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Thursday Oct 29 | Gazette.Net

Montgomery Council could buck trend on president vote

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

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Gazette.Net

Probe to check feasibility of Bus Rapid Transit system

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.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Gazette.Net

Council has hearing on White Flint plan

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.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

Gazette.Net

Political newcomer seeks seat in District 17

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.

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

Gazette.Net

Committee recommends funding for course

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.

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Tue Sep 22, 2009

Gazette.Net

Montgomery's $48.3M purchase of Webb Tract approved

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.

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Thu Sep 17, 2009

Gazette.Net

Small businesses band together to weather recession

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

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Wed Sep 02, 2009

Gazette.Net

Sign law not in compliance with historic district

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.

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Thu Aug 27, 2009

Gazette.net

Gone to the dogs

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

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Mon Aug 17, 2009

WTOP-FM Washington

Md. prof develops guitar that allows custom sounds

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.

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Wed Aug 05, 2009

Gazette.Net

Community looks to find successor to longtime activist

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.

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Wed Jul 29, 2009

Gazette.Net

Council wants review of Clarksburg Master Plan

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.

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Thu Jul 23, 2009

Gazette.Net

Garrett Park, Montgomery County, MD

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.

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Gazette.net

Guide dog users denied service at some businesses

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.

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Wed Jul 15, 2009

Gazette.Net

Ride On staff get a refresher in safety rules

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.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

Buffalo News

Professor, engineering students have high hopes for new guitar

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

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Bookofjoe

Frank Zappa reincarnated: his new name is Bruce Jacob

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.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Gazette.Net

Knitters spin yarns as they wield their craft

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

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Alexandria Gazette-Packet

Smash and Dashes Increasing

Four weeks ago Katherine Farquhar was playing tennis with her friend, Elaine Jones, in the Buck Branch Neighborhood Park on Bells Mill Road.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Gazette.net

Changes to preservation bill would ease advocates' worry

Historic preservationists left a County Council committee meeting Monday somewhat less worried about the future of Montgomery's historic farms, homes, statues and their settings.

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