Montgomery County
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WSSC asks for rate increase of 7.25 percent
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An aging infrastructure is one of the main reasons officials are asking Montgomery and Prince George's County customers to pay 7.25 percent more for service in 2014.
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Eight local schools among Post's 100 most challenging
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Eight D.C.-area high schools have been ranked in the top 100 of this year's Washington Post list of most challenging high schools and secondary schools in the United States.
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Takoma Park City Council to vote on lowering voting age
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The Takoma Park City Council will vote Monday night on a proposal to lower the legal voting age for local elections to 16. It's likely to pass with six of the city's seven city council members behind it.
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Sgt. Adam Arndt's recruiting relationship to be investigated
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The Army will investigate a deceased U.S. Army recruiter's relationship with recruits after he fatally shot a 17-year-old Rockville High student he met through the recruiting center, authorities say.
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Metro to upgrade stations
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Metro will pour $10 million into redesigning its Bethesda station, adding more lighting and steel to the busy hub as a possible prototype for other stops in the system.
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New Montgomery County red light cameras to activate by next Monday
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The newest camera will start catching red-light runners at the intersection of Randolph and Kemp Mill roads in Colesville, where in 2012, a woman was killed when she was hit by a car that was racing another vehicle.
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Michael Dorsey sentenced to 12 years
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Michael Dorsey was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday, but his legal troubles aren't over yet.
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WSSC water main monitoring needs to be reviewed, councilman says
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As many as 800 water mains throughout Montgomery County are of the same design as the one that ruptured under Connecticut Avenue last month, Montgomery County Councilman Roger Berliner said Wednesday.
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Cell towers at Forest Oak Middle School proposed
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Representatives from Sprint will be at Forest Oak Middle School to propose the building of a cell phone tower.
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Michelle Miller, Adam Anthony Arndt found dead in Germantown
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The father of the teenage girl who was found fatally shot in an apparent murder-suicide searched for his daughter when she stopped answering his texts and calls after leaving home to be with someone she said was suicidal.
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Montgomery County stabbing: Victim stabbed during robbery
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Montgomery County Police responded to a robbery and stabbing in Silver Spring early Monday morning.
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Montgomery firefighters may see nearly 20 percent raise
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Montgomery County firefighters would receive a nearly 20 percent raise over the next two years as part of a new agreement between their union and County Executive Ike Leggett.
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Brown ends Council quest; Virginia poll results; Duncan on transit center
Comment4/03/2013
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ICC speed limit increases to 60 mph
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The speed limit on the Intercounty Connector (MD-200) will officially increase from 55 mph to 60 mph this weekend.
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Silver Spring Transit Center safety concerns delay opening again
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There are new safety concerns over the much-delayed Silver Spring Transit Center. Montgomery County has outlined remediation measures that must be taken to make the center safe for public use.
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Riderwood retirment computer burglaries total eight over several months
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Montgomery County Police are looking into a string of burglaries at a Silver Spring retirement community, the Gazette reports, including the theft of a company-owned computer.
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Montgomery County bag tax could be changed
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A restriction to grocery stores of the county's five-cent fee for bags could come soon, but an outright ban on plastic bags is also being considered.
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DAYBREAK DAILY: Maryland, Virginia unite on food-stamp fraud
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The two states join a new data-sharing agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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