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Montgomery County Week in Review

Montgomery County's top headlines.

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A Northern Virginia man was acquitted of second-degree attempted murder but was found guilty of lesser charges, concluding a three-day trial spurred by a fight over a gas pump in Germantown. . 

The county's $22 million project to build the first permanent police station for the Montgomery Village/Gaithersburg district is on indefinite hold after County Executive Isiah Leggett wiped out its funding in the county's six-year Capital Improvements Program.  Read more at Montgomery Village Patch.

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Rachel Carson Elementary School was named a Blue Ribbon School this week, one of six schools in Maryland to receive the honor. .

Administrators and students from four Montgomery County schools react to 36 Whitman students being suspended from extracurricular activities for drinking at an off-campus party. .

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A group of Wheaton residents confronted Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett at a Jan. 17 county budget forum with what they see as an unacceptable delay in his CIP recommendations for the renovation of Wheaton Library and the recreation center next door.  

The Town of Kensington took another step toward adopting its controversial proposed sector plan, approving additions to the plan aimed to bring new investment into the town's business district. .

About 30 people gathered outside The Capital Grille in Chevy Chase, MD, on Tuesday night, Jan. 17, to protest against 'discriminatory' employment practices allegedly followed by Darden Restaurants, the restaurant's parent company. 


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