Garrett Park News

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.

Penny Reeder of Montgomery Village, who is on the board of the national advocacy group Guide Dog Users Inc., said it is still not uncommon for her to be denied access to businesses because of her guide dog Tess, a 9-year-old German Shepherd.

Montgomery County Ride On drivers are getting reminders this week about the danger of distractions, after one of the county's bus drivers was photographed allegedly reading a book while behind the wheel.

Bruce Jacob had a few songs he wanted to record, tunes that had been jangling around in his head for years.

Susan Kinzie's Washington Post Metro section front page story today features Bruce Jacob, an ordinary looking, balding 43-year-old guy who in appearance appears the polar opposite of Zappa.

Kathy Benjamin holds up an improbable black woolen head garment - a hybrid of bandit and scuba couture - at the Garrett Park Knitting Group.