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Gaithersburg, Maryland is located in Montgomery County. Zip codes in Gaithersburg, MD include 20877, 20882, and 20885. The median home price in Gaithersburg is $344,900 which is roughly $210/per square foot. More Gaithersburg information.

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Cong. Delaney To Hold Office Hours In Frederick

Sixth District Congressman John Delaney's office says it will hold office hours in Frederick beginning on May 30th.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Washington Examiner

Montgomery Council approves $4.8b budget

Montgomery County taxpayers will begin paying higher property taxes on July 1 as the County Council approved a $4.8 billion budget on Thursday that includes multimillion-dollar pay raises for members of three county labor unions.

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Patch.com

Report: Synthetic Turf Field Coming To Gaithersburg In Spring 2014

Construction and installation of a $1 million synthetic field turf in Gaithersburg will begin this fall, according to a report by The Gazette .

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Patch.com

Report: Gaithersburg Population Keeping Up With High Sun Belt Growth Levels

Gaithersburg's population is among the fastest growing in the country for a city its size, The Washington Examiner reported .

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Business Journal

Q&A with Tech Council of Maryland's new chairman

Doug Doerfler, CEO of Gaithersburg-based MaxCyte Inc., was this month named the Tech Council of Maryland's new chairman.

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Gazette.net

Transit Projects in Gaithersburg to benefit from fuel tax revenue

Dan Gross/The Gazette Watkins Mill Road west of Rt 355 is a dead end that is currently used for parking by construction crews working nearby.

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Gazette.net

Gaithersburg approves strategic plan for 2014

Gaithersburg's mayor and city council approved their strategic plan for the 2014 fiscal year at a meeting Monday evening.

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Patch.com

City Celebrates Vietnamese Heritage During Month of May

In honor of "Asian Pacific History Month," the city of Gaithersburg is celebrating the heritage of its Vietnamese Americans.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Gazette.net

Parents fear overcrowding at Gaithersburg elementary schools

A coalition of Gaithersburg parents is pushing for the construction of a new elementary school to relieve overcrowding at four Montgomery County public schools.

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Fox Sports

Brown Working for an Offer

SEVERN, Md. -- More than 300 prospects came out to the Best of the DMV Showcase May 18, one of those in attendance was Quince Orchard junior defensive back Malcom Brown.

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Patch.com

Montgomery County Police: 1st District Station Moves From Rockville

As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, officers from Montgomery County police department's 1st District will no longer be working from Rockville.

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Patch.com

Hearing Dates Set On Proposed Peddling Ordinance

The Gaithersburg City Council on Monday set public hearing dates this summer for ordinances dealing with how county laws apply in the city and how the city treats "peddlers, hawkers and solicitors." A proposed emergency ordinance that deals with how Gaithersburg interacts with county laws-the city must opt in for them to be valid-would remove ... (more)

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Patch.com

State Could Cut ICC Bus to Fort Meade

The state of Maryland is considering eliminating bus routes along the Intercounty Connector , including one that transports workers to and from Fort Meade.

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CBS Local

Md. Man Seriously Hurt After Hit By School Bus

A Maryland man was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when he was struck by a school bus in Gaithersburg, police said.

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Gazette.net

Fuel tax hike will bolster Montgomery County projects

The increase in Maryland's fuel tax, signed into law by Gov. Martin O'Malley last week, is projected to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for Montgomery County road and transit projects.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Gazette.net

Bond of Gaithersburg man accused of child sex abuse cut in half

At a bond review hearing in Montgomery County Circuit Court Tuesday, a judge halved the bond of a man accused of child sex abuse from $500,000 to $250,000. David Fernando Javier Zarayasi , 66, of Royal Bonnet Circle in Montgomery Village, was arrested March 14 and charged with 16 counts of sexual abuse and related crimes.

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Gazette.net

Gaithersburg Book Festival tops 2012 attendance

Margot Bohan and husband Ned Cyr of Washington Grove talk with Hyattsville novelist David L. Levy, author of “Revolt of the Animals,” at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on Saturday.

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Gazette.net

Pedestrian struck Tuesday afternoon in Gaithersburg

Darnestown and Shady Grove roads were expected to reopen about 6:15 p.m. after they were closed for about three hours Tuesday afternoon for an accident involving a pedestrian.

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Patch.com

Is Irony Out of Style? Americans Down on Hipsters

A poll released by Public Policy Polling shows that a large percentage of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of "hipsters," a group of men and women "unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns," according to Merriam Webster.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Patch.com

On The Agenda: Fiscal Year 2014 Strategic Plan Adoption and More

The Gaithersburg mayor and City Council will vote on the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2014 Strategic Plan at Monday evening's meeting.

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