Digital Dish The city of Gaithersburg launched its new and improved website on March 25. The web address remains the same, but the new site offers better organization and easier navigation, calendar filtering options, integration of emergency notifications and social…
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City of Gaithersburg, Others, Oppose “CCT in Mixed Traffic” Option
by Karen O'Keefe • • 0 Comments
The Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) team charged with the design of the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) is investigating several value-engineering options forwarded to the MTA/CCT team by Montgomery County. Some of the options include changing the transitway’s alignment on Muddy…
County Exec Debate Focuses on Future
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Most Montgomery County voters are familiar with the three candidates who will face off June 24 in the Democratic primary election for Montgomery County Executive. Over the past two decades, County Executive Isiah Leggett, former County Executive Doug Duncan and…
City Scene
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Quince Orchard Boulevard Street Reconstruction Beginning the week of March 31, the city will be conducting street reconstruction on Quince Orchard Boulevard. The work, affecting Quince Orchard Boulevard from Diamond Drive to approximately 600 feet east, consists of removal and…
Officer Mark McGinnis Earns Honor
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The gas gauge on Jeremy Filko’s Subaru stated it would be empty in 40 miles. The gauge was wrong. The vehicle died about 100 yards away from a gas station in the middle of Quince Orchard Road where West Diamond…
City Scene
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‘Above and Beyond’ Award Received City Manager Tony Tomasello accepted the “Above and Beyond” Award on behalf of the city of Gaithersburg. Presented at the Employer Awards Luncheon hosted by the Maryland Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and…
Literacy at the Library
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It’s Saturday morning and Quince Orchard Library is bustling. Kids dressed in their karate uniforms are running around, stopping occasionally to look at the pictures in Flora and Ulysses or tapping out a game at the computer section. High school…
County Council Supports Public Campaign Financing Measure
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The Montgomery County Council is united in support of a proposal, sponsored by Council member Phil Andrews (District 3) and cosponsored by every one of his eight Council colleagues, to provide candidates for County Executive and County Council seats with…
City Scene
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade Seeks Participants Community groups and other organizations are invited to march in the parade, planned for March 15, 10 a.m. to noon at the Washingtonian Center. The grand marshals and emcees for this year’s parade are…
Reforestation Project Grows Environmental Education
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When Michele Potter and her department, Gaithersburg’s Parks, Recreation and Culture, applied for funding from the Governor’s Stream Restoration Challenge, what stood out about their application was their excellent educational component. The city’s application was for reforestation of the Muddy…