Representatives from the Kentlands Community Foundation (KCF) presented Gaithersburg city officials with a check for $10,500 at the Dec. 5 City Council meeting. The donation represents a portion of the proceeds from the 18th Annual Kentlands/Lakelands 5K Race and Kids Fun Run, held on September 3. The money is earmarked for the Dolores Swoyer...
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The Gaithersburg City Council elected Council member Ryan Spiegel as vice president at the Dec. 5 meeting. The term is for one-year. “I’m grateful to the mayor and my colleagues on the City Council for their confidence in me, and I will make every effort to represent the city of Gaithersburg well during my...
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Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz, the City Council and the Planning Commission will hold a joint public hearing on Dec. 5 at City Hall to discuss if the Kentlands Firehouse at 321 Firehouse Lane should be designated historic. The elected leaders will make the final decision. The meeting follows a recommendation by the Historic District...
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The Kentlands Downtown Partnershop hosted the third annual holiday tree lighting at Market Square Plaza on Dec. 4. Organizers said it may have been the biggest crowd yet for the downtown Kentlands tradition. In addition to the tree lighting, there was live entertainment and a visit from Santa Claus who arrived atop a Montgomery...
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There’s a lot of holiday fun on tap this weekend in Gaithersburg to kickoff the merry season. The Winter Lights Festival is back at Seneca Creek State Park. Drive through 3.5 miles and see hundreds of twinkling light and animated displays. The festival hours are 6-10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and 6-9...
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Quince Orchard’s undefeated football season came to a halt in Baltimore on Dec. 2. The Cougars lost in overtime to Old Mill 36-35 at the state 4A championship. Quince Orchard was ahead the entire game until the end of the fourth quarter. When Old Mill scored a touchdown in the overtime period, instead of...
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UPDATE Old Mill wins 36-35 in overtime. The Quince Orchard Cougars travel to Baltimore tonight to take on Old Mill in the Maryland 4A state championship game. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. at M & T Bank Stadium, tickets cost $8. Both teams are undefeated and enter the game with a perfect 13-0 record....
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The 2012 Gaithersburg Book Festival (GBF) is still over five months away but it’s already making news as organizers have announced a new partnership with the Washington, D.C. based Politics & Prose Bookstore for the upcoming event. Organizers said the partnership includes book sales and author recruitment. “We are proud and honored to be...
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The 2011 city election may be over but some of the issues brought to the attention of the Gaithersburg Board of Supervisors of Elections (BOSE) during the election cycle remain unresolved. At a BOSE meeting on Nov. 30, some of those issues were revisited. Look for a revision of the city code to address...
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The Gaithersburg Parks and Recreation Department is reporting that concession revenue has more than tripled since the Gaithersburg Arts Barn Pub in Kentlands debuted on March 4 with the Irish play, “Stones in his Pockets.” “The ‘pub’ setting, created with theatre scenery, table cloths and mood lighting in one of the Arts Barn classrooms,...
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