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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Top Headlines: Alleged Aspen Hill Park Shooter Charged, Bethesda Purple Line Station Renderings Unveiled, More

Catch up on the top news in Montgomery County this week.

Report: Study Shows ICC Speed Limit Can Safely Increase To 60 MPH GAITHERSBURG—An engineering study of the ICC has concluded that the speed of the highway can safely be raised to 60 mph, pending an analysis of crash data. Read more on Gaithersburg Patch. Montgomery Village Man Killed In Gaithersburg Crash GAITHERSBURG—A 21-year-old Montgomery Village man was killed early Sunday in the collision of his Honda Civic and another car on Snouffer School Road in Gaithersburg. Read more at Gaithersburg Patch. New Renderings Unveiled For Bethesda Purple Line Station BETHESDA -- Maryland Transit Administration officials unveiled new renderings Tuesday for the Bethesda station on the planned Purple Line. Funding for the 16-mile light rail line …

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Report: Study Shows ICC Speed Limit Can Safely Increase To 60 MPH, Montgomery Village Man Killed In Gaithersburg Crash, New Renderings Unveiled For Bethesda Purple Line Station (in Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch), and 5 more ›

Michael Josef Basl

5:40 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012

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Monday, August 20, 2012

County Fair Wraps Up Weeklong Celebration

The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair saw another successful festival in 2012. Festivities ended Saturday night.

The 64th annual Montgomery County Agricultural Fair came to a close Saturday night as volunteers dismantled rides, cleaned up the barns, closed up stands and said goodbye to one another until next summer.  The county fair held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds saw an estimated 220,000 guests, about the same number as last year, according to Martin Svcrek, the executive director of the Montgomery County Agricultural Center, Inc. Great weather conditions welcomed festival-goers throughout most of the week, except for a few rainstorms and a power outage. Running the fair required many volunteers, an estimated 2,000 to 2,400 volunteer hours, according to Gerda Sherwood from Laytonsville, herself a volunteer at the Dairy Barn. Sherwood said …

Sandie Lee Cherock

9:41 am on Monday, August 20, 2012

I did not like the Fair. It was my first time and I will never go back. The parking fee was outrageous, since we also had to pay a $10.00 admissions fee. Kids 11 and under could get in free, which was good. However, there was no discounts for seniors. Food prices were outrageously high and the games were rigged. That was on the news. I thought the animals were poorly kept. I saw the goats and …   more ›

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