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From the City’s website:

2008 Parade will be on September 1, 2008

The City of Gaithersburg and the Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Fire Department celebrate the “unofficial” end of summer with the 70th Annual Labor Day Parade Monday, September 1, 2008 at 1 p.m. The parade will wind through the streets of Olde Towne Gaithersburg, including East Diamond and Russell Avenues.

Exciting participants in this year’s rain-or-shine parade include Master of Ceremonies Kim Martucci of WUSA Channel 9 News, the Maryland Nighthawks Basketball team, dancers and mascot, Bolivian dancers, the Tai Yim lion dancers, antique highwheelers, African drummers and dancers, and an assortment of fire engines, high school marching bands, giant balloons, horses, clowns and more.

Free parking is available in the Olde Towne garage, located at the corner of Olde Towne and South Summit Avenues. Handicap parking is located behind the Victor Litz store on the north side of Diamond Avenue, and behind the Shell station on South Summit Avenue. A shuttle bus will also be provided from the Lakeforest Shopping Center transit station to Gaithersburg Middle School beginning at noon.

For more information contact 301-258-6350 or parksrec@gaithersburgmd.gov.

Editor’s Note: The City Police Department has ordered that NO MEDIA VEHICLES will be allowed up to the parade route.

Note that the following map is from last year’s parade; the City does not appear to have published a similar map this year. I am not aware that any of the arrangements have changed, however.

In the first incident below, I’m not sure that “robbery” exactly sums it up, but that’s how they have it labeled.

From the City’s website:

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Robbery

On 08/24/08, at 12:09 a.m., units responded to an assault and battery in front of the unit block of North Summit Drive. Four suspects kicked and punched the victim. The victim fell to ground and continued to be assaulted. One suspect picked up victim and dropped him on his head numerous times causing him to lose consciousness and creating several very deep lacerations to his head. Suspects assaulted another victim who attempted to break up the fight and committed a robbery of a cell phone of yet another victim who was attempting to contact police. The suspects and cell phone were recovered a short distance away. The suspects were charged accordingly.

Strong Arm Robbery

On 08/23/08, at 5:38 p.m., units responded to the area of Travis Avenue and Travis View Court for a robbery. The victim was walking in the park when and was assaulted by a group of black males who stole a cell phone. The suspect was located a short distance away and was charged accordingly

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Friday, August 22, 2008

Burglary

Sometime between 12:00 p.m. on 08/16/08 and 11:45 a.m. on 08/22/08, a storage bin in the 400 block of Girard Street was burglarized. The lock was ripped off the storage bin and property was taken.

Via Connected Communites, where reports for all six districts are available.

P1 Beat:

• A residential burglary occurred on Saturday, 8/09 between 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the 10100 block of Reprise Drive in Rockville. No forced entry, property taken.
• A construction site theft occurred in the 9700 block of Washingtonian Boulevard in Gaithersburg overnight Monday, 8/04 into Tuesday, 8/05. Multiple storage containers had their padlocks cut; copper wiring was taken.
• A theft from vehicle in the parking lot of the Giant at the Muddy Branch Square shopping center in Gaithersburg resulted in an arrest the night of Wednesday, 8/06. The suspect was found in the lot with the stolen purse and laptop computer beside her. The items had been stolen from her
  unlocked SUV between 10:15 p.m. and 10:47 p.m.

P2 Beat:

• A theft from vehicle occurred overnight on Thursday, 8/7 at the intersection of Hart and Booth Streets in Gaithersburg. Suspects broke the window and removed, cell phone, iPod and CD’s.
• A theft from vehicle occurred overnight on Saturday, 8/9 into Sunday, 8/10 in the 600 block of Main Street in Gaithersburg. Suspects broke a window and removed a GPS unit.

R1 Beat:

• An armed robbery occurred on Wednesday, 8/06 at 5:25 p.m. in the parking lot in the 9600 block of Horizon Run Road in Montgomery Village. A weapon was displayed and property was taken.
  Suspects: 3 H/M’s 18-22 years, one with a knife.
• A residential burglary occurred overnight between Thursday, 8/07 and Friday, 8/08 in the 19500 block of Ridge Heights Drive in Gaithersburg. No forced entry, property taken.
• A theft from vehicle occurred on Sunday, 8/10 at 4:45 p.m. in the area of Travis Lane and Travis Avenue in Gaithersburg. Suspects broke the window and removed a bag.

R2 Beat:

• A strong-arm robbery occurred Wednesday, 8/06, 4:45 p.m. in the parking lot of 19000 Mills Choice Road in Montgomery Village. The suspect approached the adult male victim and pushed him to the ground and took his property.
• A vandalism occurred on Saturday, 8/09, at the Tobacco Shop, 19290 Montgomery Village Avenue in Montgomery Village. Damage was done but no entry was made.
• A theft from vehicle occurred on Wednesday, 8/6 between midnight and 2:00 a.m. in the 10300 block of Apple Ridge Road in Montgomery Village. Unknown suspects broke the window and took the stereo.
• A theft from vehicle occurred on Wednesday, 8/6 in the 10400 block of Apple Ridge Road in Montgomery Village. No signs of forced entry but a GPS unit was removed.
• A theft from vehicle occurred in the 19800 block of Bazzellton Place in Montgomery Village on Tuesday, 8/12 at 3:00 a.m. A neighbor saw the suspects use a rock to break the window. Two DVD screens were removed.

S1 Beat:

• A rape on North Summit Drive in Gaithersburg on Thursday, 8/07 was domestic.

S2 Beat:

• An attempted commercial burglary occurred on Sunday, 8/10 between 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. at Montgomery Tire Service, located at 8301 Snouffer School Road in Gaithersburg. Forced entry attempted, no entry was gained.
• A commercial burglary occurred at De Perini Metal Fabricators, 8021 Queenair Drive in Gaithersburg over the weekend between Friday, 8/08 and Monday, 8/11. Forced entry, property taken.
• Two residential garage burglaries occurred in the 7700 block of Epsilon Drive in Derwood on Tuesday, 8/05. No time frame. No forced entry, property taken.
  Suspects: 3-B/M’s, 13-16, one being 5’4” & 130 lbs., with an Afro rode a bike.