March means the launch of Rockville’s Climate Solutions Speaker Series, featuring a look at how organic lawn care can lead to a healthier environment and lawn. Other series speakers will explore sustainable landscaping and a net-zero energy home.
Learn About EVs and Green Energy Incentives March presents opportunities to join the City of Rockville and other Montgomery County partners in getting charged up about the future of clean electric energy. Rockville is a partner in Montgomery County’s Electric Vehicle Purchasing Co-op, and you can help lead the charge
Rockville will turn out the lights in observance of Earth Hour, an international effort in support of climate change action. Earth Hour encourages people to turn off all non-essential lights in their homes and businesses for one hour, from 8:30-9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26. The city will participate by
The city will vacuum leaves from neighborhood curbs from April 4-15 in five collection areas throughout Rockville. An interactive map at www.rockvillemd.gov/leafcollection allows residents to input their address and learn when their leaves will be collected. Unlike the fall leaf collection, which has two collection rounds, city crews make only
The Rockville City Academy returns in May, offering Spanish-speaking community members an opportunity to better understand how the City of Rockville operates, with a closer look at city departments and services. This session of the academy will be presented in Spanish only.
Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 13, which is the ideal reminder for homeowners to check smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors while setting clocks forward an hour. Alarms and detectors are the best way of notifying you and your family of a fire.
Earth Day 2022 is Friday, April 22 and Rockville has an important environmental milestone to celebrate this year. Rockville joined the ranks of hundreds of U.S. cities on Jan. 10 as the Mayor and Council approved the city’s first plan for addressing climate change. Read more at www.rockville.gov/climate. Rockville will
The city’s 50th annual Martin Luther King Day celebration, held virtually Jan. 17, included presentations of two awards to community members carrying on King’s legacy. Find highlights of the celebration this month on Rockville 11, channel 11 on county cable, and on the city’s YouTube channel.
In observance of Black History Month, an exhibit memorializing three men who were lynched in Montgomery County will be on display throughout February at Rockville Memorial Library. “It Happened in Rockville: Remembering Two Lynchings,” will be on display in the main atrium of the library, 21 Maryland Ave., in Rockville
Peerless Rockville presents “Lincoln Park: Special Places, People, and Stories” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 via Zoom. The Rockville neighborhood of Lincoln Park was founded in 1891 and became one of Maryland’s first real estate developments for Black families. Join this online presentation, featuring Lincoln Park native Sandra Davis,
The 13th Annual VisArts’ Rockville Arts Festival — a fine arts festival with 130 artists, a community art experience and art demonstrations — will be held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4 at Rockville Town Square,
The Mayor and Council joined city staff April 23 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony dedicating the City of Rockville Taft Center and marking the move of city staff to the new facility at 6 Taft Court. The move relocates nearly 150
The Rockville City Police Department hosted events throughout 2024 to engage with the community while continuing to provide a high level of service, interim Chief Jason L. West wrote in the department’s 2024 annual report that was released in
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