1968

William H. Farquhar Middle School opens

1970

Greenwood Elementary School opens

1971

Montgomery General Hospital moves into new building behind the old facility

1972

First National Bank and Savings Institution combine as Sandy Spring National Bank and Savings Institution

1974

Belmont Elementary School opens

1977

Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company moves to new building on Meeting House Road; Fair Hill, old Brooke/Canby/Farquhar home and Quaker School, destroyed by fire; Village Mart, first large local shopping center, opens on site of Fair Hill and Richard Brooke's grave

1978

Widening of Olney intersection erases heart of the old village; Olney Inn burns despite efforts of more than a hundred firefighters; Longwood Recreation Center opens

1980

Delmas Wood and Willard Derrick found Sandy Spring Museum in basement of bank branch in Olney

1982

County opens Olney Community Library across from St. John's Episcopal Church