Montgomery Community Media

Here are your five things to know today, Nov. 12, in Montgomery County: 1. A Walter Johnson graduate, retired Captain Florent Groberg will receive the Medal of Honor today at the White House. 2. The Montgomery County Planning Board meets today and one of the items on the agenda is an annexation petition that is […]

UPDATED The owners of the Johnson property, which is located at the corner of Darnestown Road and Quince Orchard Road, are proposing to annex the 23-acre property from Montgomery County into the city limits of Gaithersburg. The item is on the Nov. 12th Montgomery County Planning Board agenda and the topic is generating immense interest […]

At the August 6 Rockville City Council meeting, the leaders’ decided not to pursue annexation of the Shady Grove Road property after the Gaithersburg Council voted to annex the Sears property. In this video clip, Rockville Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio comments on the need for Rockville’s expansion plan to be very agressive to annex other properties. […]

At the August 6 Gaithersburg City Council meeting, the annexation of the Sears property was on the local leaders’ agenda. In this video clip, Gaithersburg City Council member Ryan Spiegel explains why he supports the annexation. Take a look.

Gaithersburg City Council approved annexation of the Sears property on Shady Grove Road despite vigorous opposition from Rockville City officials.

At the Aug. 6 Gaithersburg City Council meeting, City Attorney Lynn Board provides the details of the annexation agreement of the “Sears property.”

After a Montgomery County Council committee meeting to discuss a petition by the Sears company for Gaithersburg to annex the Great Indoors site (off Shady Grove Road and near 355), Rockville Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio said she was not disappointed as Rockville officials already knew there was nothing legally they could do to stop the petition. […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic (PHED) Development Committee will hold a work session at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 11 to discuss the city of Gaithersburg’s petition to annex approximately 27.9 acres of land located near Frederick Road (Route 355) and Shady Grove Road, generally referred to as the Sears/Great Indoors Property […]