Wheaton, MD|News|
Bethesda Cares Helps Homeless as Temperatures Drop
The Bethesda Cares organization hits the streets on very cold nights to help those with no home stay warm.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
- South Orange, NJ
240-381-9407/laura.thornton[at]patch.com
This Massachusetts native developed her passion for community news when she moved to the Washington, DC, metropolitan area in 2004.
After dreaming about being a journalist for several years, she enrolled in journalism school at the University of Maryland, College Park, and received a master’s degree in online journalism in 2010.
She has freelanced for The Current Newspapers, a weekly community newspaper in Washington, DC, and has written for the Capital News Service, a news wire service run by the University of Maryland, as an environment reporter.
She also has a master’s degree in architectural history from the University of Virginia, and she received her bachelor’s degree in architecture and music from Wellesley College in 2001.
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Kensington, MD|News|
Bethesda Cares Helps Homeless as Temperatures Drop
The Bethesda Cares organization hits the streets on very cold nights to help those with no home stay warm.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD|News|
Bethesda Cares Helps Homeless as Temperatures Drop
The Bethesda Cares organization hits the streets on very cold nights to help those with no home stay warm.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Silver Spring, MD|News|
Bethesda Cares Helps Homeless as Temperatures Drop
The Bethesda Cares organization hits the streets on very cold nights to help those with no home stay warm.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Potomac, MD|News|
Girls Just Want to Have Fun—And Build Robots
Saturday, Nov. 2, was the sixth Girls Get Science event, and more than 60 girls and their parents participated.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD|News|
Girls Just Want to Have Fun—And Build Robots
Saturday, Nov. 2, was the sixth Girls Get Science event, and more than 60 girls and their parents participated.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Takoma Park, MD|News|
Girls Just Want to Have Fun—And Build Robots
Saturday, Nov. 2, was the sixth Girls Get Science event, and more than 60 girls and their parents participated.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Wheaton, MD|News|
Girls Just Want to Have Fun—And Build Robots
Saturday, Nov. 2, was the sixth Girls Get Science event, and more than 60 girls and their parents participated.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Kensington, MD|News|
Girls Just Want to Have Fun—And Build Robots
Saturday, Nov. 2, was the sixth Girls Get Science event, and more than 60 girls and their parents participated.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Silver Spring, MD|News|
Girls Just Want to Have Fun—And Build Robots
Saturday, Nov. 2, was the sixth Girls Get Science event, and more than 60 girls and their parents participated.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Silver Spring, MD|News|
Report: Silver Spring Transit Center Flaws Won't Get Final Fix Until Spring
Final repairs to the Silver Spring Transit Center won't be able to be made until next spring, The Gazette reports.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Silver Spring, MD|News|
Report: New Silver Spring Library Projected to Open in 2014
Silver Chips Online reports on the projected opening date of the new Silver Spring Library.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD|News|
Imagination Stage Receives Its Biggest Donation Yet
The donation wraps up the first phase of the theater's "Campaign to Secure the Future."
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD|News|
'Ghosts of DC': How Clyde's Got Its Name
Would you say Clyde was a person...or something else?
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD|News|
Donate to Typhoon Haiyan Victims in the Philippines
Helping those devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines is only a few clicks away.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Silver Spring, MD|News|
Donate to Typhoon Haiyan Victims in the Philippines
Helping those devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines is only a few clicks away.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD|News|
Slight Chance of Snow This Week
We could get a smidgen of snow Tuesday morning.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Silver Spring, MD|News|
Slight Chance of Snow This Week
We could get a smidgen of snow Tuesday morning.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Bethesda-Chevy Chase, MD|News|
Bethesda, Chevy Chase Obituaries
Recent obituaries from Bethesda and Chevy Chase.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
Silver Spring, MD|News|
Silver Spring Obituaries
Recent obituaries from Silver Spring.
Laura L Thornton, Patch Staff
