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Montgomery County Council cuts energy tax
Kate Jacobson
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Also tentatively approves $4.8 billion budget The Montgomery County Council voted to cut the county's energy tax 10 percent as lawmakers tentatively approved a $4.8 billion budget for fiscal 2014 that includes multimillion-dollar employee pay raises and increases in property taxes. The...
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Gov. Martin O'Malley announces $1.2 billion in transportation projects
Andy Brownfield
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Governor signs gas tax bill to fund them ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday announced $1.2 billion in transportation projects as he signed into law a new gas tax to fund them. The projects include the proposed Purple and Red light rail lines in Montgomery and Prince...
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Police use Taser on naked man, charge him with shooting friend
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
A Montgomery County man was arrested in Prince George's County after he shot a childhood friend, took off his clothes, climbed onto a firetruck while naked and was shot with a Taser by police, authorities said. Mohamed S. Bah, 24, was charged with attempted murder, assault and other offenses....
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Estranged spouses dead in Prince George's murder-suicide
Naomi Jagoda
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
A 47-year-old man shot in his estranged wife and then took his own life in Prince George's County, police said. According to a preliminary investigation, Jason Taffe, of Silver Spring, went to the home of his 41-year-old estranged wife, Denise Taffe, in the 7700 block of Pinewood Drive in...
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Montgomery County Council votes for hike in property tax rate
Kate Jacobson
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Property taxes are set to rise again in Montgomery County, after the County Council voted to support County Executive Ike Leggett's 1.8-cent increase per $100 of value. The average homeowner, with property valued at $460,000, will see an increase of $80 a year. This is the first time the...
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Railcar fire shuts down Metro at Silver Spring
Liz Essley
Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013
A Metro railcar at Silver Spring caught fire during Tuesday evening's rush hour, snarling Red Line commuters on their way home from work. Metro said no one was injured. Just before 6 p.m. the train offloaded its passengers one station before, at Takoma, but Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said he...
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Montgomery County man admits to striking brothers with car after argument
Scott McCabe
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
A 21-year-old Montgomery County man has pleaded guilty to hunting down two brothers and running them down with a car, killing one of them. Fernando J. Valenzuela, of Damascus, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree depraved heart murder in the death of Billie Jay Genies and first-degree...
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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...
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High school keeps AP scores after cellphone video
Rachel Baye
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
Students at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg will get to keep their Advance Placement psychology exam scores, despite one student shooting a cellphone video at the testing site just before the exam started, officials said Tuesday. The video, which was posted to Twitter on May 6,...
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More people avoid cars as workers move closer to jobs
Liz Essley
Published: Tue, May 14, 2013
More Washington-area residents are taking bus or rail, walking or telecommuting as a smaller percentage of commuters drive alone or even carpool, according to a new analysis from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. The share of workers relying on bus and rail to get to work...
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