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By Anna Lam (Moderately MOCO Intern) “Nate the Great” at Imagination Stage Imagination Stage’s energizing performance of the well-renown kiddetective “Nate the Great”, has left an overwhelmingly positive impact on all whocome to see it, including myself! The story of kid detective Nate the Great has been greatly popular, theContinue Reading

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June 13 Meeting At the June 13 County Council hearing regarding Bill 27-23, repeal of the Policing Advisory Commission, much of the public testimony was false, inaccurate or misleading. Here is the bill memorandum. The video starting at this section of the meeting can be seen here. The chair ofContinue Reading

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Join us in celebrating the grand opening of Synergy Business Center in Gaithersburg on June 13 at 11:30 a.m.! There’ll be networking opportunities, vendors, food, music provided by Lujan Entertainment, Sparky the Harmonica Guy, and more until 2 p.m.! Synergy is offering vendors the opportunity to partner and promote their business at the ribbonContinue Reading

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ROCKVILLE, MD: May 14, 2023 – By Pieter Friedrich — The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC), on May 9, held its monthly meeting with a sizable group of school teachers, civil rights activists, and journalists seated in the audience. The meeting was far more raucous than anticipated, with shoutingContinue Reading

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On Tuesday 5/2/2023, there was a virtual forum hosted by MCPS and featuring Dr. McKnight, Councilmember Jawando, Dr. Williams and BOE member Silvestre. Esther Wells live tweeted the meeting and her tweets have been cataloged into the piece below with some minor edits for clarity. Q: Budgets are in, whatContinue Reading

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Press Release April 24, 2023 The Montgomery County Taxpayers League is pleased to announce the election of its new president, Esther Wells, who began her tenure on April 5th, 2023. Esther L. Wells is an active Certified Public Accountant in Maryland with over 13 years of experience.  Currently, she leads the State IndirectContinue Reading

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By Dana Noga Background We recently wrote about the Community Engagement Officer (CEO) program and Discipline report being in the spotlight at County Council committee meetings. This piece is a follow up to that which will cover CEO the portion of the meeting. You can view the entire meeting here.Continue Reading

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As Lakeforest Mall’s time comes to a close, many are reminiscing about good times past at the mall. After seeing one such post on twitter by Harry Lichtman, we asked if he’d like to write a little piece on Lakeforest and his pictures and he obliged: Throughout my life, IContinue Reading

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Brew House Kentlands has their Grand Opening today (Saturday 3/4/23)! Located at the former Clear Skies Meadery location: 325 Main Street, Gaithersburg, MD I went in for their soft opening as they prepared for the full opening to chat with the owners and got some food and drinks. It’s anContinue Reading