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Montgomery Co. schools fight to maintain budget
Montgomery County school officials are pushing for an exemption to a state law that requires yearly increases in the schools budget, despite growing enrollment.
Tags: Montgomery County Public Schools
Parking costs could go up in Silver Spring, Bethesda
The Montgomery County Council is considering an increase from 50 cents an hour to 60 cents an hour in Silver Spring. The hike also would be a dime in Bethesda, from 65 cents an hour to 75 cents an hour.
Tags: Silver Spring , Bethesda , Parking , Metro
Did taxpayers get soaked for pumping station construction?
Montgomery County Inspector General Thomas Dagley issued a report that indicates developers were paid twice for the Hoyles Mill Wastewater Pumping Station -- once by the county and once by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.
Tags: Kate Ryan , Thomas Dagley , West Germantown Development District , Hoyles Mill Wastewater Pumping Station , Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Pepco, pandhandling debated at Montgomery Co. meeting
Transportation and taxes, power outages and panhandling. Montgomery County residents spoke out about them all at a town hall meeting in our area last night.
Tags: Roger Berliner , phil andrews , Valerie Ervin , Pepco , panhandling , Michelle Basch
Montgomery Co. looks to limit roadside solicitations
To ban the practice of groups asking you for money or to come to their car washes, the Montgomery County Council needs help from state lawmakers.
Tags: Roadside soliciting , panhandling , Fill the Boot campaign
Plan to merge police forces stalls in Mont. Co.
Time is running out for a complicated plan to merge Montgomery County's police force with Maryland-National Capital Park Police.
Tags: Maryland National Capital Park police , Montgomery County , Prince George's County , Isiah Leggett , Nancy Floreen , Montgomery County Police , Maryland General Assembly , Evan Haning
Md. residents oppose proposed water rate hike
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission wants to raise rates for water and sewer service yet again, but residents say they need a break from the hikes.
Tags: WSSC , Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission , Prince George's County , Montgomery County , Prince George's County Council , rate hike , Veronica Robinson
Residents invited to sound off online on Mont. Co. budget
Cyberspace is the place if you want to sound off on Montgomery County's budget without sitting through a marathon public meeting.
Tags: Isiah Leggett , Montgomery County , budget gap , George Leventhal , Kate Ryan
Residents invited to sound off on Mont. Co. budget
Cyberspace is the place if you want to sound off on Montgomery County's budget without sitting through a marathon public meeting.
Tags: Isiah Leggett , Montgomery County , George Leventhal , budget gap , Kate Ryan
Council demands answers from Pepco brass
Montgomery County Council members hammered away at a team of Pepco executives who attended a hearing Monday on the utility's performance in the aftermath of the Jan. 26 snow storm that crippled the region's power supply.
Tags: Pepco , Maryland Public Service Commission , Kate Ryan
