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The Gaithersburg Mayor and City Council will hold a public hearing during a special session on Monday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss a proposed amendment to the city’s Ethics Ordinance. The proposed ordinance includes comprehensive changes to bring the City’s ethics provisions into compliance with state statutory requirements, ensuring that those requirements are […]

Gaithersburg city officials agreed to spend up to $105,000 for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) study of the five-mile Maryland 355 corridor. “We want to do this in a hurry,” said Gaithersburg Planning and Code Administration Director John Schlichting. His request for the study came at the end of the Dec. 15 City Council meeting, […]

Long-serving Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz has turned in his conditional resignation, effective Nov. 10, now that he is running unopposed in the Nov. 4 race for the District 3 County Council seat. So the question remains who will be the next mayor of Gaithersburg? MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You can find out more information about […]

UPDATED, Sept 2, 4 p.m. – The city of Gaithersburg just got in 10,000 commemorative coins that should have arrived  in time for the Annual Labor Day parade held on Monday. According to Michele Potter, director of Parks, Recreation and Culture for the city, the coins did not arrive in time for city leaders to […]

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce held its 11th Annual Wine Tasting at the Kentlands Mansion in Gaithersburg. Over 90 area business leaders -including city of Gaithersburg Councilmembers Cathy Drzyzgula, Henry Marraffa, Mike Sesma and Ryan Spiegel – attended. The event sponsors included The city of Gaithersburg, DrinkMore Water, the Melting Pot Gaithersburg, Pinky and Pepe’s Grape […]

There was a big turnout for the Kentlands 25th anniversary celebratory event, “Birth of a Community,” at Largent’s Restaurant and Bar on Feb. 16. Approximately 150 people attended the event, including many elected and appointed officials as well as dozens of Kentlands residents and volunteers. Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz and Mike Watkins, who served as […]

UPDATED The three incumbents in the upcoming City of Gaithersburg election are running for reelection unopposed. The filing deadline closed at 5 p.m. on Sept. 20 and city officials said Mayor Sidney Katz and Gaithersburg City Council members Henry Marraffa and Michael Sesma are the only candidates who filed to run in the Nov. 5 […]

Gaithersburg residents will cast their ballots for Mayor and two City Council Members on Tuesday, November 5. The Mayor and Council Members each serve a four-year term. The terms of office for Mayor Sidney Katz and Council Members Henry F. Marraffa, Jr. and Michael A. Sesma will expire in November. Residents interested in running for […]

Congressman-elect John Delaney attended Gaithersburg’s Veterans Day Observance at the Gaithersburg City Hall Concert Pavilion on Nov. 11. He was joined on stage by Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz, City Council members Jud Ashman, Cathy Drzyzgula, Henry Marraffa, Ryan Spiegel and other officials, including Montgomery County Council member Phil Andrews. There were dozens of residents and […]

Montgomery County Council member Phil Andrews was joined on Oct.15 by more than two dozen elected officials and community leaders to express their opposition to Maryland’s new Congressional map and to urge voters to repeal it on Nov. 6 by voting against Ballot Question 5. Take a look. Speakers also called for fundamental redistricting reform […]