Five Things to Know Today, March 9, in Montgomery County

Here are your five things to know today, March 9, in Montgomery County:

1. The groundbreaking for the new 2nd District Police Station will take place today at 10:30 a.m. in Bethesda.

2. Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, along with officials from MCPS and Montgomery College, will host an Education Budget meeting at Gaithersburg High School tonight at 6:30 p.m.

3.  Gaithersburg officials will be holding a meeting on the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding that is available to the City through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The meeting will take place at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Citizens are encouraged to provide input.

4. The Takoma Park Council will be meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. and on the agenda; information on the Library Renovation Project. You can view the full agenda here.

5. The Mansion at Strathmore will feature the vocal stylings of Artist in Residence Cassandra Allen tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available for the concert.

In case you missed it…

• The Montgomery County Board of Education approved Jack Smith as superintendent of MCPS on Tuesday. His first day of work is scheduled for July 1.

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About Maureen Chowdhury

Maureen Chowdhury is a multimedia journalist with Montgomery Community Media. She can be reached at mchowdhury@mymcmedia.org and on Twitter at @MediaMaureen. Maureen authors the blog Sound Check on MyMCMedia.

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