To the Editor: I am writing in response to the letter to the editor published in the July 9 issue of The Town Courier in which the author had, in part, written that her opinion of MedImmune had been “greatly diminished” after a group of family and friends was ordered to vacate the MedImmune...
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This week a civil engineer from the state of Maryland gave a presentation in the Lakelands Clubhouse updating us on the Corridor Cities Transitway project. The CCT is a vital project to our region, and there is a key decision that appears to be moving in a direction that could have a negative impact...
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Main Street Music Festival After two weeks of rain delays, the Main Street Music Festival finally got off the ground on June 23 and again on June 30 with dozens of people in the crowd, including City Council members Ryan Spiegel and Michael Sesma. We salute the Kentlands Downtown Partnership (KDP) for bringing some...
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To the Editor: I awaken to the sounds of construction coming from the ever-expanding MedImmune across Great Seneca Highway. Normally it doesn’t bother me as I always thought of MedImmune as a friendly company whose expansion brings both career and economic opportunities the people of Gaithersburg, but after being ordered to leave the parking...
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Gaithersburg has won a federal grant to run a pilot program using digital surveillance cameras to combat gang crime. The pilot is to run for one year. The cameras, to be initially located in Olde Towne, should be installed by January 2011. Congratulations to the city and its Police Department for a continued proactive approach...
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From 1975 through 1978, I worked for a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives on legislation designed to (among other things) prevent disasters like the tragic loss of human life and human injuries — and the ongoing, incalculable other losses that continue to mount following the April 20 explosion, incineration and eventual sinking of the semi-submersible offshore...
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