By Adam Pagnucco. The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) is holding a rally today with one specific purpose: to persuade MCPS to ask for enough funding to finance a ten…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Parts One and Two examined times of day for violent crime and property crime and found some differences. Violent crime is focused in the hours of 3…
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Marilyn Balcombe: Cast Vote Data
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By Adam Pagnucco. Marilyn Balcombe, the former president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, won her Council District 2 primary easily. Coming off a respectable fifth-place finish in…
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A Time for Crime, Part Two
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By Adam Pagnucco. In Part One, we explored the time pattern of violent crime and found that it was most prevalent in the afternoon and early night and was actually…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Montgomery County has announced its intention to offer a $20,000 bonus to new sworn police recruits. The bonus was negotiated between the county government and Fraternal Order…
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Andrew Friedson: Cast Vote Data
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By Adam Pagnucco. I may have done a disservice to Council Member Andrew Friedson because I have written next to nothing about his reelection campaign. In truth, there was little…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the wake of Jane Redicker’s impending retirement, the Greater Silver Spring Chamber of Commerce has announced the identity of her successor. The Silver Spring chamber’s leader…
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A Time for Crime, Part One
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By Adam Pagnucco. Crime and the night are linked in the popular mind. Lurking in the shadows, criminals pounce on their prey and disappear into darkness. In his never ending…
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Nimbee Stings Falls Church
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By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, beloved anti-development mascot Nimbee temporarily flew out of his MoCo hive to oppose missing middle housing in Falls Church, Virginia. When he showed up in…
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The Weirdest Democrats in MoCo
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By Adam Pagnucco. I hear something like the following from more than a few people in every election season. I really hate all the mail coming from these politicians. And…