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By Jenny Chen The construction dust has barely settled on the great hall of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir temple in Beltsville, but hundreds of parishioners are streaming into the door this Saturday morning for the Diwali ceremony. Inside, rows and rows of people are sitting cross legged, facing a stunningly lit display on stage at the front. There are …

April, 2013 — Former laboratory director at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dr. Tien C. Tso, better known as “T.C,” died April 9, 2013 at his residence in Riderwood in Silver Spring, of natural causes.  He was 95. A long time resident of Beltsville, MD, he began forging a distinguished USDA career in 1950 at the Tobacco Research …