1. Welcome back from the weekend. We really don't understand the weather here at North Potomac-Darnestown Patch, but the area is set for another mostly sunny day with a high of 62 degrees. If you can deal with the cold in the morning, feel free to bust out shorts!
2. Today is the final day of the Israeli Art Expo at Temple Beth Ami. Stop by the North Potomac synagogue featuring over 2,000 pieces of handcrafted jewelry, ceramic, sculpture, fine art and Judaica, representing over 45 different Israeli artists.
3. The Washington Redskins Historian & author of Washington Redskins Football Vault and The Redskins Encyclopedia, Michael Richman, .
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4. In case you missed it: New North Potomac-Darnestown Patch student blogger .
5. On this day in history: The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine in 1874.
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