The City of Gaithersburg celebrates Pride Month in June with an official proclamation and programs that celebrate the strength, dignity, and achievements of LGBTQIA+ communities.
Property owners in Montgomery County paid 1% of the value of their homes in property taxes in the first quarter of 2023, which is less than 0.9 times the national average, according to the real estate analysis posted by the Montgomery News.
As part of National Water Safety Month, the City of Gaithersburg and the City of Rockville are jointly hosting Water Safety Day, a free event designed to help people of all ages safely enjoy water activities throughout the summer.
Beatrix Maynard, a sophomore at Annapolis High School and an Edgewater, Md., resident, was awarded first prize in the 2023 Gaithersburg Book Festival poetry contest for high school students for her poem "See the ‘I’ in Windows."
U.S. advocates working with and hailing from African countries carried out a week of action for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and other forms of protection for African immigrants.
On May 25, 2023, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) wrote to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to pardon prisoner of conscience Mubarak Bala.
RCPD continues to seek information relating to the identity of two suspects wanted in connection with an attempted robbery at the Exxon Gas Station in the 200 block of N. Washington St. on May 22, 2023 at 8:15 p.m.
As co-founder and co-chair of both the Bipartisan Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Task Force and the Bipartisan Second Chance Task Force, Congressman David Trone (D-MD) voted “no” on expanded mandatory minimums in HR 467, the HALT Fentanyl Act.
Officers from the Rockville City Police Department responded to the Exxon Gas Station in the 200 block of N. Washington Street on May 22, 2023 for the report of an attempted armed robbery.
Loyalty and patriotism will be on full display as the City of Gaithersburg joins the nation in honoring all who have given their lives in military service at its Memorial Day Observance on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 11 a.m. at Christman Park.
On May 24, 2023, as the Israeli people continue to engage in large-scale, non-violent protest for the 20th consecutive week against the anti-democratic judicial overhaul legislation proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government, Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16) led 46 Members of Congress in releasing an open letter, addressed to “The Protesters Defending Israeli Democracy,” which voices support and admiration for the groundswell of peaceful pro-democracy activism in Israel.
On May 24, 2023, Representatives David Trone (D-MD), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), and Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) introduced legislation directing the Federal Aviation Administration to require opioid overdose medication to be carried on all airplanes.