Week in Review: National Night Out, Looney's Pub, M-Urgency for the City, and More

Monday, , a nine-day tournament that was held at the Tennis Center at College Park. Second seed Nadia Petrova of Russia beat first seed Shahar Peer of Israel. In doubles action, Sania Mirza of India and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan won over Olga Govortsova of Belarus and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia.

Also on Monday, a brief hailstorm passed through College Park, from which . We also continued to garner about the debt ceiling debate.

Tuesday, Mom Columnist Gretchen Schock shared a story about a . (Patch asks, what are some of your favorite places for mommy dates?)  on the Princeton Review's list of party schools since last year (from 19th to 18th).

Also on Tuesday, county council passed a resolution allowing for an .

Wednesday, columnist Ann Brennan explained why she believes .

Wednesday, Patch also published two albums of photos from the National Night Out observation: one from and one from the . Did you take photos, too? Feel free to add them to these Patch Community Albums.

Thursday, Patch reported that the city council will consider an opportunity to expand the University of Maryland M-Urgency program to the city. The UMd. police chief said he believes the program is life saving. .

Also Thursday, we learned a bit more about the, and Patch provided an update on the effort to raise funds for .

Friday, About Town Columnist Joe Smith asked, in accomplishing its mission to take back the streets from crime? Also on Friday, Patch had a that were going to be available at a Saturday adoption event. To see which cats are still available, contact Animal Control Officer Vivian Cooper at 240-375-3165.