Garrett Park News

The result of a civil suit filed by the Montgomery County employees union could determine whether an early buyout program is part of County Executive Isiah Leggett's plans to balance the county's budget, a spokesman said.

Montgomery County Council President Nancy M. Floreen is proposing a new economic development authority in the county, but says the role and scope of the panel are undetermined.

Montgomery County's budget continues to worsen with every update, and now officials are saying layoffs of county employees are possible in the current fiscal year.

The County Council has pledged to designate a school site somewhere within the White Flint Sector Plan, departing from the Planning Board's decision not to set aside a site.

Montgomery County Council members have unanimously agreed to give up their scheduled cost-of-living pay increase that would have taken effect in December.

The Montgomery County Council approved most of County Executive Isiah Leggett's proposal to trim $30 million from the fiscal 2010 budget by making small cuts to many departments, including schools and public safety.

Third-grader Jack Ray tests the crank flyer he built on Thursday afternoon in the Big Learning class held at Garrett Park Elementary School.

Based on more than 40 years of Montgomery County Council history, Roger Berliner should be the next president of the nine-member elected body.

Montgomery County is seeking proposals for a Bus Rapid Transit system that its chief proponent says would overhaul the current Ride On bus system and cut down on traffic and carbon dioxide emissions.

So many speakers signed up to testify at a public hearing on the White Flint Sector Plan in front of the County Council Tuesday night that the hearing was scheduled to continue on Thursday before it even began.

Gaithersburg resident Daniel R. Campos is hoping his fresh ideas and new perspective will help get him elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2010.

As the scheduled Oct. 1 closure date for Sligo Creek Golf Course approaches, a Montgomery County Council subcommittee on Thursday approved funding to keep the Silver Spring course open another year, leaving only a full council vote left to complete the course's stay of execution.

The Montgomery County Council approved the $48.3 million purchase of the 130-acre Webb Tract near Montgomery Village in a 6-2 vote Tuesday, a crucial precursor to opening up land needed for a pair of multi-decade, multi-billion dollar redevelopment projects in Shady Grove.

Scot Shuck, president of Grosvenor Market, arranges Maryland produce he is showcasing at his small grocery in North Bethesda.

Oops! Does the Town of Kensington realize it has legislated removal of an historic artifact in the historic district? If memory serves me, that sign identifying Mizell Lumber hangs in place of a former Texaco sign.

In Garrett Park, the most common greeting between neighbors may be a good, thorough sniffing.

University of Maryland engineering professor Bruce Jacob, like many musicians, hears sounds in his head and struggles to find a way to hear those notes with his ears.

Many say civic activist Stuart Rochester's death last week was yet another blow to eastern Montgomery County residents who over the past two years have lost much of their leadership, including County Council members and longtime Calverton residents Marilyn and Don Praisner.

County Council members said Monday that protecting environmentally sensitive sections of Clarksburg might create other issues, so the town might be better served by a review of the entire Clarksburg Master Plan, not just of a piece of it.

The center of Garrett Park 's social scene is its post office. This is because there is no mail delivery in the town, and that's on purpose.