Montgomery Community Media

Who will be the next mayor of Gaithersburg? We should know next month. Long-serving Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz announced at last night’s City Council meeting that he is submitting his conditional resignation effective Nov. 10. Katz noted that he is running unopposed for the District 3 Montgomery County Council seat in the Nov. 4 election. […]

He’s held elected office for decades but Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz was still required to attend mandatory candidate training on July 18 at City Hall. In fact, he was the only candidate to attend the mandatory training session. The office of Mayor and two City Council seats are up for reelection on Nov. 5. Candidates […]

The city of Gaithersburg announced today that it has launched a reporting program for its recently-adopted “Reporting of Improper or Illegal Acts” legislation, also known as the Whistleblower Ordinance. City officials adopted the ordinance to provide a safe and confidential environment for employees and other individuals to make good faith reports of improper or illegal […]

Dozens of Montgomery County residents packed the Montgomery County Council chambers to testify at the Public Service Commission’s Aug. 7 public hearing. The hearing was scheduled to get residents’ feedback following the June 29 derecho and power outages. In addition to sharing stories about how the power outages impacted their lives and how much it […]

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