The Week That Was (Nov. 1 Through Nov. 7)

Here are this week’s top stories from Rockville Central. This feature appears every Sunday.

Opinion and Features:

Comic Strip: ROCK’burb 11-6-10: Editor Cindy Cotte Griffiths’ take on life in these parts. This week: “I’m glad insurance companies don’t have to pay for our ambulance rides.”

Rockville Real Estate Listings And Foreclosures: Including neighborhood facts from real estate agent Lisa Abrams.

Rockville Police Reports (11-1-2010): A week’s worth of crime, on a map.

Scouting For Food Starts This Saturday: That plastic bag on your door? Fill it with food and put it on your porch next Saturday! Benefits Manna Food, which feeds hungry families throughout Montgomery County.

News:

New Rockville Women’s Business Center Launched: Rockville Economic Development, Inc. (REDI) to run new center.

Another Missing Rockville Teen: Lesly Merino missing from Rutgers Street.

$1 Million In Grants To Novavax In Rockville: Special IRS grant allows local firm to work on new vaccines.

Insider Trading Case Involves Rockville Biotech: French doctor allegedly tips off hedge fund about drug clinical trial failure.

Volunteer For Veterans: Three ways to volunteer for veterans, in honor of Veterans Day.

Photo by Brad Rourke

Democrats Dominate Elections; Ambulance Fee Appears Headed To Defeat: Results of election mean Montgomery County and Maryland are Democratic island in seeming tide of Republican sentiment. Ambulance Fee goes down.

Mayor And Council Look At School Board, School Crowding: At Mayor and Council meeting, the leaders of Our Fair City strategize on how to deal with the public school overcrowding.

Judge Dismisses Ambulance Fee Lawsuit And The Electioneering Continues: Last-ditch effort to stop County’s advocacy fails (but the measure ultimately failed anyway).

Early Voting Brings Out Less Than 5% Of County Voters: Did you vote on election day or before?

Montgomery College Inaugurates A New President: Dr. DeRionne Pollard seeks for Montgomery County to become “the most relevant community college in the country.”

Join The County Redistricting Commission: Montgomery County seeks citizen to join this important commission.

Events:

The Laramie Project Promises To Be A Powerful Performance: Hard-hitting play based on murder of Matthew Shepard is at Richard Montgomery High School.

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