• Patricia M. Murret writes, Two masked men with guns rob pharmacy

    Two men carrying handguns tied up two Rite Aid store clerks on Dec. 11 and stole money from the store.

  • Sebastian Montes writes, One driver in fatal hit-and-run identified

    Yudis Alexander Chicos-Romero of Montgomery Village was driving the 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse that struck Bender as he tried to cut across Route 355 to buy groceries from the Walnut Hill Shopping Center, said Sgt. Meredith Dominick of the police department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit. Bender was not in a crosswalk and was shielding himself from the wind and rain with an umbrella, she said.

    When police found and inspected the car the morning after the crash, they determined that its damage was not consistent with a fatal pedestrian strike.

  • Patricia M. Murret writes, City officials consider new enterprise district

    The city is considering creating an enterprise zone within the Olde Towne Central Business District that would allow certain municipal, county and state tax benefits for employers and property owners, according to Assistant City Manager Tony Tomasello.

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    Gaithersburg could soon see glitz and glamour at Celebrate Gaithersburg Day 2008. The city’s mayor and council authorized Acting City Manager Jim Arnoult to negotiate a contract with the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles for rock band the Gin Blossoms to headline the summer event.

  • Sebastian Montes writes, Activists join in illegal immigrant services opposition

    Anti-illegal immigrant activists from around the metropolitan area held their first meeting Wednesday night to begin work on forming a regional coalition aimed at pressuring local and state governments to cut their support of illegal immigrants next year.

  • Patricia M. Murret writes, SWAT specialists descend on Broadstone

    Small explosions accompanied by the ringing of car alarms came from the recently vacated Broadstone Apartments in Gaithersburg on Thursday as police engaged in small explosives training to prepare for hostage-rescue, barricade and school shooting situations.