kensington Part 3
1989
October
The
Harry W. McGinniss Memorial Carillon At the Warner Memorial
Presbyterian Church
1989
Nov/Dec
St. Pauls
United Methodist Church - A Ringing Tradition
1990
January
Bringing Beauty
to All Seasons Part 1
1990
February
Bringing Beauty
to All Seasons Part 2
1990
Sep/Oct
Journey
of the Big Train
1991
January
The Whooshball and the Historic House
1991
July/Aug
At Home
in Kensington - Noyes Library
1991
October
Into
the Woods
and Woodend, the home of the Audbon Naturalist
Society
1991
December
A Boyhood
Remembrance - Alfred D. Noyes
1992
January
Another Walk
through Woodend
1992
March
The Wells
and Woodend
1992
July/August
Interages
- Building Bridges between Young and Old
1992
October
What's
in a Name? Orienteering in Kensington
1993
January
A Tour
of Lower Rock Creek Park - Part I
1993
March
Celebrating
the Neighborhood: Happy 100th Birthday Noyes Children's Library
- Outdoor Nursery
1993
May
A Tour of
Lower Rock Creek Park - Part II
1993
June
The Stars
Come Out Again for Noyes
1993
July/August
A
Kensington Scrap Book
1993
September
A Centennial
Reunion: Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church Celebrates 100
Years
1994
January-February
The
View From Here
1994
March
Helping
the Community - Profile of an Artist, Judy Hank Henn
1994
May
Remembering
the Kensignton Founders
1994
June
Celebrating
the Town's founding 100 years
1994
July/August
Kensington
Labor Day Festival
1994
October
Cause
for Celebration - Kensington Park Library Reopens Monday, October
17, 1994
1995
January/February
Boyhood
Remembrances of Alfred D. Noyes, age 87
1995
Spring
More Remembrances
of Alfred D. Noyes, age 87
1995
Fall
A Caring
Community Shows its Support
1995
Novemer
Maggie
Hahn: Seven Decades of Montgomery County History Up Close
1996
December
Neighbors
for Over Half a Century