Week in Review: Sept. 19-25

It was a special week in Bethesda Patch history—our site We had a few shoutouts for all of the bloggers, tipsters, commenters, sources and contributors that make this site possible—including you, the community!

This week, we posted our video reporting on a few special events last weekend—the and the grand opening of the in Cabin John Regional Park, a memorial to late tai chi instructor David Chen.

Cinema Art Bethesda at Bethesda Row Cinema this week, and our arts reporter Karen Kullgren reported on the group. In other arts news, Karen brought us a

Wednesday, we reported that local homeless outreach group is beginning a volunteer effort to catalog men and women living on the street in Bethesda after they said in a new, permanent housing facility for the homeless on Hampden Lane. That story also appeared on the new HuffPost DC. And in BRAC news, local stakeholders for transportation projects that could be in line for federal funds.

We also reported this week on local gay veterans who of the military’s controversial Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy in a gathering at . In other LGBT news, we reported that the in Maryland will return to the legislature next session.

We had some great parenting posts this week as mom columnist Marly Carpenter and Mom’s Council member Anh LyJordan detailed her family’s experiences with (She first realized she may have been suffering from SKS when she sent her younger son to pre-school in a "Who Let the Dogs Out" T-shirt on picture day—a must-read if you haven't already!)

And for the Taste of Bethesda, the famous food festival returns to the Woodmont Triangle Oct. 1. Are you ready?

Have a great rest of the weekend and we’ll see you next week with more news.