Saturday, January 12, 2013
Catch up on headlines this week from across Montgomery County.
An attempted murder that may have stemmed from a dice game dispute; a health scare for the mayor of Rockville; school security upgrades and a wedding for the first same-sex couple in Montgomery County. These are just a few of the stories Patch reported this week. Get caught up on top headlines here. Dice Game Dispute May Have Led to Shooting Involving Germantown Man GERMANTOWN—A New Year’s Day shootout in Silver Spring that resulted in attempted murder charges against a Germantown man may have stemmed from a five-month dispute over a dice game and some money. The full story is at Germantown Patch. Gaithersburg Same Sex Couple First To Wed In Montgomery County Court GAITHERSBURG—Gaithersburg's Joe Rouch and Jeff Aberle were the first same …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Between 30-40 outages remain in the Gaithersburg area.
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- Greg Cohen
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
With Montgomery County back to a normal operating schedule, so too is the Gaithersburg area power grid. As of 11 a.m., between 30 and 40 customers remained without Pepco service in the 20877, 20878, 20879, 20880, 20882 and 20886 ZIP codes combined, according to the utility company's StormCenter Outage Map. More than 5,300 customers were without power Tuesday morning in the Gaithersburg area. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett praised Pepco for its efforts before, during and after Hurricane Sandy hit the region, saying communication with the county was significantly better than during the violent late-spring storm earlier this year.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Pepco's Outage Map confirms significant outages for areas in and around Gaithersburg Tuesday morning.
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- Greg Cohen
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
(Update, 1:52 p.m.): Power outage numbers are down in Gaithersburg, according to Pepco's Outage Map, following a morning in which more than 5,000 customers in and around the city were without power. The 20878 ZIP code is down to 236 customers in the dark, a significant decrease from an area-leading 2,017 as of 9:50 a.m. Residents in the 20879 ZIP code are down to 157 outages from 1,387. Other Gaithersburg-area outage numbers as of 1:55 p.m. are: (Original, 10: 14 a.m.): Approximately 5,308 Pepco customers were without power Tuesday morning following Hurricane Sandy's overnight surge, according to the utility company's Outage Map, with the most significant outages in the 20878 ZIP code. As of 9:50 a.m., upwards of 2,017 Gaithersburg and …
Monday, October 29, 2012
Power outages increased in Montgomery County as Hurricane Sandy grew closer to making landfall Monday evening.
More than 8,400 Pepco customers were without power in Montgomery County by 6:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29:
Marylanders without power number 75,000 as Sandy picks up speed and intensity.
Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall between 8 and 10 p.m. Monday, Gov. Martin O’Malley said in a 5 p.m. press conference. The number of Maryland residents without power reached 75,000 just after 5 p.m., O’Malley said at Maryland Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Reisterstown. “The storm is becoming stronger in her center with 90 mile an hour winds,” O’Malley said. “The good news is she’s moving faster.” If the storms continue to move fast, it may be in Maryland for a shorter time than the originally predicted 24 to 36 hours, O’Malley said. In addition to power outages, the number of which will increase, the state is monitoring flooding. Five to six inches of rain have already fallen, and another six inches is expected to…
In the early stages of storm, Pepco reports 2,500 outages in Montgomery County.
More than 2,500 Pepco customers were without power in Montgomery County, Pepco reported Monday afternoon. Pepco's Storm Center website reported that the following ZIP codes were experiencing power outages as of about 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 29:
Additionally, bridges will close and early voting tomorrow is canceled, Gov. Martin O’Malley said Monday afternoon.
As Hurricane Sandy arrives in Maryland, more than 24,000 state residents are without power, Gov. Martin O’Malley announced in a press briefing Monday afternoon. “This is a very, very dangerous storm and she is intensifying at her center,” he said. O'Malley reiterated that trees, poles and power lines will be knocked down. “The main message of the day is to hunker down and to stay inside,” he said. In the half-hour prior the briefing, which began just after 2 p.m., the number of Marylanders without power rose from around 1,000 to more than 24,000, O'Malley said at Maryland Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Reisterstown. One person died in a weather-related car crash in Montgomery County around 11:30 a.m. Monday, The Washington …
Although the storm has not yet made landfall in the Mid-Atlantic states, power outages already are being reported, according to Pepco's Storm Center website.
Although Hurricane Sandy hadn't yet made landfall in the Mid-Atlantic region by Monday afternoon, power outages already were being reported on Pepco's Storm Center website. As of 2:15 p.m. on Monday, the following ZIP codes in Montgomery County and Northwest and Northeast Washington, DC, were experiencing power outages, according to Pepco's website: The National Weather Service expects high winds to begin Monday afternoon and to continue in Maryland for about 24 to 36 hours, according to a statement from the Maryland Public Service Commission. "The particular challenges posed by Hurricane Sandy, including sustained periods of powerful winds and flooding, may limit restoration efforts in the early hours, but the [Maryland Public Service] …
Gov. Martin O’Malley urged Marylanders to stay inside for the next 36 hours and said the storm will take lives as it moves through Maryland.
Gov. Martin O’Malley said Marylanders will die as Hurricane Sandy moves through the state. “The days ahead are going to be very difficult,” he said in a press conference at Maryland Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Reisterstown Monday morning. “There will be people who will die and are killed in the storm.” He urged residents to stay off the roads and stay inside for the next 24 to 36 hours. High winds are anticipated for the Baltimore-Washington area by the early afternoon, O’Malley said. He expects power outages to start this afternoon and this evening. “There will be many trees that will go down and there will be many power lines that will go down,” he said. The storm has intensified in the past 12 hours, the governor said. “…
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Pepco is preemptively increasing the number of utility workers it is bringing in from across the country, as Hurricane Sandy continues to head north.
In the face of recent storm projections for Hurricane Sandy, Pepco has increased the size of its call for help with Maryland and Washington, DC. Originally, the power company asked utilities in the Southeast and Midwest to pitch in with an additional 2,500 line personnel and 400 tree personnel. The company has increased those requests to 3,000 and 600 more workers respectively. It is a preemptive move, as Pepco will wait for safe conditions before sending personnel out in the storm. Once the wind subsides, though, Pepco plans to dispatch them, said Bob Hainey, Pepco spokesman. "It's very dangerous and that's why we take a lot of safety precautions," Hainey said. "You can't send someone out and put them up in a bucket truck if you have high…
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