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Rockville’s Deer Management to be Discussed
The City of Rockville will hold a program on white-tailed deer population management methods from 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Croydon Creek Nature Center. The presentation and discussion will center on how park jurisdictions have dealt with increased populations of deer since the 1980s. Methods of management will be presented, as well as tips…
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Listening Session Will Solicit Community’s Thoughts on Development Review
Rockville’s Community Planning and Development Services department will be all ears at a listening session, 9 a.m.-noon, Wednesday, Nov. 15. CPDS is hoping to hear from stakeholders and residents, such as landowners, developers, architects, land-use attorneys, civil engineers, citizens and others who have been through the development review process in recent years. The session is…
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Rockville Town Square Plaza Turns 10 Years Old
Happy Birthday, Town Square — Welcome to Double Digits! While the 10th anniversary is a special milestone in anyone’s life, Town Square’s decade as an iconic downtown gathering space was highlighted even more in October with a jury citation in the Montgomery County Planning Department’s third annual Design Excellence Awards. A celebration of Town Square’s…
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Rockville Scores Top Marks for LGBTQ Support
100/100 for Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index For the first time, Rockville has scored perfect marks for its commitment to the health, welfare, safety and equality of its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2017 Municipal Equality Index scorecard.
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Rockville Challenges Kids to be Kinder
Students from two Rockville schools took part in a monthlong challenge in October to encourage kindness and compassion toward each other in an effort to combat bullying. The kindness challenge, sponsored by Rockville’s Community Services Division, asked students from Beall and Meadow Hall elementaries to tick off kind acts, such as doing a household chore…
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Rockville to Reflect on Residents’ Service with Veterans Day Ceremony
Nov. 11 Ceremony Will Include Salutes and Speech by Marine Veteran This article has been updated to reflect a change of location for the ceremony. A Rockville veteran of the United States Marine Corps will be the featured speaker as the city honors veterans of our nation’s armed forces at 11 a.m. on Veterans Day,…