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The Office of the State Prosecutor will not press criminal charges against political action committees for donating to candidates running in the November 2007 Gaithersburg elections.

Federal authorities have subpoenaed documents related to disability retirement benefits paid to former assistant chief John King, who retired from the county last year before becoming Gaithersburg police chief.

A recent history of awarding thousands of dollars in bonuses to top Gaithersburg officials has prompted new City Manager Angel Jones to consider revamping the reward system.

County planners will not use a citizens’ advisory board to help craft the blueprint for transforming 500 acres in Shady Grove into the centerpiece of Montgomery County’s future in bioscience and applied research.

Two victims of violent carjackings in Germantown described in court Thursday the injury and terror they endured when they were kidnapped at knifepoint.

Yellow paintballs were shot at the Islamic Center of Maryland in Gaithersburg early Saturday, according to center leaders.

A Gaithersburg man died after being struck by a car as he was crossing a road in Rockville Saturday night.

Gov. Martin O’Malley and his cabinet converged on Gaithersburg Thursday during the state’s Capital for a Day program.

Gaithersburg is the seventh of eight cities chosen for the series, which is designed to help connect the state government to important issues, needs and programs, O’Malley said during a Town Hall meeting with students from several city schools.

So far this year, the county has endured $17.2 million in reductions as part of the nearly $300 million in cuts approved Oct. 15 by Gov. Martin O’Malley and members of the Board of Public. For fiscal 2010, which begins in July, the tab for the county is $2.3 million so far.

Maryland voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that legalizes slot machine gambling in the Free State with the aim of adding millions to state coffers for schools.

Absentee and provisional ballots will determine the fate of the ballot question pushed by anti-tax advocate and frequent gadfly Robin Ficker.

It appears that Montgomery County residents have elected two new members to the school board, ousting a veteran in the process. Voters also returned an appointed member of the school board to his seat.

The three incumbent congressmen representing Montgomery and Prince George’s counties were re-elected Tuesday as voter turnout caused long lines at polling places.

For nearly 20 years, Pat Byrne of Gaithersburg and volunteers from St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church gathered Saturday mornings to help the needy furnish their homes.