Rockville residents could vote by mail during Mayor and Council elections under a process recommended by the city’s Board of Supervisors of Elections. “Our rationale is to get the ballot to the voter instead of the voter to the ballot,” board chair Lois Neuman said in a Nov. 6 presentation to the Mayor and Council.

Ban Would Prohibit Use in Food Service and Shipping The Mayor and Council are scheduled to vote Monday, Dec. 11 on a proposed ban in the City of Rockville on the use of polystyrene in food plates, trays, containers or in loose fill for shipping packages.

Julius West Middle School students from the Jaguar Scholars Leadership Program – a group of high-achieving Latino and African-American youth, met with Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton, City Manager Rob DiSpirito and County Councilmember Sidney Katz on Oct. 30 at City Hall.