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July 22, 2021 | Gracie Tanner

Takoma Park Imprints Local Poems in New Sidewalks

While walking around Takoma Park, look down at your feet to see poems written by local residents imprinted on new sidewalks across the city. So far, three poems have been set in stone as part of an interactive public arts project organized by the City of Takoma Park’s Arts and Humanities Division. Earlier this year, […]

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September 2, 2020 | Maryam Shahzad

MCPD Officer Sentenced to Probation for Kneeling on Silver Spring Man’s Head in 2019

Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Officer Kevin Moris was sentenced to two years supervised probation Monday after he kneed a handcuffed man in the head in 2019.  On July 3, 2019, Moris held handcuffed Arnaldo Pesoa, a Silver Spring man, on a sidewalk with his knee on his head outside a McDonald’s in Aspen Hill. […]

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June 19, 2017 | Douglas Tallman

Berliner Discusses Metro, Purple Line and Bethesda Sidewalk Issue

At his weekly meeting with reporters, Council President Roger Berliner discusses a proposal to change Metro’s governance, the loss of a sidewalk in Bethesda because of construction at the Apex building and his thoughts on the latest rulings from the judge hearing the Purple Line case.

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January 25, 2016 | Maureen Chowdhury

Montgomery County Residents Required to Clear Sidewalks (PHOTO)

Now that snow cleanup is underway, Montgomery County officials are reminding residents to clear sidewalks. According to the Montgomery County website; “Property owners are responsible for clearing their public sidewalks, driveways and entrances within 24 hours of the end of a snowstorm. All residents are strongly encouraged to be good neighbors by clearing the sidewalks in […]

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April 6, 2015 | Sonya Burke

Floreen Announces Golden Shovel Award Winners

Montgomery County Council Vice President Nancy Floreen announced today that 20 residents will be recognized as this year’s Golden Shovel Award winners. The awards recognize area residents who helped neighbors shovel out after snowfalls during the harsh winter of 2014-15. The awards are scheduled to be presented at the County Council’s April 21 meeting. According […]

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February 18, 2015 | Sonya Burke

Toilet Snowplow (VIDEO)

What will they think of next? The owner of Union Hardware in Bethesda has designed a motorized toilet that also serves as a snow plow. David Goldberg posted a video of the invention that he calls Loo-cy on YouTube. In the video, entitled “Heads Up,” Goldbeg is seen clearing the sidewalk along Norfolk Avenue in […]

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February 17, 2015 | Sonya Burke

Show Us Your MoCo Snow (PHOTOS)

Show us your snow! You can email your photos and videos to pix@mymcmedia.org or Tweet them @MyMCMedia. We are posting your photos and videos on our website and social media channels. Our first photo today came in from a Twitter follower in Takoma Park. Note how she was the first to shovel her sidewalk this […]

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