Articles in this month’s Town Courier include:

  • Sonya Burke writes, Incumbents Bow Out:

    The face of Gaithersburg politics is changing significantly
    now that incumbent City Council members Stanley Alster, Geri Edens and John Schlichting have formally announced they will not seek re-election this fall.

  • Sonya Burke writes, Seven Candidates Compete for Three Positions:

    The Gaithersburg city election is just one month a way and the official November 6 ballot will include seven candidates, including a Kentlands resident and a Quince Orchard Park (QOP) resident, who are vying for three City Council seats.

  • Carrie Dietz writes, Retailers Hope for United Main Street:

    On the eve of Kentlands’ second charette, Main Street retailers are hoping for help from the city of Gaithersburg to boost business along the city’s other Kentlands’ focal point — Main Street.

  • In their lead editorial, the Courier writes, Bowing Out Ungracefully:

    Certainly, dropping out of the race for work and family
    are admirable reasons and certainly all three have given their time and energies selflessly to the city of Gaithersburg. But as long-time incumbents throwing in the towel at the last minute without any notice to others who might want to get in the race is just not cool.

  • Karen O’Keefe writes, All That We Can Be:

    For many people who have moved to this area in the last two decades, including me, the cows were part of what made the area so attractive. I grew up in New England with cows watching my house from across the street. I watched them give birth, lie down, stand up and chew — and they watched back.
    Yet it was my very act of moving here, along with thousands of other families like mine, that chased the cows away. I understand that.

  • Sonya Burke writes, Governor Visits Gaithersburg to Unveil Part of His Budget Plan:

    Governor Martin O’Malley joined with Lieutenant Governor Brown and Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett in Gaithersburg to announce plans to invest $400 million in the Transportation Trust Fund and to invest in higher education on September 24.