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From the City’s website:

Labor Day Parade

The City of Gaithersburg celebrates the “unofficial” end of summer with its 69th Annual Labor Day Parade Monday, September 3, 2007 at 1 p.m. The parade will wind through the streets of Olde Towne Gaithersburg, including East Diamond and Russell Avenues.

Exciting participants in this year’s rain-or-shine parade include Bolivian dancers, the Tai Yim lion dancers, Bugs Bunny, Batman, Celebrity Head TV Stars, antique highwheelers, African drummers and dancers, and an assortment of fire engines, high school marching bands, giant balloons, horses, clowns and more.

Gaithersburg Middle School is the 2007 recipient of the annual Labor Day Community School Award. The principal, Carol Goddard, and the school are being recognized for the following accomplishments:

• Raising $1,040 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s “Pennies for Patients”,
• Collecting over 1,600 cans for Manna Food Center’s Holiday Drive, and
• Partnering with the GMS autism class to coordinate Autism Awareness Month activities.

Free parking is available in the Olde Towne garage, located at the corner of Olde Towne and South Summit Avenues. Handicap parking is located behind the Victor Litz store on the north side of Diamond Avenue, and behind the Shell station on South Summit Avenue. A shuttle bus will also be provided from the Lakeforest Shopping Center transit station to Gaithersburg Elementary School beginning at noon.

For more information contact 301-258-6350 or parksrec@gaithersburgmd.gov.

Editor’s Note: The City Police Department has ordered that NO MEDIA VEHICLES will be allowed up to the parade route.

From the City’s website:

Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Burglary
On 8/29/07, between 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., an unknown subject entered a motel room in the 800 block of Russell Avenue and removed property.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Burglary
On 08/28/07, at approximately 1:25 p.m., police responded to the 100 block of Odendhal Avenue for the report of a burglary. Entry was made through an unlocked window and property was taken.

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Monday, August 27, 2007
Burglary
Sometime between 9:00 p.m. on 08/25/07 and 11:00 a.m. on 08/27/07 unknown suspect(s) entered a business, Sticks and Phrases, located in the unit block of Maryland Avenue by breaking the rear window. The suspect(s) removed clothing.

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Sunday, August 26, 2007
Burglary
Sometime between 2:00 p.m. on 08/24/07 and 7:00 p.m. on 08/26/07, a residence in the 100 block of Hutton Street was burglarized. The basement door window was broken out and entry was made. Property was taken.

Hutton Street is near City Hall.

From the County’s website:

• A reported rape on Middle Point Court involved a juvenile victim and a known suspect.

  Middle Point Court is near Muddy Branch, Deer Park & I-270.

• An aggravated assault in the 600 block of Coral Reef Drive early on Saturday 8/18 was domestic in nature.

  Arrested: H/M, 19 yrs., 5’5”, 160 lbs. of Gaithersburg

  Coral Reef Drive is near Muddy Branch Road, south of West Side Drive.

• A strong-armed robbery occurred on Tuesday 8/14 at 7:15 PM, in the 8200 block of Coneflower Way. No description of suspect available.

  Coneflower Way is northeast of Washington Grove Lane & Midcounty Hwy.

• An aggravated assault occurred the Monday 8/20, time unknown in the 8200 block of Ironclad Court.

  Ironclad Court is not far from Coneflower Way.

• The attempted strong-arm robbery occurred at 10:05 PM on Friday 8/17 at Thomas Farm Drive and Centerway Road.

  Suspect: B/M 30-40, short hair, white shirt

  Thomas Farm meets Centerway just east of Club House Road.

• An aggravated assault occurred at 12:51 AM on Saturday 8/18 in the 300 block of Chestnut Hill Street. The two juvenile male victims were walking, when the defendant brandished a metal pipe and challenged the victims. He then entered the garage and returned to display a black handgun and again challenged the victims.

  Arrested: H/M 15, 5’7”,120 lbs. of Gaithersburg

  Chestnut Hill Street is in Lakelands.

• A strong-armed robbery occurred at Popeye’s, 417 N. Frederick Avenue at 12:35 AM on Wednesday 8/15. Suspects surrounded the adult male victim and demanded money. Property taken.

  Arrested: B/M, 29, of Montgomery Village
  B/M ,38, of Washington, DC
  B/M ,29, of Wheaton
  Vehicle: White GMC Sierra P/U

• An aggravated assault at Wendy’s, 18350 Contour Road, at midnight on Friday 8/17.

• There were two commercial burglaries at office buildings:

  • 9210 Corporate Blvd., CJ’s Café, Tuesday 8/14 to Wednesday 8/15. Forced entry and property taken.

  • 9420 Key West Ave. #101, Infozen, Friday 8/17 to Sunday 8/19. Entry forced, no property taken.

• A residential burglary in the 9700 block of Sky Hill Way on Tuesday 8/14 occurred between 2:14 PM and 2:40 PM. There was no sign of forced entry; property taken.

  I actually cannot find Sky Hill Way on any map — including the County GIS. It also doesn’t seem known to the County Property Tax records or the State Real Property records. However, some Google searching shows the street name being used in Rockville. In particular, this PDF at the County lists construction permit applications from 2005 for some addresses on Skyhill Way. Also, the Post Office shows 9701 Skyhill Way, Rockville, MD as having Zip+4 of 20850-4835, while this site says that 9-digit zip code has a latitude and longitude in the vicinity of Crown Farm. At the moment, local.live.com’s “birds-eye view” shows a development under construction in that vicinity, so maybe that’s it. Yeah, that’s probably more digging than this was worth, but it was a puzzle.

• An attempted burglary in the 400 block of Muddy Branch Road occurred on Tuesday 8/14, between 10 PM and midnight. Entry was not gained.

• A residential burglary occurred in the 100 block of Spring Street, Monday 8/20, time unknown.

  Spring Street is near Muddy Branch & Harmony Hall Roads.

• A residential burglary occurred in the 100 block of Bent Twig Lane Tuesday 8/21, time unknown.

  Bent Twig Lane is near Muddy Branch & Diamondback

• An unattended purse was snatched from a grocery cart at the Muddy Branch Giant on Thursday 8/16.

  Suspect: B/F, 13-15, hair in corn rows

• Two larcenies from vehicles occurred where Toyotas were targeted on West Side Drive overnight Thursday 8/16 to Friday 8/17. A Corolla in the 300 block of West Side was entered by force and property taken. A Corolla was stolen from the 900 block of West Side.

• A commercial burglary occurred at Armand’s Pizza, 18206 Contour Road, overnight Friday 8/17 to Saturday 8/18. No sign of forced entry; property was taken.

• A residential burglary occurred on Sunday 8/19 at 11:40 AM, in the 19600 block of Ridge Heights Drive. Forced entry, property taken.

  Ridge Heights Drive is off Snouffer’s School Road, north of Centerway.

• Two thefts from vehicles were reported on Centerway Road:

  • 9000 blk Centerway Road, Saturday 8/18 at 12:15 AM. No forced entry, no property taken.

  • 9000 blk Centerway Road, Monday8/20 midnight to 8 AM. Entry by force; property taken.

• A residential burglary occurred on Wednesday 8/15 between 1 PM and 2 AM, in the 10100 block of Watkins Mill Place. No forced entry, no property was taken.

  Watkins Mill Place is off Watkins Mill Road, just south of Apple Ridge.

• A residential burglary occurred on Friday 8/17, time unknown, in the 9400 block of Merust Lane. Entry was gained and property was taken.

  Merust Lane is west of Goshen Road , about halfway between Centerway and Wightman.

• Two larcenies from vehicles occurred on Ridgeline Drive, the vehicles were entered via broken windows overnight Friday 8/17 to Saturday 8/18. Property was taken from both vehicles.

  Ridgeline Drive is near Watkins Mill & Club House Roads

• Four vandalisms to vehicles (tires slashed) in parking lots in the 700 block of Quince Orchard Boulevard, all were overnight Friday 8/17 to Saturday 8/18, times unknown.

• A commercial burglary occurred at Perfect Settings Carpet at 303 S. Frederick Avenue overnight Wednesday 8/15 to Thursday 8/16. Forced entry, property was taken.

• A commercial burglary occurred overnight Thursday 817 to Friday 8/17 at Gaithersburg Party Rental at 8500 Anniversary Circle. Forced entry, property taken.

  Anniversary Circle is near Oakmont & Shady Grove.

• A residential burglary occurred in the 30 block of Nancy Place on Wednesday 8/15 between 6:30 AM and 7:30 PM. Entry was gained and property taken.

  Nancy Place is next to Casey Barns, on South Frederick just north of I-370.

• A residential burglary occurred at 11:07 AM on Friday 8/17 in the 17600 block of Larchmont Terrace.

  Larchmont Terrace is near Midcounty Hwy and Saybrooke Oaks Blvd

• Two residential burglaries occurred in Washington Grove:

  • 200 blk Grove Avenue, Monday 8/20 at 6:17 PM. Forced entry, property taken.

  • 100 blk Washington Grove Lane, Tuesday 8/21 at 9:47 AM. Forced entry, property taken.

• Three thefts from vehicles at area auto service shops:

  WED 8/15 to THU 8/16	at Exxon, 7983 Muncaster Mill Road, Removed bumper
  SAT 8/18 to SUN 8/19	at Andrew Tech Automotive, 7615 Rickenbacker Drive, Forced entry, property taken
  MON 8/20 to TUE 821	at General Automotive, 8041 Queenair Drive, Forced entry, unknown what taken

  These three addresses are all in the general vicinity of the Airpark.

• Two larcenies from vehicles occurred overnight Monday 8/20 to Tuesday 8/21, two unlocked vehicles in the 18800 block of Still Meadows Court were searched. Property was taken from one car.

  Still Meadows Court is a cul-de-sac near Strawberry Knoll Park.

• An indecent exposure incident occurred on the morning of Saturday 8/18 in the 7400 block of Tarfside Lane. The adult female victim observed the suspect while walking her dog.

  Arrested: H/M, 20 , of Germantown

  Tarfside Lane is near Woodfield Road, south of Fieldcrest Road.