Mayor Sidney Katz delivered the annual Gaithersburg “State of the City” address April 11 in the theater of the Rosborough Cultural Arts and Wellness Center at Asbury Methodist Village to a crowd of about 300. His message, and the message from four members of the City Council who spoke as well, was strictly positive...
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City Manager Tony Tomasello gave a detailed overview of the proposed FY 2014 Gaithersburg budget, including a prioritized listing of capital improvement projects, at the meeting of the mayor and City Council on April 15. The total budget proposed for FY 2014 is $56.6 million, Tomasello said, which represents a 9.9 percent increase over...
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A large majority of respondents to a recent survey rejected the idea of the city of Gaithersburg opting into the Commission on Common Ownership Communities (CCOC) program, according to a city official who spoke at an April 8 mayor and City Council work session. More than 3,500 surveys were mailed to a random sampling...
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Join in the Kentlands Day Parade April 20 is the deadline to register to participate in the Fifth Annual Kentlands Day Parade, which will kick off a daylong community event on May 4. The Kentlands Day festival will take place from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in Downtown Kentlands. The parade will begin at...
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If all goes well, Gaithersburg will have an extensively remodeled library this fall with a host of new features and services designed to meet the needs of the city’s diverse population. “We want this to be something that the community is comfortable coming to and where there’s a place for everyone,” Kay Bowman, the...
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The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments recently approved a motion to reconsider its position on gun violence by a vote of 24-4-1. A substitute motion to ask for committee input and address how to handle potential legislative positions was approved by a vote of 26-2-1. At a city work session on April 8, Gaithersburg...
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The Gaithersburg Police Department celebrated its 50th anniversary April 1. A lot has changed in the past five decades when it comes to law enforcement training, techniques and budgets. In Fiscal Year 1964, David Marstiller, Gathersburg’s first chief of police, had only $4,000 to pay his sole officer, along with an equipment budget of...
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Tax Changes Proposed for City Public hearings were held on April 2 and 15 about proposed changes to the city of Gaithersburg budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The proposed changes include establishing a constant yield tax rate that will increase by 0.4 percent from the previous year’s rate. In addition, the...
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On April 12, students, teachers and parents filed into Diamond Elementary School to immerse themselves in the different cultures and countries represented at the fourth annual International Night. Chaired by parent volunteer Nazanin Kholdebarin, the event featured 21 countries around the world, from Guyana to Holland. School hallways were crowded with colorful stands and...
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BOE Visits QO Cluster Members of the Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) were scheduled to visit the Quince Orchard schools cluster on April 18 to meet with principals and executive PTA executive committees, as well as other community members. The meeting, sponsored by the Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, is part of...
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