Five Things to Know Today, March 2, in Montgomery County

Here are your five things to know today, March 2, in Montgomery County:

1. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is scheduled to make an announcement about future plans for Bus Rapid Transit today.

2. Montgomery County Councilmembers are hosting a Town Hall meeting in Clarksburg tonight.

3. Local leaders are asking State Highway Administration officials to review the safety issues at the intersection of River Road and Pyle Road in Bethesda, following a fatal collision that claimed the lives of three family members last weekend.

4. Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! It’s National Read Across America Day. The Germantown Library is celebrating the big day this afternoon.

5. Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard Pitts headlines the 2016 Frank Islam Athenaeum Symposia tonight at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College. His topic is “Racial and Social Justice: Why Black Lives Matter.”

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