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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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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UPDATED Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz and the City Council are scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting at 7 p.m. at the Gaithersburg Hilton, 620 Perry Parkway, on Tuesday, Nov. 29 to discuss the annual performance review of City Manager Angel Jones. The Town Courier has learned the elected officials want to meet offsite in...
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Looking for a cultural experience this Thanksgiving weekend without having to drive to Washington, D.C. or Baltimore? The Kentlands Mansion hosts “Around the World with Silver Roots” on Saturday, Nov. 26. Julliard-trained musicians Shawn Wyckoff (flute) and Maria Millar (violin) will be performing a program almost entirely of original compositions and arrangements created especially...
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UPDATED A clear and cool autumn night greeted runners and walkers at the second annual Winter Lights 5K Run/Walk at Seneca Creek State Park on Nov. 19. Some called it “perfect” running weather. The popular holiday event sold out weeks before with over 400 runners and 200 walkers registered to run or walk under...
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Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz swore in the newly elected City Council members at a special meeting on Nov. 14 at City Hall that began with Board of Supervisors of Elections Chairperson Joan More presenting the certified results. Incumbents Jud Ashman, Cathy Drzyzgula and Ryan Scott Spiegel won re-election on Nov. 8. The three elected...
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The city of Gaithersburg has hired a consultant to help find the city’s next planning and code administration (PCA) director. On Nov. 14, the job was officially posted on the city’s website and applicants were instructed to apply to Slavin Management Consultants in Norcross, Georgia and not Gaithersburg City Hall. According to the job...
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The preliminary election results are in and Gaithersburg City Council incumbents Jud Ashman, Cathy Drzyzgula and Ryan Spiegel have been reelected for another four years, according to election results announced tonight at City Hall. The trio were surrounded with family and friends when the results were read. “I am really happy it’s over,” said...
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