Gaithersburg Legion Team is State Baseball Champ Again

From The Gazette

A curve ball, a fastball, 62 runs in five games and a 39-3 record has Gaithersburg’s Post 295 into the Mid-Atlantic Region 2 Legion baseball championship.  That tourney starts August 14th.

Opponants of Swap Involving Old National Geographic Campus Head for County Council Monday

From Market Watch

Is it “cost neutral,” as the County Executive says, or a costly blunder?  Opponents of a deal which would have Montgomery County buy the old National Geographic campus on Route 28 in Gaithersburg are headed for a County Council meeting Monday, petitions in hand.

A Music Hall in Silver Spring? Hold the Music!

From the Washington Post.

The top man on the Montgomery County’s Planning Board says the County Executive’s proposal to bring the Fillmore music hall to Silver Spring could hurt, more than it helps, the area.  “It doesn’t pass the laugh test,” he says.

Rockville Closer to Getting FiOS

Watch out Comcast!  FiOS is Verizon’s fiber optic system, carrying high definition television and other services to your home on a fiber optic cable.    It’s now closer to being available in Rockville, following a City Council vote Monday evening.  If things go as planned, look for construction to begin this fall and service to begin within the next two years.

Bethesda Streets First To Get Makeover

Starting this week, some streets in Bethesda’s Battery Park neighborhood will be the first to get new sidewalks, curbs, gutters and roadways as part of a new county-wide road maintenance program.

The roads targeted for rehabilitation are Cordell Avenue, from Old Georgetown to Wilson Lane; Del Ray Avenue, from Old Georgetown to Wilson Lane; Exeter Road, from Glenbrook Road to Wilson Lane; Battery Lane, from Exeter Road to Glenbrook Road; Fairfax Road, from Wilson Lane to Glenbrook Road; Glenbrook Road, from Wilson Lane to Old Georgetown Road; Goddard Lane, from Battery Lane to Custer Road; Maple Ridge Road, from Glenbrook Road to Old Georgetown Road; Park Lane, from Maple Ridge Road to Custer Road; and Custer Road, from Huntington Parkway to Wilson Lane.

New Hotel Going Up in Fallsgrove

Construction begins in September for 199 rooms, divided between a Homewood Suites and a Garden Inn, at the Western end of Shady Grove Road.

Gaithersburg Getting New City Manager

She comes from Oregon and starts in September.

Great Places to Live???

Are Rockville, Gaithersburg and Germantown some of the best “small cities” in which to live? They rank high in a CNN-Money Magazine poll.

County Development Plans are Moving Along

There’s not very much new here, but the Washington Business Journal has a review of where things stand with development plans for Shady Grove Metro and Snouffer School Road and the GE Development Park in Gaithersburg.

Montgomery County Fair

It’s time for the fair…August 8th-16th.