Taylor Johnson Is Takoma Park’s New Poet Laureate
Takoma Park has appointed Taylor Johnson as its new poet laureate, officials announced earlier this month.
Takoma Park has appointed Taylor Johnson as its new poet laureate, officials announced earlier this month.
The county’s Board of License Commissioners will hold a hearing Thursday, Oct. 20 on the application for an alcohol license for Ivela Sports Lounge & Hookah Bar, according to public records.
Takoma Park city manager Jamal Fox has been inducted into the Marquis Who’s Who biographical registry, officials announced.
The county is seeking public comment on the upcoming Silver Spring Recreation & Aquatic Center, which is scheduled to open next year in downtown Silver Spring.
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation has launched a million-dollar marketing campaign both to retain existing county businesses and attract new ones from the Eastern Seaboard to the county, officials announced.
A temporary location of the Takoma Park Library is set to open at 7505 New Hampshire Ave. on Wednesday, October 19, officials announced.
The County Council is looking for applicants to serve as temporary acting chair and commissioners on the Planning Board following this week’s resignations of all five members.
All five members of the county’s Planning Board — Chair Casey Anderson, Vice Chair Partap Verma, and Commissioners Gerald Cichy, Tina Patterson, and Carol Rubin — resigned yesterday afternoon, effective immediately, after several weeks of controversy and allegations against members.
Montgomery County is continuing to loan computers to low-income and senior residents, using more than $22.6 million in federal and state grants for its Montgomery Connects digital equity program, County Executive Marc Elrich announced.