Chevy Chase Village News

Equipping Chevy Chase Village police officers with electric stun guns would make for a safer community, according to the police chief, but residents concerned about the devices' necessity gave a mixed reaction.

Chevy Chase Village wants to use one favorite tool of modern law enforcement to pay for another.

Chevy Chase Village, one of the many incorporated towns in the inner suburbs bearing a variation on Chevy Chase, has had speed cameras for two years.

A new Neighborhood Watch program in the Town of Chevy Chase will hold training sessions for block captains by the start of next month, although the town and a nearby neighborhood in Bethesda are still short of their desired quotas for program members.

Speeding tickets are bad enough, getting a ticket when you aren't actually speeding is even worse.

When Scott Rufolo received a citation after getting nabbed by a speed camera March 3, he paid the $40 fine right away because he knew he'd been doing 51 mph in a 30-mph zone.

The phrase "living like a king" gets tossed around fairly often when describing a luxurious lifestyle, but few people actually get to live in a home that was once occupied by a king.

Neighbors of the "Big Triangle Park," located between Park Street, Kirkside Drive and Oliver Street in Chevy Chase Village, are concerned that the village Board of Managers may be investigating placing playground equipment on the .9 acres of open space.

Red-light cameras haven't slowed the runners, but they've fattened Frederick 's wallet.