The County Council is looking for applicants to serve as temporary acting chair and commissioners on the Planning Board following this week’s resignations of all five members.
All five members of the county’s Planning Board — Chair Casey Anderson, Vice Chair Partap Verma, and Commissioners Gerald Cichy, Tina Patterson, and Carol Rubin — resigned yesterday afternoon, effective immediately, after several weeks of controversy and allegations against members.
Montgomery County is continuing to loan computers to low-income and senior residents, using more than $22.6 million in federal and state grants for its Montgomery Connects digital equity program, County Executive Marc Elrich announced.
Maryland Lottery reports that two winning lottery tickets were sold in Silver Spring last week, while one was sold in Takoma Park but has gone unclaimed.
The state of Maryland has become the second in the country to prohibit cat declawing.
Several new traffic laws went into effect today (Oct. 1), according to announcements from several agencies, including a community advisory from the Takoma Park Police Department.
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) announced yesterday that area code 227 will eventually serve the same geographical region as area codes 240 and 301 in Maryland.
The Capital Bikeshare station at Philadelphia & Maple Ave. in Takoma Park will be temporarily removed on October 5, officials announced.
The county will begin accepting applications on Wednesday, Sept. 21 for funding from the Nonprofit Security Grants program, officials announced.