Beth Loftus is the Rockville City Police Department’s new mental health specialist. She started in her newly created role on March 13 in an office at the police station on West Montgomery Avenue. We asked her a few questions to get to know her better and learn more about her new role.
Anywhere it can rain, it can flood. With the rainy spring season ahead, it’s important to know the risk and be prepared to reduce the impact of potential flooding.
The city will vacuum leaves from neighborhood curbs from April 3-14 in five collection areas throughout Rockville. Area 1: April 3 and April 4Area 2: April 5 and April 6Area 3: April 7 and April 10Area 4: April 11 and April 12 Area 5: April 13 and April 14
The City of Rockville now offers residents two free food scrap drop-off sites to make composting easy, keep valuable materials out of landfills and reduce excessive greenhouse gas emissions:
Local wildlife like birds, butterflies, salamanders and bees rely on native plant communities for habitat. But habitat loss and fragmentation due to development, non-native invasive species, pollution and climate change mean wildlife is struggling.
The City of Rockville’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Program offers matching reimbursement funds to residents and property owners who make flood protection improvements to their properties.
More than a year on from Rockville’s adoption of its first Climate Action Plan, many of the plan’s 42 initiatives have made progress, with several action items completed.