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The hypocrisy and irony inherent in HB433: Expanding the Freedom to Serve Act, sponsored by David Fraser-Hidalgo and Cheryl Kagan, are too blatant to go unchecked. The bill states, “There is an ongoing shortage of police officers in our communities. The Freedom to Serve Act will significantly increase the potentialContinue Reading

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In: 2022 Elections, Community Feedback, Election Results, Elections, Esther Wells Tweets, Government, Local Government, Maryland, MCDCC

This article is based on the live tweets from Esther Wells with permission and some parts are paraphrased or incomplete based on that limitation. The forum took place tonight 12/21/2022. District 14 Vacancy Governor Elect Wes Moore selected Eric Luedtke to join his inner circle as his chief legislative affairsContinue Reading

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In: Community Feedback, Imagination Stage, Information, Maryland, MOCO Discord, Non Profits, Other news, Small Businesses, Sports, Visuals, Youth Sports

We wanted to make it easier to support local businesses and keep more of your money in the community while also helping out local small businesses so collected information to do free ads for local small businesses and crafters. The response was amazing but we have finally gotten through most.Continue Reading

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In: Events, Imagination Stage, Information, Non Profits, Small Businesses

Imagination Stage invited me with press passes to take my kids to see the Opening Night for the play “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience” and it was definitely quite an experience! Right from the start, there was lots of excitement and music. The actors were phenomenal withContinue Reading

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Small business owners and crafters, we want to help you for the holidays! Often, people want to spend their money more locally in their community but don’t know where to do it. We are planning to put out a catalog of small businesses to support and distribute it widely. BusinessesContinue Reading

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In: Colleges, Community Feedback, Community Reports, Construction, County Council, County Executive, Development, Election Results, Government, Local Government, Roving Correspondent, School

Have you heard?  A “game-changing” health institute is coming to ‘North Bethesda’. Note: back in my school days, say early 2000s, we simply called “North Bethesda” Rockville or White Flint.  Re-elected “At Large” Council Member Evan Glass proclaimed in his ‘Glass Gazette’ E-Newsletter: “With the signing of a new partnership betweenContinue Reading

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In: Community Feedback, Events, MOCO Discord, Owl Moon Raptor Center Festival

The Annual Owl Moon Raptor Center festival is one of my favorite events. The Owl Moon Raptor Center (their non profit’s site or check them out on Facebook for more pics) Unfortunately we couldn’t attend this year, but crowdsourced and asked our readers and friends who did to share someContinue Reading

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In: Community Feedback, Events, Halloween, Maryland

Background 10/19/2022 WARNING: Gore and Halloween decorations Since 2015, Holly Agouridis has created an incredible display of Halloween animatronics for neighbors and those who know about it to enjoy. I spoke to her today about what has since become known as “The Catalina Haunt” and what drives her to createContinue Reading

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Can you spare a nickel?  How about a dime?  How about three?  In Austin, Texas recently for a trip, I was in need of a plastic bag to lug some small items back to the Air BnB from the local H-E-B grocery.   30-cents, I was told by the clerk. Yep,Continue Reading

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In: 2022 Elections, BOE, Community Feedback, COVID-19, Election Results, Elections, Ethics, Local Government, Maryland, MCPS, Non Profits, Public Funding, School, STEM

MCPS Ethics Policy You can view the official MCPS and MCPS BOE Ethics Policy here. After reading the ethics policy and hearing that Joftus has said he will recuse himself from these decisions regarding KID Museum, it became clear to that he is following ethics guidelines by the rules. JoftusContinue Reading