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April 9th, 2008

The Gazette This Week, Part 2

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  • Patricia M. Murret writes, New hotel tax expected to bring $1.2 million to city:

    Thanks to a recently passed bill that would enable cities to impose up to a 2 percent tax on hotel rooms, Gaithersburg could collect $1.2 million in fiscal 2009, officials said.

  • Patricia M. Murret writes, Mayor applauds city progress in annual speech:

    Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney A. Katz highlighted a year of change addressing about 350 area officials, community leaders and residents who gathered Thursday for the annual State of the City Dinner at the Gaithersburg Hilton.

  • Sebastian Montes writes, Brunswick line gets comfort upgrades, possible expansion:

    Riders will see upgrades along the Brunswick line — which runs from Union Station in Washington, D.C., through Montgomery and Frederick counties and on to Martinsburg, W.Va. — by 2010.

    Minor improvements are already under way, including aesthetic touchups at stations, new train cars and environmentally friendly diesel locomotives, onboard wireless Internet access and some updated seating.

  • C. Benjamin Ford writes, Council president wants to delay construction:

    Montgomery County Council President Michael J. Knapp introduced a plan to delay more than $363 million in new construction and renovation projects of county schools, libraries and fire and police stations because of the current budget crunch.

  • Sebastian Montes writes, No action yet on industrial uses at Webb Tract:

    With the idea of county industrial operations coming to the Webb Tract property still a possibility, Montgomery Village residents are gearing up for a forum with county officials to hear details of that plan.

  • Bradford Pearson writes, Leggett targets high housing costs with tax break, impact fee:

    Montgomery County’s first-time homebuyers could see a property tax break while commercial developers could pay a new impact fee as part of County Executive Isiah Leggett’s plan to provide more affordable housing.

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April 9th, 2008

The Gazette This Week, Part 1

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  • Patricia M. Murret writes, Response time improves with city beat system:

    Six months into implementation, a police beat plan in Gaithersburg has shaved more than a minute off response time, according to new data.

  • Sebastian Montes writes, Suspect in Route 355 murder calls his arrest ‘crazy’:

    The man charged with murder in the February beating of a 42-year-old Gaithersburg man that inflamed fears that Latinos are being targeted says he did not commit the crime.

    “I don’t know about this situation. I never knew about this situation,” Detric Lewarren Thompson, 28, said April 2 in a phone interview from the Montgomery County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond.

  • Erin Donaghue and Patricia M. Murret write, Quince Orchard murder plot thwarted in 2007:

    Two weeks after last April’s mass murders at Virginia Tech, a 14-year-old student at Quince Orchard High School began planning a shooting rampage to kill students and teachers, according to police documents.

  • Meghan Tierney writes, Smith guilty of fellow Ranger’s death; Attorney says he will appeal verdict:

    The jury reached its verdict on April 2 after less than a day of deliberations. Smith faces a maximum of 50 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court on May 27. Smith was originally indicted on first-degree murder charges. Second-degree murder is defined as an intentional killing caused that is not premeditated or committed in the heat of passion, according to state law.

  • Patricia M. Murret writes, Of Note around Gaithersburg:
    • Mayor applauds city progress in annual speech
    • Search for city manager takes root
    • Skate spots selected
    • City seeks help revising election code
    • Public hearing on Olde Towne redevelopment
    • Quarterly employee awards
    • Dollars and sense; A public hearing on the budget will by held by the mayor and council on May 5 at City Hall.
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