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You Can Help Make Rockville Better
Community Survey is Your Chance to be Heard Rockville’s 10th biennial community survey arrives in mailboxes of randomly selected households this month. If you are selected to receive a survey, please answer and return the questionnaire by the date indicated. The survey results help the city improve the quality of services to you, your family…
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Rocktobierfest Returns to Rockville Town Center on Oct. 6
Second Annual Event Celebrates German Culture and Community Maryland breweries, bratwurst and bands will make for a rollicking Rockville Town Center as Rockville hosts the city’s second annual Rocktobierfest celebration, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. The free festival is expected to draw 3,000 visitors and will include two stages of live music, German food,…
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Mayor and Council to State: Oppose Any Plans to Take Homes
community advocates for protecting neighborhoods The city opposes the taking of residences, businesses or city infrastructure, or the removal of sound barriers as part of proposed improvements to interstates 270 and 495, and a community effort recently carried neighborhoods’ concerns to the state. Maryland transportation officials told city officials last month that the state has…
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Mayor and Council Support Recommendations for Stonestreet Study
The Mayor and Council unanimously supported recommendations for three key opportunity areas from the Stonestreet Corridor Study at their Aug. 1 meeting. The first recommends initiating a process to change the city’s Comprehensive Master Plan to allow a broader variety of development options in the area where Montgomery County Public Schools is currently operating along…
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Walk This Way: City Projects Improve Pedestrian Safety Across Rockville
Whether you are walking to work or school, or just out for a stroll, several improvements are making it safer for pedestrians across the city this fall. Students returning to Richard Montgomery High School will find a new crosswalk and a pedestrian refuge in a new median at the westernmost driveway for the school. The…
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Calling All Cars: Antique and Classic Car Show Returns in October
57th Annual Show Offers Free, Family-Friendly Fun Rockville’s 57th annual Antique and Classic Car Show rolls into Rockville Civic Center Park from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. The free show – one of the oldest and the largest in the mid-Atlantic region – will feature more than 500 vehicles, a car-related flea market,…
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All the Puppers in the Pool for Doggie Dip Day
Pooches can paddle in the pool this month, at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center’s 2018 Doggie Dip Day! Puppers get to pool party for only $5 per pooch at one of the city’s most-sought-after doggie meet-and-greet events. (Humans, you can enter for free, but won’t be allowed in the water due to health and…