Ewing seeks fifth term on Montgomery County school board
Blair G. Ewing, 57, launches campaign from Silver Spring District for a fifth term as Montgomery County board of education president. He calls for efficiency, tackling the budget crisis, expanded early childhood education and school security, proposes a graduated income tax, four years of math and science, and flexible school-day organization to improve instruction.
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Rockville
Blair G. Ewing
Montgomery
Ewing
Mikulski Awards $1.6 Million NSF Grant to Montgomery Schools
Senator Barbara Mikulski announced a $1.6 million National Science Foundation grant to Montgomery County Public Schools to improve elementary science education. The five year program will train 40 teachers who will mentor about 2,400 teachers and reach roughly 1,400 teachers over five years with hands on investigative science curriculum.
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Rockville
Barbara A. Mikulski
Dmd
National Science Foundation
Montgomery County
Woodlin
Silver Spring
NSF
Walter Massey
Massey
Dr. Massey
Ms. Mikulski
Historic designation faces price tag for Montgomery homes
Montgomery County Council weighs designating the Hoskinson Schwartz house at Chief tain Avenue in Derwood as historic amid owner protest over costs. Nearby, Sunshine at Brookeyne and Unity on Damascus Road also await consideration as historic districts, with four of seven owners asking to skip history.
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Rockville
Emily
Mark Maceira
Derwood
Maceiras
Hoskinson-Schwartz
Chieftain Avenue
Montgomery County Council
Aot
Council
Sunshine
Brookeyne
Damascus Road
Curbside recycling starts next week in four Damascus area communities
Damascus residents in Damascus Clarksburg Germantown East and Montgomery Village will begin curbside pickup of recyclables on Nov 1. The rollout covers about 22 500 homes with bins delivered in October. Limit first week to one to two boxes. accepted items include glass bottles cane and plastic bottles with lids removed. caps and lids must be removed. call n72i0 for questions.
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Damascus
Clarksburg
Germantown East
Montgomery Village
Montgomery awards honor disability hiring efforts by firms
Montgomery County Executive Neal Potter announced the fifth Pyramid Awards honoring employers and agencies for hiring and promoting people with disabilities. Recipients include Nordstrom Montgomery Kemp Mill Music store and the county sheriff's office, with recognition also going to Richard Marriott of the Maco foundation for People with Disabilities and sponsors such as the Department of Family Resources. Other honorees include NIH Sutton Place Gourmet Bethesda and the Nations Heart Lang and Blood Institute for progressive hiring practices.
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Neal Potter
Nordstrom Montgomery
County Sheriff's Office
Macro
Kemp Mill
Department of Family Resources
National Institutes of Health
Sutton Place Gourmet
Bethesda
The
Nations Heart, Lang and Blood Institute
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