Gaithersburg News

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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)

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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