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More than 20 bullets were fired at two townhouses early Tuesday morning in what police are describing as a possible gang shootout in Gaithersburg’s Saybrooke community. No one was injured in the incident, which police said could be connected to a shooting in Montgomery Village that occurred a few hours earlier.

Note that this was near, but not actually in Saybrooke. The address given later in the article is State Court, which I believe is in the Newport Estates subdivision, on the opposite side of Girard from Gaithersburg Middle school, and near East Diamond Avenue. Saybrooke is on the other side of Kelly Park from Newport Estates.

A Gaithersburg man initially believed to be the first pedestrian fatality of the year was actually beaten and left lying in the middle of Muncaster Mill Road before having his skull crushed by a passing motorist, according to police.

An 18-year-old from Rockville has been charged in connection with the January death of Manuel Antonio Ramirez-Gavarete, 38, an immigrant from Honduras who was only two blocks from his home when the incident happened.

Anthony Alexander Dzikowski, a former student at Col. Zadok Magruder High School, has been indicted for manslaughter, reckless endangerment and conspiracy to commit assault, according to online records for Montgomery County Circuit Court. His attorney, David Driscoll, did not return a call for comment.

An 80-year-old Gaithersburg man was killed Thursday after his blue 1997 Honda Accord collided with an SUV at the intersection of Midcounty Highway and Woodfield Road.

Then on Sunday, Krzysztof Galecki, 18, of the 19300 block of Cypress Hill Way, was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash on Olney-Laytonsville Road (Route 108) near Olney Mill Road in Olney.

A gathering of family and friends ended early Wednesday with six people in the hospital after eating stew that included mint leaves that could have been tainted with pesticide, according to a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman.

An 18-year-old man originally from Gaithersburg was sentenced to serve 18 years in jail for directing his friend to shoot two men in a gang-related retaliation at the Shady Grove Metro station last year.

Before sentencing Phillip Anthony Kang to 30 years, with all but 18 suspended, in connection with the nonfatal shooting, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Marielsa Bernard expressed regret that Kang seemingly had not learned anything from the extensive time he had spent in the county’s juvenile justice system.

A 6-year-old Gaithersburg boy drowned Wednesday evening in a pool at a relative’s home in Silver Spring, according to Montgomery County police.

Scott Tran of the 8800 block of Cross Country Place was attending a family gathering and playing in a backyard in-ground pool in the 13100 block of New Hampshire Avenue with seven or eight other children.

City officials moved Monday to extend the city’s affordable housing requirements for Olde Towne business development to any enterprise zone established by state law — and to rezone several acres of land to be included in the central business district.

The word “extend” in the headline here is a bit misleading. Basically what they are doing is changing the exemption to apply to the Enterprise Zone, which is actually smaller than the existing CBD (Central Business District) planning zone. The change of definition will allow the City to rezone additional properties into CBD without extending the affordable housing exemption.

Construction of new office and retail space is poised to start on the former site of Chris’ Steakhouse in Olde Towne Gaithersburg, where enterprise zone status is beginning to make its mark.

A packed room of county residents and firefighters - consisting mainly of opponents - outlined their views of a proposed ambulance transport fee to County Council members during a public hearing Tuesday night in Rockville.

As a new report shows the county’s shortage of affordable housing is expected to grow 24 percent by 2030 and the land available for new housing is dwindling, the agency responsible for helping residents in need locate and secure homes is reaching outside its normal operation to become more accessible, user friendly — and a national model.

Although tens of thousands of citations have been issued by the Montgomery County automated speed camera system since its inception a little over a year ago, only three motorists have gone through the time, trouble and expense to appeal their tickets in court, said Payman Tehrani, law clerk for Circuit Court Judge Ann S. Harrington.