The Mayor and Council are scheduled to first discuss their Fiscal Year 2021 budget priorities, budget process and calendar, and hear a preview about the general fund, during their meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9 at City Hall. A public hearing, part of the Mayor and Council meeting on
The biggest news was perhaps the historic, first-in-Maryland-history Vote by Mail election, and plenty of other happenings made 2019 a hectic year in the City of Rockville! JANUARYJudson Smith’s 1938 mural of Sugarloaf Mountain in the lobby of the Rockville City Police Department station became part of the U.S. Postal
Maryland General Assembly’s 90-Day Session Begins Jan. 8 Rockville’s 2020 state legislative priorities include school construction, opposition to the state taking homes or businesses as part of plans to widen Interstate 270, a noise barrier along I-270, and senior services.
Ashton, Feinberg, Myles and Pierzchala Elected to Council Seats Rockville voters re-elected Bridget Donnell Newton as mayor, with 7,561 votes, or 63.75% of the total, according to unofficial results in the City of Rockville’s historic Vote by Mail election, which were announced early Wednesday, Nov. 6. Four councilmembers were also
Last Minute Tips, Where to Find Results, and Inauguration Information The deadline for Rockville voters to get their ballots to City Hall for the 2019 Vote by Mail election is 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5. Casting Ballots Mail the ballot back in the postage-paid envelope — postmarks don’t count so
Erin Fincher, a digital and design specialist, has been on the job since June 17. We asked her to answer a few questions to introduce her to the community. What’s a digital and design specialist?A digital and design specialist is a designer who specializes in digital media rather than print.
The Mayor and Council will begin work on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget in December. A new term of the Mayor and Council is scheduled to begin with the inauguration, on Sunday, Nov. 17, of a mayor and four councilmembers, followed by their first meeting on Monday, Nov. 18. See
After a year of work and 26 meetings, the Boards and Commissions Task Force delivered its report and recommendations to the Mayor and Council at their Monday, Oct. 21 meeting. “Collectively, the volunteers who work on these boards and commissions contribute thousands of hours of service to the city in
The Rockville Recreation and Park Advisory Board has forwarded to the Mayor and Council its unanimous recommendation to dedicate a plaque at the Pump House commemorating former Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio, who died in June 2018. The commemoration was requested by the East Rockville Civic Association. The Mayor and Council has
The Boards and Commissions Task Force began meeting in March 2018 and has performed an extensive examination of Rockville’s volunteer boards, commissions, committees and task forces. The task force’s mission is to identify gaps or overlaps between boards and commissions, and recommend continuing, repurposing, merging, eliminating or adding boards or
Rockville has scored 100 marks for the city’s commitment to the health, welfare, safety and equality of its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community in its seventh year of participation in, and the 13th year for, the Human Rights
Acting Maj. Jason West will become acting chief and Maj. Troy Plummer acting deputy chief of the Rockville City Police Department, following the resignation of Chief Victor V. Brito, City Manager Jeff Mihelich has announced. The appointments take effect Friday,
Don’t let your pumpkins go to waste, try these pumpkin-recycling ideas! Before you donate or compost your pumpkins, please check inside for candles or battery-powered lights. Pumpkins decorated with glitter, paint, stickers or other inorganic materials will contaminate the composting
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