Week in Review: A New Freeway, High School Hoops and Feline Friends

This week in Germantown was an eclectic one for news, with headlines featuring everything from pet adoption to breastfeeding education.

Last Sunday, high school basketball teams around the state learned their playoff seeding fate at the state draw. The Northwest boys lost their first-round matchup to Walter Johnson, ending their season, and the Seneca Valley boys beat Tuscarora to advance to the second round of play. The SV girls were beat by Quince Orchard by 12 points to finish the year. The Northwest girls received a first-round bye and will start second-round play on Tuesday, March 1.

The Inter-County Connector opened early this week, and Patch was there to provide extensive coverage of the event, including this video of the opening ceremony, and this .

Following several arrests related to a string of robberies in 2010, police displayed unclaimed stolen items on Tuesday in an attempt to return the property to its original owners.

Shady Grove Adventist Hospital . The hospital offers lactation classes to new mothers seven days a week.

The this weekend. Council President Valerie Ervin was scheduled to speak at the meeting. A rescheduling date has not yet been announced.

Finally, kittens were up for adoption at PetSmart on Sunday, as they are every other weekend. Check them out again in a couple of weeks, and take one home with you.

Correction: A previous version of this story mis-reported the Seneca Valley girls score. We regret the error.