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Post: Purple Line Planners Gave Country Club Special Treatment — A legal agreement to move some greens around the Purple Line and provide golf cart crossings for the Columbia Country Club requires the club to give up its opposition of the transit system. The changes are detailed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement from the Maryland Transit Administration. The Washington Post claims the concessions granted to the club, a historic property, sets it apart from homeowners along the Purple Line route. [Washington Post]

B-CC Homecoming Festival — The Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School boosters club will host a Homecoming Festival on the B-CC tennis courts before the football team’s homecoming game against visiting Blair on Oct. 4. The event starts at 4 p.m. and will include food, carnival games, face painting, a cake walk, Washington Wizards mascot G-Wiz and a live broadcast from a pair of WPGC 95.5 FM DJs. The $5 for adult, $3 for students and $1 for kids 7-11 covers admission for the football game, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m. [B-CC All Sports Boosters]

Final Week Of Rock Spring Market — Food trucks and vendors will come to Rockledge Drive for the final time this year. The Curley’s Q barbecue food truck, voted one of the top BBQ places in DC, will unveil a new I-Talian sandwich. [MyMCMedia]

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EDITOR'S NOTE: WTOP first brought you this quiz in 2019. Presidents Day is coming. How well do you know the less-important facts about the nation's leaders? Take WTOP's quiz — with any luck, it won't take you all Presidents Day to finish it.
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