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City Hall and Other Facilities to Close Veterans Day and Thanksgiving Weekend
Rockville City Hall will be closed for Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, and on Thanksgiving weekend, and other city facilities will be closed or will operate on limited schedules. Tuesday, Nov. 5 (Rockville City Election Day): City Hall and all city facilities will be open, and recycling and trash will be collected as usual.…
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Budget Work to Begin Before Year’s End
The Mayor and Council will begin work on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget in December. A new term of the Mayor and Council is scheduled to begin with the inauguration, on Sunday, Nov. 17, of a mayor and four councilmembers, followed by their first meeting on Monday, Nov. 18. See page 1 for additional information.…
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Boards and Commissions Task Force Delivers Report
After a year of work and 26 meetings, the Boards and Commissions Task Force delivered its report and recommendations to the Mayor and Council at their Monday, Oct. 21 meeting. “Collectively, the volunteers who work on these boards and commissions contribute thousands of hours of service to the city in important functions that expand the…
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2019 Rockville Holiday Drive is Officially Underway
For More than 45 Years, Drive has Encouraged Heartfelt Giving For more than four-and-a-half decades, through the Holiday Drive, Rockville has sponsored outreach that brings the community together each year to provide food baskets, gift certificates and toys to needy Rockville families throughout the Thanksgiving and December holidays. Here are some ways you can make…
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Tricks to Make Halloween a Treat
There are no set hours for trick-or-treating on Thursday, Oct. 31. Drivers should be aware of extra pedestrians in neighborhoods. Clear yards and sidewalks of obstacles, keep homes well-lit inside and out, and report any suspicious activity to police. Kids should walk in groups and young children should be accompanied by an adult. Costumes should…
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Amy Tan to be Honored with F. Scott Fitzgerald Award
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival will honor “The Joy Luck Club” author Amy Tan, on Saturday, Oct. 12, with the 2019 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…
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Urban Land Institute Delivers Report with Town Center Recommendations
A panel of experts from the Urban Land Institute who conducted an intensive two-day study of Rockville Town Center in July has delivered a 42-page report detailing their recommendations on ways to strengthen the vitality of the 200-acre downtown area. In the report, panelists grouped their analysis and recommendations into four categories: contextualizing Rockville; retail…
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Permanent Courts Installed for Pickleball Play
More than 100 people attended as Rockville cut the ribbon on four brand-new pickleball courts at Mattie J.T. Stepanek Park at an opening ceremony in September. Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America, and to accommodate a burgeoning population of players in Rockville, the city installed the four lighted, dedicated pickleball courts in the…