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Montgomery County police look to add positions in Wheaton, Montgomery Village
Kate Jacobson
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
Montgomery County police want to add 23 patrol officers in fiscal 2014, some of whom will be placed in Wheaton and Montgomery Village to curb the areas' high crime rates. Wheaton and Montgomery Village have the second- and third-highest crime rates in the county, only slightly behind Silver...
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Montgomery County Council looks to reduce energy tax
Kate Jacobson
Updated: Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Montgomery County taxpayers would save up to $11 million in energy taxes if a measure by the County Council to reduce the tax is approved. Two proposed bills would reduce the 155 percent increase on energy taxes imposed on county residents in fiscal 2011. One introduced by Council President...
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Silver Spring Transit Center opening more than a year away
Kate Jacobson
Published: Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Commuterslikely will have to wait more than a yearto use theproblem-plagued Silver Spring Transit Center,a Montgomery County official said Tuesday. County Director of General Services David Dise told the County Council it willtakeanother six weeksfordesign fixes to be drafted. Construction...
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Festival draws millions, despite late blooms
Kate Jacobson
Updated: Sat, Apr 6, 2013
Tom and Lynne Zidelis drove nearly 500 miles to see Washington D.C.'s famed cherry blossoms, and despite the lack of blooms, they weren't disappointed. "The weather has been fabulous," Tom Zidelis, a 49-year-old Douglas, Mass., man, said while eating lunch on the lawn near the Tidal Basin. "We...
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