Going green has been a hot topic on the campaign circuit. But while  conservation and environmental diligence are making headlines at the moment, protecting the environment has been a year-round commitment at Oak Crest, a Parkville-based retirement community.

Don’t throw out that chair with the wobbly leg or ditch that table that has lost its luster just yet. Stop by the Oak Crest wood shop where, for a nominal fee, they’ll have your furniture looking like new again.

Five years ago Ethel Darragh, a retired community health nurse from Ellicott City, could never in her wildest dreams have imagined she would one day be directing a theatrical production—that is, until she moved to Charlestown.

Oak Crest’s Canine Cup may not have all the pomp and circumstance of the Westminster Dog Show, but one thing’s for sure—the competitors knew how to have a doggone good time.

As the summer travel season begins to wind down and kids prepare to head back to school, the folks at Charlestown and Oak Crest keep on traveling no matter what the season.