2006 NEWSLETTERS

Winter 2006: Getting Around: Strains, Trains, and Automobiles / Council Begins Consideration of Damascus Master Plan Amendments / Knapp Condemns Racist Graffiti at Upcounty Schools, Churches / Remarks of Councilmember Knapp at St. Mark's UMD Regarding Racist Graffiti / Vox Pops / County Council Public Hearings Calendar

March 2006: Help Wanted: Transportation Issues Need Your Attention / MTA Reverses Decision on MARC Station Closures / Council Approves Knapp Amendment Limiting the Size of Septic Systems in Ag Reserve / Clarksburg Fire Station Up and Running; Work Continues on Expanded Facility / Council Reviews State and County Policies for Coping With Possible Avian Flu Pandemic / The Upcounty Road Scholar / Council Public Hearings Calendar / Vox Pops

April 2006:  FY 2007 Budget Must Stay Balanced, Accountable / Knapp Calls for Immediate Repeal of Predatory Lending Law / Council Should Clarify Role and Expectations of Park and Planning / Damascus Master Plan Moves to Full Council for Consideration / Mass Transit Legislation Advances in House, Senate Committees / Hoyles Mill Trail in Germantown Now Open For Public Use / Education Committee Tracks Progress of Adult Literacy Coalition / Applications for Germantown Leadership Forum Due April 14 / The Upcounty Road Scholar / Council Public Hearings Calendar / Vox Pops / Board of Elections Seeks 1000 Student Aides to Work at 2006 Elections

May 2006: Too Much Information! / Deadline Extended in Search for Park and Planning Chairman / Current Planning Board Chairman Will Not Seek Reappointment / Knapp Pushes for SHARP Program at Watkins Mill / Damascus Bypass Debated in Community, Committee and Council / Clarksburg Development District, Citizens Committee Discussed / General Assembly Guts Transit Funding Bill, Approves Study / DC Mayor Signs Legislation for Dedicated Metro Funding; Davis $1.5B Metro Bill Advances in U.S. Congress / The Upcounty Road Scholar / All 23 County High Schools on Newsweek's Top 1000 Schools List / Goshen Historic Preservation Society Members Honored by DAR / Upcounty Capital Projects Funded by General Assembly / County Council Public Hearings Calendar / Vox Pops 

June 2006:  ...And That's A Wrap / Highlights of the FY 2007 County Budget / Federal Highway Administration Approves ICC / Throwing The Book at the Uncompleted Germantown Library / Damascus Master Plan Approved; Bypass Options Rejected / Celebrate the Birthday of the U.S. Flag on June 14 / Proper Disposal of the American Flag / Citizen Input Needed to Update the 1989 Germantown Master Plan / Come Foster a Wish for Montgomery County's Foster Children / The Upcounty Road Scholar / County Council Public Hearings Calendar

July 2006:  Transportation: Thinking Regionally, Acting Locally / Public Safety Meeting at BlackRock on July 6 / Germantown Library Set for November Completion; Construction Updates Online / Upcoming Upcounty Summer Celebrations / Knapp Honored as Legislator of the Year by Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce / 23rd Annual 'National Night Out' Set for August 1 / Are You Eligible for the New 'Circuitbreaker' Tax Credit? / The Upcounty Road Scholar / Vox Pops / County Council Public Hearings Calendar

August 2006:  The Spice of Life / Police Leaders, Community Share Concerns at Public Safety Forum / Verizon v. Montgomery County: Setting the Record Straight / SWS Junks Yard Trim, Scrap Metal at Poolesville Beauty Spot / Shady Grove Emergency Center in Germantown Celebrates July Ribbon Cutting, August 7 Opening / Knapp Proposes Possible Use for Webb Tract / 23rd Annual National Night Out Set for August 1 / Predatory Lending: Circuit Court Postpones Decision, Maintains Injunction / Council Unanimously Appoints Hanson to Planning Board Chair / The Upcounty Road Scholar / Vox Pops

October 2006:  The County Budget: Down to Details / Putting the CCT on the Fast Track: Support Rally Slated for October 23 / Damascus Radio Towers Denied by Planning Board / County Reaches Agreement with Verizon for FIOS Cable Service / Germantown Technology Incubator Still On Track; Montgomery College Will Share New Technology Facility / Council Approves Soccerplex Lease Amendments / Planning Board Approves Transfer of Golf Courses to Revenue Authority / "Open House" Gives Public Closer Look at Park Management / The Upcounty Road Scholar / Vox Pops / County Council Public Hearings Calendar

November 2006: Can We Really Reduce Congestion? / The Upcounty Road Scholar / Vox Pops / County Council Public Hearings Calendar

December 2006: Hit The Ground Running / Council Unanimously Approves Verizon Franchise; Knapp Demands Timeline for Rollout in Poolesville / "Green Building" Legislation Enacted by Council / Park Planned for Darnestown Square / The Upcounty Road Scholar / Vox Pops / The Open Mike Wants to Know: What Makes You Crazy? / County Council Hearings Calendar

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