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Posted on: November 21, 2023

Take the FY 2025 Budget Priorities Survey

Take the City of Rockville FY 2025 Budget Priorities Survey available in five languages

The community budget priorities survey at www.rockvillemd.gov/budget is available in simplified Chinese, French, Korean and Spanish, as well as English. Survey responses provide valuable input to the Mayor and Council for their budget discussions.

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Posted on: February 6, 2023

Mayor and Council to Discuss, and Possibly Adopt, Charter Resolution to Amend Size of Council

Mayor & Council Chambers

The Mayor and Council will, at their meeting tonight, discuss and possibly adopt a resolution that will amend the city’s charter to increase the number of elected councilmembers from four to six.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m.

The city’s C...

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Posted on: November 27, 2023

Rockville Police Wants You to Stay Safe This Holiday Season

Holiday Safety Tips

The holiday season is upon us and a time when thieves and fraudsters take advantage of our community’s goodwill. As you go about your holiday shopping or expect those online packages to arrive, we want to remind you of a few helpful tips to keep...

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Posted on: November 9, 2023

Hate Has No Home in Rockville

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The Rockville City Police Department (RCPD) recognizes that we are living in turbulent times across the country and the globe.  All acts of hatred, bias, and bigotry are unacceptable.  A hate crime is any crime motivated in whole or in p...

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Posted on: May 25, 2023

Rockville Police Continue to Seek to Identify Two in Connection with Attempted Robbery

Attempted robbery suspects

RCPD continues to seek information relating to the identity of two suspects wanted in connection with an attempted robbery at the Exxon Gas Station in the 200 block of N. Washington St. on May 22, 2023 at 8:15 p.m. RCPD has obtained additional images of t...

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Posted on: November 14, 2023

Rockville Certifies 2023 Vote by Mail Election Results

Official 2023 Election Results

Rockville, Maryland, Nov. 14 – Votes cast in the City of Rockville’s 2023 vote-by-mail election have been certified by the city’s Board of Supervisors of Elections.

In addition to 12,637 ballots cast on Election Day, 133 provi...

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Posted on: November 13, 2023

Statement from the Mayor and Council on the City of Rockville 2023 Election

City Seal for Rockville, Maryland

The Mayor and Council today issued the following statement:

“The City of Rockville would like to thank the members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections (BSE), City and Montgomery County staff members, and the volunteer election workers and ju...

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Rockville News
Posted on: November 7, 2023

Voters Elect Monique Ashton as Rockville Mayor

Unofficial 2023 Election Results

Fulton, Van Grack, Shaw, Myles, Jackson and Valeri Elected to Council Seats

Rockville, Maryland, Nov. 8 – Rockville voters elected Monique Ashton mayor with 7,190 votes, or 58.71% of the total, according to unofficial results in the City of Rockville’s vot...

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Posted on: October 27, 2023

A Message from the City of Rockville Board of Supervisors of Elections

Rockville Election 2023 Logo

The City of Rockville Board of Supervisors of Elections issued the following statement on Friday, Oct. 27:

Last week, a technical issue arose that prevented voters in the City of Rockville’s 2023 election from using the online tool to track the d...

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Posted on: October 24, 2023

Mayor and Council Statement on Hamas's Targeted Violence Against Innocent Civilians in Israel

Rockville City Hall with blue and white lighting in support of Israel

The Mayor and Council approved the following statement during their Monday, Oct. 23 meeting:

We unequivocally condemn Hamas's targeted violence against innocent civilians in Israel, which has resulted in unconscionable barbaric murder and rape, attacking e...

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Rockville News
Posted on: August 18, 2023

Rob DiSpirito Resigns as Rockville City Manager, Barack Matite Named Acting City Manager

City Seal for Rockville, Maryland

Rockville, Maryland, Aug. 18 – Rob DiSpirito has resigned as Rockville’s city manager.

DiSpirito submitted his resignation to the Mayor and Council on Thursday, Aug. 17. It became effective at 5 p.m. that day.

The Mayor and Council accep...

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Posted on: May 19, 2023

Rockville to Honor Barve, Reichard for Years of Service to the City

Barve Reichard Reception

Rockville, Maryland, May 19 — The Mayor and Council welcome community members to join them as they honor former Del. Kumar P. Barve and Kenneth Reichard, former assistant to Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, on Monday, June 12 at City Hall, 111 Maryland Ave.

There ...

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Posted on: May 18, 2023

Beall Elementary Fourth Grader to Be Rockville’s ‘Mayor for a Day’

Rockville, Maryland, May 18 — If she were mayor, Joyce Tian would uplift, honor and celebrate Rockville through the city’s special events and farmers market.

Joyce, a fourth grader in Laurel Czajkowski’s class at Beall Elementary School in Rockville, will ...

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Posted on: February 7, 2023

Mayor and Council Add Two Seats to City Council

Mayor & Council Chambers

Unanimously Adopt Resolution to Amend Charter

Voters in Rockville’s November 2023 election will have the opportunity to vote for seven members of the city’s elected body, following a unanimous vote Monday by the Mayor and Council on a r...

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Posted on: December 2, 2022

For Sixth Year, Rockville Nets Full 100 Points for LGBTQ+ Support

2022 Municipal Equality Report

Rockville has scored 100 marks for the city’s commitment to the health, welfare, safety and equality of its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community in its sixth year of participating, and the 11th year for the Human Rights Campaign’s Munic...

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