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Tired of waiting for revitalization efforts to take hold, business owners in Olde Towne Gaithersburg are attempting to infuse more nightlife in the historic district in hopes of jump-starting change.

When someone shattered the front window of the Emporium of Olde Towne, an antique dealers’ cooperative, Ruby Haberkamp put pen to paper.

From railways to retail, Gaithersburg officials and private consultants last week started a series of meetings aimed at examining growth in the Kentlands commercial district.

A legal dispute has stalled action on a plan to add three office or warehouse buildings on the G.E. Technology Park in west Gaithersburg.

A historic preservation group is scrambling to save a farmhouse slated for demolition this month to make way for the Aventiene development in Gaithersburg.

A federal grand jury has indicted the owners of the El Pollo Rico Restaurant in Wheaton on charges of money laundering and harboring illegal immigrants to work in their restaurant while they accumulated nearly $8 million in cash, real estate and other property.

The trial of a Gaithersburg man charged in the 2005 shooting death of an acquaintance in Germantown began Tuesday in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville

When former Spanish radio disc jockey Denis Tobar talks about National Night Out Against Crime, his signature baritone excitedly lists the beauty of police mingling with residents in a festive setting.

A Gaithersburg man was found guilty last month for raping at knifepoint a Montgomery Village woman in Olde Towne in December, according to a statement from Montgomery County State’s Attorney John J. McCarthy’s office.

Walter Flores-Montalban, 27, was convicted of first-degree rape, first-degree sex offense and robbery with a dangerous weapon in Montgomery County Circuit Court on July 20, according to the statement released that day.

Incensed by the suggestion that Handy-Collins was connected to Techworld’s woes, the school system reiterated its support.

‘‘There’s absolutely no evidence whatsoever that she had any involvement in the allegations of fiscal mismanagement,” said school system spokesman Brian K. Edwards. ‘‘Any allegations that she was somehow involved in that are nothing but scurrilous innuendo.”

An anti-illegal immigrant group was expected to hold a news conference this morning in front of the County Executive Building in Rockville, demanding answers about the county’s support of three day labor centers.

Comcast subscribers should notify the cable company that they are not giving up their right to sue for negligence, fraud or damages, county officials urged this week.

The school system ended its last budget year June 30 with $9.165 million in its wallet because of decreased enrollment, teacher vacancies and state reimbursements, school officials reported at Thursday’s school board meeting in Rockville.

Montgomery County’s failed deal to develop a music venue with the owners of the Birchmere music hall should not hamper the county’s efforts to get state officials to move the money to another venue, nor should it prevent it from securing future funding for other capital projects, state officials said.

Downtown Silver Spring is a public space, and rules governing it should reflect that status, Montgomery County Attorney Leon Rodriguez said in a letter that was discussed at a Monday County Council subcommittee hearing, along with other development issues concerning downtown Silver Spring.