Adventist HealthCare to Acquire Fort Washington Medical Center

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"Adventist HealthCare is taking another local hospital — its first in Prince George’s County — under its wing.
The Gaithersburg-based system has signed an agreement to take over Fort Washington Medical Center, a small acute-care hospital run by Oxon Hill-based Nexus Health Inc. Adventist plans to invest $35 million over five years in the facility at 11711 Livingston Road in Prince George’s County, and says it is not planning any staff changes or layoffs.
Adventist and Fort Washington announced Wednesday they will determine a plan for operations and services in the coming months. Pending state review, the transition is expected to take effect this fall and would significantly grow Adventist’s footprint in Prince George’s County, stretching it 27-some miles south of its planned new hospital in Montgomery County’s White Oak neighborhood. Currently, Adventist operates an urgent care center in Laurel, and primary and specialty care locations in College Park and Greenbelt.
The hospital will be known as Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center."

Fort Washington golf club teed up for sale

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"Colliers International is marketing the 127-acre, private golf course in Fort Washington to interested buyers and hopes to drum up interest ahead of an early September online auction to be held by Ten-X Commercial. The brokerage, in marketing materials, touts the Ted Robinson-designed 18-hole golf course and its proximity to MGM National Harbor, about eight miles away, among its selling points. The Ten-X auction is slated to start Sept. 9, with an opening bid of $1 million and bid intervals set at $250,000.
It's the second time in as many years that the site at 300 St. Andrews Drive has been put on the market. Philadelphia-based Golf Property Analysts listed the property for sale in spring 2018 with an asking price of $4 million. The property is owned by an affiliate of Manassas-based Fore Golf Partners, which acquired the site for $5.45 million in 2005.
Keith Cubba, a senior vice president at Colliers who is part of the team marketing the property, said there has been a lot of interest in the property and that the market "is very deep with prospects." While golf courses aren't the typical property listed for Tex-X auctions, National Golf Club is a strong, cash-flowing asset that offers a better return than conventional commercial real estate investments listed on the platform, he said."

Author of "Uncle Tom's Journey" to Speak at Accokeek Library - Aug. 3

In her book Uncle Tom’s Journey from Maryland to Canada: The Life of Josiah Henson, Edna M. Troiano recounts the true story of the amazing life of a Maryland hero, Josiah Henson, and why his name has almost disappeared from history.   

Born into slavery in LaPlata, MD, Josiah Henson was auctioned off as a child to pay his owner’s debts.  After numerous trials and abuse, he earned the trust of his slaveholder by exhibiting intelligence and skill.  Daringly, he escaped to Canada with his wife and children.  There he established a settlement and school for fugitives, and at great risk of life and liberty repeatedly returned to the United States to help lead over 100 others to freedom along the Underground Railroad.  He published a bestselling autobiography and became a popular preacher, lecturer, and international celebrity.  He is immortalized as the inspiration for the title character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.  

Sponsored by the Friends of the Accokeek Library. 

Book cover depicts Henson meeting Queen Victoria.

When a Tree Falls, Who Pays for the Damage?

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• When an oak topples in the forest and no one’s around to hear it, who cares? But when your neighbor’s tree falls on your roof, you’ll care—and want to know whose homeowners insurance will pay.
• The short answer: Tap your own coverage. Make a claim through your insurer for tree damages to your property, even if the tree was rooted in your neighbor’s yard.
• In the opposite case—a tree from your yard causes damage to the property next door—it’s up to your neighbor to put in a claim with his or her insurer. 

Aging in place helps you to avoid a retirement community or nursing home

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“I’d like to move to a nursing home or assisted living,” said no older adult ever. In fact, a recent study by AARP found that nine of 10 older Americans preferred to live in their homes as long as possible. The aging-in-place movement seeks to let seniors do just that, avoiding heading to a retirement community or skilled nursing facility for as long as possible — or forever. But staying put requires planning, and the sooner you start, the more prepared you’ll be, whether you remain spry until 103.