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Gaithersburg City Councilmember Henry Marraffa watched the Iowa caucuses from his hospital bed on Monday night where he is undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia. He said his prognosis is good. “I was diagnosed this week with leukemia, an extension of the MDS [Myelodysplastic Syndromes] I was being treated for the last two years,” Marraffa wrote in […]

UPDATE Feb. 8  The special session scheduled for Feb. 9 will occur in March due to winter storm expected Feb. 8. The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to hold a special session on Feb. 9 to discuss how the county performed before, during and after the Blizzard of 2016. “Our Council will ensure accountability,” said Roger Berliner, […]

Many residents were grateful their power did not go out during the Blizzard of 2016. Montgomery County Council Vice President Roger Berliner, who has championed legislation to make the utility improve, said Pepco’s performance is getting better and residents are pleased.

UPDATED The Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) members elected officers at today’s meeting and Michael Durso was elected president and Judith Docca was elected vice president. Durso takes over as president for board member Patricia O’Neill, who has served as the board president for the past year. “This is an important time in the […]

At it’s Dec. 7th meeting, the Gaithersburg City Council voted 5-0 to elect Councilmember Michael Sesma as the new Council vice president. Sesma was nominated by Councilmember Ryan Spiegel who is the outgoing vice president. Councilmember Henry Marraffa seconded the nomination. Sesma will serve a one-year term. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman acts as the president […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal’s term as Council President ends on Dec. 1. At his weekly briefing on Nov. 30, Leventhal recapped some of the highlights of the past year. He also fielded questions from reporters about the Department of Liquor Control, Montgomery County Public Schools, homeless vets, Syrian refugees and his future plans. […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on Nov. 16 for his weekly briefing and he was joined by Council Vice President Nancy Floreen. Leventhal began the briefing with a report about his recent trip to El Salvador. He also previewed tomorrow’s scheduled Council discussion about the cost drivers of government. But it […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Ryan Spiegel, the newly selected vice president of the Gaithersburg City Council, shares his thoughts on the year ahead for Gaithersburg.

Montgomery County Council Vice President George Leventhal, who chairs the Council’s Health and Human Services Committee, at 7 p.m. tonight is slated to be presented with the 2014 Dr. Henry and Page Laughlin Montgomery County Medical Society Distinguished Public Official Award at a dinner at the Bethesda North Marriott. In a letter informing Council Vice […]

Board of Education (BOE) member Philip Kauffman was selected by his colleagues on Dec. 12 to serve as president of the Board. Board member Patricia O’Neill was selected as vice president. Both officers will serve a one-year term. Kauffman replaces Christopher S. Barclay, who has served as president for the past year. “I am honored […]