Tractor-trailers queued outside a waste transfer building before dawn, with the headline City of Rockville wrote the county: prove the trash plan works first.

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All seven members of the Rockville Mayor and Council signed an October 12 letter asking the County Council to slow down on its trash decision. The county’s traffic study for the switch from rail to long-haul trucking examined two intersections and two hours of the day.Continue Reading

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Ryan Aleman Reyes started high school hesitant to speak up. By his senior year at Walter Johnson High School, he had founded the school’s Communications Club and built his own interview platform, one that now includes conversations with Montgomery County Public Schools leaders. Episode 8 of Moderately Mic’d features AlemanContinue Reading

An empty neighbourhood restaurant with set tables and warm pendant lights, beside the headline Could Montgomery County See an Additional 3% Food and Beverage Tax?

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Maryland is examining whether counties and municipalities should be allowed to impose additional taxes on restaurant meals and beverages. A new state presentation outlines the potential revenue, while restaurant, tourism, and hospitality organizations have raised objections to the proposal. Maryland is taking another look at whether local governments should beContinue Reading

A mock blue campaign yard sign on grass reading Vote Illegal Sign Guy for Governor, labeled Opinion

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Anonymous opinion submission. Moderately MOCO knows the author’s identity. Illegal cheating in an election actually is common; you’ve seen it with your own eyes. However, for all the screaming you have heard about voter fraud, that form of cheating is rare, and not what this article is about. The cheatingContinue Reading