Week in Review: Elections, More Elections, and a Bank Robbery

Wow! Is it just me or does the beginning of last week seem like a really long time ago? On Monday, for example, primary election fervor reached a fever pitch, and Patch editors were in a frenzy writing last minute info on various candidates and providing up-to-the-minute information on the status of the State Board of Elections website. Somewhere in there, we managed to talk about the state of Route 1 and the TheBus strike. 

Tuesday was the big day (well, for a few people -- Tuesday saw the smallest voter turnout for an election in some time). Patch was out and about, monitoring activity at the polls and watching UMd. facilities unsuccessfully attempt to take down campaign signs at Ritchie Coliseum. We stayed up late watching the votes come in and we wrote about the winners and the losers. Residents who didn't get enough noise and chaos during election day got their fill at the annual Doggie Dive-In at Ellen Linson Pool, an event so adorable it could single-handedly put Cute Overload out of business.  

On Thursday, police announced that they caught one of the suspects in the armed robbery on Aug. 8, and approximately 20 minutes later, an armed robbery occurred at the M&T Bank on Knox Road. So much for quiet. 

Amidst the maelstrom, our fearless and probably overworked About Town columnist Rich Abdill mused about the Purple Line, smoking, and why our IKEA isn't crawling with feral cats.