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The street festival, held rain or shine, is hosted in several blocks around the intersection of North Summit and East Diamond avenues, and is expected to draw about 45,000 people, said Britta Monaco, city spokeswoman.

Gaithersburg police are investigating as a possible hate crime the vandalism of two cars that occurred in the early morning hours on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

After legal wrangling delayed a decision nearly two months ago, the Gaithersburg Planning Commission rejected a an preliminary plan to add three buildings to the GE Technology Park in the Lakelands.

In a push to quell the controversial issue of a new skate park, Gaithersburg leaders appointed a committee on Monday to iron out the project’s specifics.

• Blackout hinders meeting

  A regular Gaithersburg mayor and City Council meeting was rescheduled on Sept. 4 to Monday due to a blackout that affected roughly 250 buildings, including City Hall at 31 S. Summit Ave.

• Charrette to includephone survey

  Beginning Monday, residents 21 years old and older living in a 3-mile radius of the Kentlands Boulevard Commercial District — including Market Square and Kentlands Square on Gaithersburg’s west side — could receive a phone call to gather their thoughts on the area.

• City-wide survey considered

  Gaithersburg could conduct its first city-wide resident survey in about a dozen years, per a request by City Council members during their planning retreat in January.

• Appointments made to several boards

  Gaithersburg City Council appointed and reappointed residents to several city boards during its meeting Monday.

The Birchmere’s deal with the county to open a Silver Spring music hall seems to have failed because the two sides had different ideas for the project, according to documents obtained by The Gazette.

As a plan to build a new middle school in Montgomery Village nears a crucial decision this fall, concerned residents and parents from across the upcounty are divided over whether the school should be built in Clarksburg instead.

A new bill introduced Tuesday would take the guesswork out of property tax payments for homebuyers. Proposed by Councilman Philip M. Andrews and supported by County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and most of the council, the bill would require sellers to provide buyers with the actual property taxes the buyer could expect to pay, not necessarily the tax bill that the sellers pay.

Under the guise of a light drizzle, Hollywood A-lister Russell Crowe slipped into Gaithersburg Tuesday afternoon to film portions of the spy thriller “Body of Lies.”

Baker Maximo Morales knows how to keep his cool, even as his kitchen heats up with the work of cooking enough empanadas to feed a Chilean army.