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  • Montgomery County Council cracks down on employee overtime use

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Tue, May 14, 2013

    The Montgomery County Council voted Tuesday to adopt more uniform policies regarding sick leave and overtime use after a report showed employee abuse of the payouts. County Executive Ike Leggett said he is already working to stomp out overtime abuse, as his staff determines how a uniformed...

  • Montgomery County starts billing for ambulance rides

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

    Fees retroactive to January Montgomery County has begun retroactively charging for ambulance rides. Officials started billing insurance companies for the new county ambulance fee, which was approved as of Jan. 1. But because the county didn't receive approval from the federal government to...

  • The 3-Minute Interview: Colleen McQuitty

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

    McQuitty is a special events manager for the city of Rockville, and organizes the city's Hometown Holidays Festival, which runs through Memorial Day Weekend, and features live music and local cuisine. The festival is in its 25th year. What is new this year for the festival? The site is...

  • WSSC workers to get raises as customers pay higher rates

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

    Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect corrections to the size of the WSSC rate increase and its budget, and to clarify that utility workers, not county employees, will be receiving raises. Workers at Montgomery and Prince George's counties' water and sewer provider will...

  • Council split on how best to redevelop Wheaton

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Montgomery County residents anticipating the redevelopment of Wheaton might have to wait even longer, as county officials bicker over the best way to invigorate the community. The project would move the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's office from Silver Spring to...

  • Fairfax County supervisors eyeing food tax

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Diners in Fairfax County might have to pay more for their meals when eating out, if a measure being pushed by some county supervisors passes. Supervisor Gerry Hyland, D-Mount Vernon, has proposed a meal tax on restaurant goers in the county that he said would help pay for necessary services in...

  • Two dead, one injured in I-70 crash

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, May 4, 2013

    Two people are dead and one is in the hospital after four motorcycles crashed into one another on I-70 near Hagerstown, shutting down the road for four-and-a-half hours on Saturday afternoon. Police said a group of motorcycles were traveling eastbound near Indian Springs when one driver slowed...

  • Police investigating series of burglaries in McLean

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, May 4, 2013

    Fairfax County police are investigating a series of burglaries that occurred on Friday at 10 different McLean residences. Police said between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Friday, someone broke into 10 different homes and stole money, jewelry and electronics. The incidents occurred on Strata, Barbee,...

  • Man arrested in Falls Church in connection to sexual assault

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, May 4, 2013

    A 46-year-old man has been arrested in Falls Church in connection to a sexual assault that occurred in March. Police say Carlos Guillermo Suarez Diaz of Falls Church approached a 17-year-old girl in the rear parking lot of 124 E. Broad Street on March 13 and touched her inappropriately. They...


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