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Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project to Hold Remembrance Pilgrimage Walk and Soil Collection Ceremony
The Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project invites the public to a remembrance pilgrimage walk and soil collection ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 26. The walk and ceremony will memorialize two men who were lynched in Rockville. John Diggs-Dorsey, a man in his early 20s from Darnestown, was dragged from the county jail and lynched in 1880.…
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Arts Commission to Hold Listening Session on COVID-19 Impact
The City of Rockville’s Cultural Arts Commission wants to know how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the city’s arts communities and if it can help. The commission will hold a virtual listening session from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13. The commission wishes to hear from groups that provide arts and cultural services to Rockville residents,…
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Speaker Series to Highlight Rockville Science Center
The Glenview Mansion and Peerless Rockville Speaker Series will highlight the history of the Rockville Science Center in a virtual presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9. Bob Ekman, trustee president, will take attendees on a pictorial journey through “30 years of Growth, Providing Opportunities to Engage in Science and Engineering.” Since 1989, the Rockville…
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Health and Wellness, Coming Up at the Senior Center
Stay home and stay well with free online seminars from the Rockville Senior Center in September. Register with the course number online at www.rockvillemd.gov/registration. Learn more about 60-plus programs, courses, activities and services at www.rockvillemd.gov/seniorcenter or calling 240-314-8800. Sessions are free and run from 1-2 p.m., except where noted.
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John Edgar Wideman to be Honored with F. Scott Fitzgerald Award
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival will honor prolific award-winning author John Edgar Wideman, on Saturday, Oct. 30, with the 2021 F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature. The award has been presented to some of America’s most distinguished writers, including Richard Russo, Annie Proulx, Norman Mailer, Pat Conroy, John Updike, Joyce…
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Rockville Public Safety Awards to Honor City First Responders in September
Rockville Public Safety Awards Moves Outdoors Due to changing health conditions, the Rockville Public Safety Awards will not return to Lakewood Country Club this year, but will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 in the plaza of the Montgomery County Executive Office Building/Montgomery County Circuit Court at 101 Monroe St. Admission to this…
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Human Rights Commission Seeks Student Ambassadors
This article has been updated to include the extended application deadline. Rockville’s Human Rights Commission is seeking 10 students to serve as HRC Student Ambassadors in its third annual Student Ambassador Program. Ambassadors will serve as liaisons between the HRC and their high schools. The program will accept two students each from Richard Montgomery, Rockville…
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Census Shows Rockville’s Changing Population
The City of Rockville is now Maryland’s fourth most populous incorporated place – down from third a decade ago, according to results of the 2020 census released in August. According to the census, which is conducted every 10 years, on April 1, 2020, the population of the City of Rockville totaled 67,117 people. This was…