PatchCast March 30: Libraries Face Funding Cuts, Shoppers Descend on D.C., MD Comptroller Tours Middle School

Here's what happened in the towns around you over the last 24 hours. Brought to you by our team of editors, reporters, photographers and videographers.

• : The D.C. Mayor delivered his first "State of the District" address this week.
• : Hundreds of shoppers turned out for the District Sample Sale.
• : Flower Avenue will become a "green street."
• : Local libraries would become "community branches" if the county executive's proposed budget is approved.
• : A bus driver, whose routes included stops at North Potomac elementary and middle schools, was fired from the school district after he was arrested for the possession of child pornography.
• : The state comptroller visited the Cabin John Middle School construction site this week.