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Spring Forward and Check Your Smoke Alarms
Daylight saving time begins 2 a.m. Sunday, March 12, which is the ideal reminder for homeowners to check smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors while setting clocks forward an hour. Alarms and detectors are the best way of notifying you and your family of a fire. State law requires that battery-operated smoke alarms be replaced…
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Budget Watch: Fiscal Year 2024
Rockville’s Mayor and Council continue budget deliberations this month with a public hearing and work sessions focused on crafting a Fiscal Year 2024 budget that outlines the city’s priorities. City Manager Rob DiSpirito was scheduled to present the Mayor and Council with a FY 2024 budget proposal on Feb. 27 that focuses on Mayor and…
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City Begins Development of 10-Year Plan to Update Historic Preservation Initiatives
Rockville is developing a Historic Preservation Work Plan, a 10-year program that lays out a series of recommendations to assess and update the city’s historic preservation program. The plan, which will be open to public input during its development, will be the first step in updating how the city approaches preserving its history.
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Rockville Revels in the Year of the Rabbit
The City of Rockville and the city’s Asian Pacific American Task Force hosted the annual Lunar New Year celebration Jan. 28 at Thomas S. Wootton High School. The celebration marked 4721, the Year of the Rabbit on the Chinese zodiac calendar, with interactive displays and multicultural performances from a variety of performance groups, including XiaoRong…
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Rake Away: Spring Leaf Collection in April
The city will vacuum leaves from neighborhood curbs from April 3-14 in five collection areas throughout Rockville. An interactive map at www.rockvillemd.gov/leafcollection allows residents to input their address and learn when their leaves will be collected. Unlike the fall leaf collection, which has two collection rounds, city crews make only one pass to collect leaves…
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Meet a Rockville Employee: Jane Lyons-Raeder
Jane Lyons-Raeder joined Rockville’s Department of Community Planning and Development Services in September. We asked her a few questions to introduce her to the community. What did you do before joining the city?I was the Maryland Advocacy Manager for the Coalition for Smarter Growth. There, I led advocacy campaigns around affordable housing, public transit and…