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Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner restated his opposition to the so-called second crossing over the Potomac at his Monday meeting with local reporters. Saying that the project will never happen, Berliner said the project distracts attention away from real solutions to traffic problems, such as expanding capacity on Interstate 270 or the American Legion […]

The Montgomery County Council will take up legislation Tuesday designed to increase the county’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. The council had passed legislation in January phasing in increases but County Executive Ike Leggett vetoed the legislation. Here, Council President Roger Berliner discusses the legislation at his Monday meeting with local reporters: Follow this […]

Here are five things to know today, July 24, in Montgomery County: 1. Meet the Media: Council President Roger Berliner meets with reporters at 11:30 a.m. 2. County Agenda: The County Council’s Public Safety and Health and Human Services committee meet at 10:45 a.m. to receive an update on heroin, opioid and Narcan use in […]

Changes at a local shopping center and blooming sunflowers topped our Top 10 list this week. We had several public safety stories included the ongoing legal proceedings on Catherine Hoggle’s competency and the sentencing of a man who went on a shooting spree. Construction of a bridge over I-270 got underway. A bridge over the […]

Council President Roger Berliner is asking his fellow County Council members to sign on to a resolution that spells out the county’s opposition a bridge across the Potomac River that would connect the Intercounty Connector to Virginia routes to Dulles Airport. The Transportation Planning Board, part of the multijurisdictional Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, will […]

Council President Roger Berliner talked about Montgomery County’s opposition to a “second crossing” across the Potomac River, a legal memorandum on whether the county can bring suit against the Federal Aviation Administration over airplane noise from Reagan National Airport, problems with the county’s Department of Liquor Control, opioids and other topics.

Council President Roger Berliner said I-270 would be Montgomery County’s No. 1 interstate transportation project, meaning it leads the list of priorities for the county in correspondence with the state. A draft letter to the state Department of Transportation listing county priorities will be decided Tuesday. The county is asking the state to consider two […]

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld is scheduled to address the Montgomery County Council on Tuesday on his plan to keep the transit system safe, reliable and affordable. His discussion comes after arcing insulators suspended Red Line service during the Friday morning rush hour. Metro officials said the arcing was likely sparked by water infiltration into […]

News reports said the Howard County government website, along with other government sites across the United States, were hacked to display a message supporting the Islamic State, the terrorist organization. By 9:45 a.m. Monday, the site had been restored, according to a tweet from Howard County government. As of 9:45 a.m. this morning, 6/26, @HoCoGov […]

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