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Rockville Plows to 1st Place in Snow Road-eo
The City of Rockville’s Department of Public Works brought home its first-ever championship trophy at this year’s Snow Road-eo, hosted by the City of Gaithersburg, on Oct. 10. The friendly competition, which allows snowplow crews to hone their skills in preparation for snow season, involves eight obstacles, set up to simulate tight turning conditions crews…
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Rockville 10K/5K to Close Roads in King Farm
Residents and visitors can expect several street closures when runners in the 44th Annual Rockville 10K/5K race through the King Farm neighborhood on Sunday morning, Nov. 3. The oldest continuing foot race in Montgomery County includes a 1-mile fun run for kids. Streets that will be closed from about 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. include: Redland Boulevard,…
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Peerless Awards to Celebrate 40 Years of Preserving Rockville
Peerless Rockville will celebrate the hard work of homeowners, businesses, and organizations, and recognize outstanding achievement in the design, maintenance and preservation of our community, at the 40th annual Peerless Awards. The awards, featuring dinner and entertainment, will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at Lakewood Country Club, 13901 Glen Mill Road. Projects…
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Part of Recycling Pledge is Knowing How Rockville Recycles
America Recycles Day is Friday, Nov. 15. The day of awareness, sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, encourages community members to visit americarecyclesday.org and take the #BeRecycled pledge to commit to recycling. Participants commit to learning what materials are collected for recycling in their community and pledge to reduce the amount of waste they produce, recycle…
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Nominate a Neighbor for a Human Rights Awards
Performers and Volunteers Also Wanted for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration The city’s Human Rights Commission is accepting nominations for two awards to be presented at Rockville’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Monday, Jan. 20. The Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Award will be presented to a student at a Rockville high school…
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Meet a Rockville Employee: Erin Fincher
Erin Fincher, a digital and design specialist, has been on the job since June 17. We asked her to answer a few questions to introduce her to the community. What’s a digital and design specialist?A digital and design specialist is a designer who specializes in digital media rather than print. That means web, apps, social…
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Make Your Yard Green and 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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Let the Swim Center Help You be a Better Triathlon Swimmer
Swimming is often the weakest event faced by triathletes, which is why the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center offers two swimming programs geared specifically to the open-water component of a triathlon. The center’s certified coaches understand the challenges of open-water swimming and the need to swim efficiently. Beginners to world-class triathletes can take part. Register…
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Human Rights Commission Seeks Student Ambassadors
Volunteers Would Serve as Liaisons with Schools Rockville’s Human Rights Commission is seeking students to serve as liaisons between the commission and high schools that serve the City of Rockville. The HRC will select 10 students, two from each of the following schools: Richard Montgomery, Rockville and Thomas S. Wootton high schools; Rock Terrace School;…
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Green Eggs and Ham, and Oh-So-Much More, This Month at the F. Scott Theatre
Could you, would you, come to the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in November to enjoy a Seuss musical? How about solving a murder? Or enjoying a cappella? And a perennial favorite is back with balalaikas. “Seussical,” presented by Rockville Musical Theatre. 8 p.m. Nov. 1, 2, 8 and 9; 2 p.m. Nov. 3 and 10.…