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  • All-Gazette Girls volleyball

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 5:00 am ET  

    Player of the Year Michelle Fowle Magruder, Senior, Outside hitter Powerful all-around four-year varsity player will graduate as school's career leader in kills (513), points (693). Has also been on floor for more Colonel wins (88) than anyone in program's history. Full Story »

  • All-Gazette Girls soccer

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:59 am ET  

    Player of the Year Pam Vranis Churchill, Senior, Forward Accounted for 79 percent of team's scoring with 22 goals, 15 assists, leading Churchill to first-ever undefeated regular season, berth in 4A West Region final. Full Story »

  • All-Gazette Boys soccer

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:59 am ET  

    Player of the Year Hugh Roberts Good Counsel, Senior, Forward Had season most attackers can only dream about. Notched amazing 33 goals, helping Falcons win 15 games. Scored 53 times in past two seasons. Full Story »

  • Rockville's Twinbrook plan makes room for Parklawn project

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:59 am ET  

    New urban design guidelines for Twinbrook in Rockville provide enough density for redevelopment of the massive federal Department of Health and Human Services Parklawn building as a mixed-use project whether the agency stays or leaves. Full Story »

  • Lockheed Martin ramps up its green energy efforts

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:59 am ET  

    Some people may not think a company that makes stealth bombers and fighter aircraft could be considered environmentally friendly. Lockheed Martin wants to change such perceptions. Full Story »

  • Unemployment rate up in state despite job gains

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:59 am ET  

    Despite gaining jobs last month and having fewer workers in the labor force, Maryland still saw its seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inch up to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent in September, according to federal figures. Full Story »

  • Social networking guru touts Web's merits

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:59 am ET  

    Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes talks with Steven A. Silverman, director of the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development, before addressing Tech Council of Maryland members. Full Story »

  • Handeling the holidays

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:58 am ET  

    Worried about poor reviews, George Frideric Handel took his "Messiah" to Dublin for its premiere. Little did he know that his work would become one of the most famous oratorios, still being performed some 250 years after its debut. Full Story »

  • Childhood memories nourish new cookbook's recipes

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:58 am ET  

    Claudine Shannon McDonald of Gaithersburg has published a cookbook of recipes influenced by her southern family's traditions. Full Story »

  • Scandinavian flair is trio's Christmas gift to listeners

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:58 am ET  

    Hardanger fiddler Loretta Kelley, bassist Charlie Pilzer and fiddler Andrea Hoag perform Christmas tunes from Scandinavia on Monday at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville. Full Story »

  • Dining: Three's the charm for Urban Bar-B-Que Company

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:58 am ET  

    Light pours out of the glass storefront of Urban Bar-B-Que, a beacon on an otherwise dark stretch of Olney-Sandy Spring Road. The scene is reminiscent of an Edward Hopper painting. Open just two months, it is the smallest of Lee Howard and Dave Calkins' local mini-chain. Full Story »

  • The wrong question about Fort Hood

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:58 am ET  

    In your front page article ["Area Muslims hope for best and prepare for worst," Nov. 11] Imam Mohamed Abdullahi asked a question that I think deserves a response. Why is it, he asks, that whenever a Muslim is involved in a crime, Islam is blamed. Sorry, Imam, wrong question. Full Story »

  • Spare the hyperbole on school construction

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:58 am ET  

    Writing about an upcoming Board of Education vote on the school district's capital budget ("School board to vote on capital budget," Nov. 18), The Gazette managed to get from board member Laura Berthiaume a pretty interesting quote. Full Story »

  • County Council falls short on ICC debate

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:57 am ET  

    My opinion of the Montgomery County Council has diminished after reading that the council has recommended that frequent users of the InterCounty Connector be given a discount on tolls ("Council calls for toll discount for frequent ICC users," Nov. 18). It appears to me that they have yielded to the temptation to take a position that ignores fundamental economic truths so as to avoid offending ... Full Story »

  • Change the menu, not the message

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:57 am ET  

    The editors of The Gazette, in opposing County Council member George Leventhal's proposal to require certain fast food chains to prominently display calorie information on their menus ("Counting Calories," Nov. 18), are right for the wrong reason. Full Story »

  • Child abuse suspect taught in New York, police say

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:57 am ET  

    A Germantown man who worked as a teacher and guidance counselor in New York was arrested last month for allegedly sexually abusing children. Full Story »

  • Probation for ex-city official in gun charge

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:57 am ET  

    The former Gaithersburg assistant city manager whose handgun discharged in his apartment in September pleaded guilty in Montgomery County District Court to firing a gun within city limits. Full Story »

  • String of daytime Potomac burglaries may be related

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:57 am ET  

    Police are stepping up patrols in Potomac after a spike in daytime burglaries in the past several weeks, according to a Montgomery County Police spokesman. Full Story »

  • Adventist plan gets smaller price tag

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:57 am ET  

    The economic downturn may have left the county budget and housing market in tatters, but representatives from the new White Oak location of Washington Adventist Hospital say they've found a silver lining. Full Story »

  • Animal lovers take aim at leg-hold traps

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:56 am ET  

    Efforts to ban leg-hold traps in Montgomery County will redouble next year, months ahead of the November election, as animal welfare advocates vow to hold lawmakers accountable for their votes on measures that affect pets and other animals. Full Story »

  • Floreen proposes economic county development authority

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:56 am ET  

    Montgomery County Council President Nancy M. Floreen is proposing a new economic development authority in the county, but says the role and scope of the panel are undetermined. Full Story »

  • Student school board member wants more voting rights

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:56 am ET  

    Timothy T. Hwang, student member of the Montgomery County school board, says his votes should be counted with those of other members. Full Story »

  • County looks to update its traffic signal system

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:56 am ET  

    Montgomery County's traffic signal computer system is so old and in need of replacement that there is no point in determining why an interface part failed in November, county transportation officials told a Montgomery County Council committee this week. Full Story »

  • Working Maryland' hurting, report finds

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:56 am ET  

    The standard of living for Maryland's working families is on the decline despite the state having the nation's highest median income and a low poverty rate, according to a new report. Full Story »

  • Lawmakers: Toughen drunken driving laws

    Gazette.net – Wed Dec 9, 4:56 am ET  

    Caroline Cash, a spokeswoman for Maryland Mothers Against Drunk Driving, demonstrates an ignition interlock, which prevents the car from starting if the driver has been drinking. Full Story »

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