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Rocket-building, Backyard Wildlife and Botball at Science Day
What you need to know if you Go What: Rockville Science DayWhen: Sunday, April 19, noon to 5 p.m. Where: Montgomery College-Rockville, 51 Mannakee St.Cost: FREE The 31st annual Rockville Science Day offers a chance to experience science hands-on, with science and technology-related exhibits, activities, games and demos from over 90 local organizations and businesses.…
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Save Some Green and Create a Place for Wildlife to Be Seen
The city’s RainScapes Rebates program offers single-family homeowners and nonprofits, including religious institutions, private schools and homeowners associations, up to $2,500 in rebates for landscaping that is designed to green your backyard and reduce pollution. The program offers rebates for planting trees and conservation landscaping, installing rain barrels, or removing pavement and installing permeable pavers…
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Have an Urge to Help? Rockville Wants You to Volunteer
Rockville is always on the hunt for volunteers — and if you have a few extra hours to spare each month, you can make a huge difference in your community, whether by mentoring a kid, shoveling snow for a senior, cleaning a stream or serving on the city’s boards and commissions. What kind of difference…
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New Ethics Rules Add Whisteblower Protection, Expand Disclosure Requirements
Rockville’s city code now includes a whistleblower protection provision, new requirements for certain city employees to file financial disclosure statements and clarifies the city Ethics Commission’s role in reviewing the statements, after the Mayor and Council unanimously adopted changes to the city’s public ethics ordinance on Jan. 6. The addition of the whistleblower provision ensures…
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City Manager to Present Proposed Budget to Mayor and Council
Budget Available Online by Feb. 14; Offer Ideas Online and at Hearings City Manager Rob DiSpirito will present his proposed Fiscal Year 2021 city budget this month. The proposed budget, for the fiscal year that begins July 1, will be posted at www.rockvillemd.gov/budget by Friday, Feb. 14. DiSpirito is scheduled to present the proposed budget…
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Creatives Summit Aims to Bring Together City’s Arts Community
The Rockville Cultural Arts Commission is inviting groups from Rockville’s arts community to a summit this March to discuss how to create a more vibrant, culturally diverse, financially sustainable, and economically beneficial arts and culture scene in Rockville. The Rockville Creatives Summit will be held from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, March 22 in the Buchanan Room…
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Census 2020: Confidential, Safe and Secure
The federal government will conduct the 2020 Census this year and the City of Rockville wants community members to help meet the goal of counting everyone once – and only once – in the right place. Participating in the census impacts Rockville. Compiled every 10 years, census data is used by the government to define…
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Mayor and Council Approve Charter Review Commission
The Mayor and Council voted unanimously Jan. 13 to establish a commission to review the city’s charter. The charter is a legal document similar to a constitution. It establishes the city’s corporate limits and outlines how the city is organized and conducts business, such as holding elections, levying taxes, adopting ordinances and providing services. The…
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Students Have a Chance to be Mayor for a Day in May
Mayor Newton to Visit Rockville Fourth Graders Rockville fourth graders once again have a chance to serve as the city’s Mayor for a Day this spring by taking part in the statewide “If I Were Mayor” essay contest. The theme of this year’s contest, organized by the Maryland Municipal League and the Maryland Mayors Association,…
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County to Provide Free Tax Preparation Appointments through VITA
Montgomery County is hosting free tax preparation sessions throughout tax season for low- to moderate-income families that earned $56,000 or less in 2019. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which is run by the Montgomery County Community Action Agency, provides IRS-certified volunteers from nonprofit and public agencies who can help low- to moderate-income families maximize…