“The mayor dropped in for Thanksgiving dinner. “To me, our employees, our residents, that means: ‘I am somebody.’” – City of Gaithersburg Homeless Advocate, Jimmy Frazier Bey The Wells/Robertson House is a uniquely Gaithersburg program offering transitional housing for people who are homeless and in recovery from chemical addiction. It has become a model...
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After a delay spent resolving an unforeseen stormwater management design problem, Montgomery County officials held an enthusiastic, if frigid, “groundbreaking ceremony” on Dec. 18 to signal the final “ go-ahead” for the library renovation’s construction. A hardy crowd of about 40, including library users, county general services (construction) officials, library staff, upcounty regional center...
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At the annual meeting of the Kentlands Downtown Partnership (KDP) Nov. 30, newly appointed Economic Director Tom Lonergan addressed a crowd — including Kentlands-area business owners and a bevy of local leaders — on the path to the city’s continued successful economic development. Lonergan emphasized the critical importance of a stellar reputation for the...
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Tim Clarke is an attorney, a recently appointed member of the City of Gaithersburg Board of Supervisors of Elections, and a just-elected member of the Kentlands Citizens Assembly Board of Trustees. He is also a busy solo-practice attorney, but Clarke has decided that the time has come to do more. He has been married...
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Henley Construction Company, Inc. has been awarded the construction contract for the Gaithersburg Library renovation. A regional construction firm founded and headquartered in Gaithersburg, Henley Construction was the builder of the original Gaithersburg Library. A representative from Henley told The Town Courier Oct. 11, “We signed the contract today and expect to have it...
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Five candidates running for three seats on the Gaithersburg City Council faced the public together on the evening of October 19 at the Kentlands Clubhouse in a forum sponsored by the Kentlands Citizens Assembly (KCA). Election Day is November 8. A crowd of about 40 attended the candidates’ forum. Three candidates: Jud Ashman, Cathy...
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If the Congressional redistricting plan to be submitted to the Maryland General Assembly by Governor Martin O’Malley is approved in the Special Session to start Oct. 17, Gaithersburg will move out of the current 8th Congressional District, now represented by Chris Van Hollen (D), and into the 6th Congressional District, now represented by Roscoe...
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UPDATED Lakelands resident Michele Wolf is an editor, a teacher, a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister and an award-winning, widely published poet. Not in that order. “Poet” is much closer to the top of the list. Wife and mother are up there too. Possibly the three stand together. I know that from...
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“God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please — you can never have both.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson The critical importance of Egypt to American national security has apparently led us to support Hosni Mubarak for a long time. Sources say Mubarak’s Egypt has played a key...
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Born, raised, educated and in the midst of a satisfying and challenging career in health care in Colorado, Shelly Leyba surprised everyone in her family and back in her hometown three years ago when she packed up and moved to Kentlands in Gaithersburg, Md. — and more recently to Quince Orchard Park. Possibly she herself...
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