After several months of review, site visits and discussion, the mayor and City Council voted on the majority of the Planning Department and Historical Commission’s recommendations for eight properties in Kentlands. The Mansion, Barn and Dog and Cat House — all publicly owned — were approved for the historic designation. The Mansion had an...
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Financial Report Available Online The City of Gaithersburg FY 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report is now available at http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov. The report contains financial information of importance to the decision-making process of the Mayor and City Council, the citizens of Gaithersburg, oversight bodies and creditors. It is also a vehicle for city officials to gauge...
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In addition to statewide referenda on Maryland ballots, Montgomery County voters will have three local referenda to decide: “Questions” A, B and C. While Question C, which deals with repealing the prohibition on issuing licenses for alcoholic beverages, will appear only in the 12th District of Damascus, voters countywide will have the option of...
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City Celebrates National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week As part of National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week, local elementary and middle schools participated in the city of Gaithersburg’s 17th Annual Poster Contest. Seven schools participated and, out of 890 nominations, 10 winners were announced at the Oct. 15 Mayor and City Council meeting. In addition, the city’s 13th...
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It may look like 182 acres of reddish dirt from Sam Eig Highway, but closer inspection at official groundbreaking on Oct. 11 shows much is happening at “Crown,” Gaithersburg’s newest master-planned community. At 11:30 a.m., to the cheers of onlookers, officials and developers raised ceremonial spades of dirt to officially break ground on the...
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The City Council discussed the advantages and disadvantages of opting into the county’s Commission on Common Ownership Communities (CCOC) at a work session Oct. 8. Established in 1991, the 15-member CCOC provides impartial dispute resolution programs to homeowner associations, condominium associations and housing cooperatives to resolve disagreements between residents and association governing bodies. The...
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New Nonprofit Proposed to Support the Arts in Gaithersburg At the Oct. 1 Gaithersburg Mayor and Council meeting, Mary Fehlig, chair of the Gaithersburg Arts and Monuments Funding Corporation (GAMFC), and Denise Kayser, acting head of the Arts and Events Division, made a presentation to the Mayor and City Council outlining a need for...
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City Bestows Annual Honors On Sept. 16, at the Celebrate Gaithersburg Festival, the Mayor and Council announced the city’s 2012 Distinguished Citizen, Distinguished Friend and Outstanding Organizations. The 2012 Distinguished Citizen Award was awarded to Stan Alster, who served on the Gaithersburg City Council from 1986 through 2007 and is most recognized for his...
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City of Gaithersburg Council member Jud Ashman has been named recipient of the County Executive’s Community Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities. The award recognizes Ashman for his role in founding and promoting the Gaithersburg Book Festival. A brainchild of Ashman, the Gaithersburg Book Festival was launched in 2010 as a program...
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When longtime Kentlands resident John Schlichting talks about his work for the city of Gaithersburg, his eyes light up, he smiles a lot, and he sketches intermittent, illustrative, rapid-fire diagrams of exciting projects and project components. Schlichting is Gaithersburg’s director of Planning and Code Administration, the department charged with managing municipal growth and development....
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