Getting Wet, Candidates and a Patch Widget

Happy Tuesday, Rockville!  Hope you’re wearing galoshes and have an umbrella handy.

It looks like the wet weather will be with us for the entirety of the workweek before the clouds part a bit and we get to see the sun again on Saturday.

A flash flood watch is in effect through Wednesday afternoon.

Keep your spirits high and do your best to stay dry.

Here’s the “won’t get soggy in milk, but rain is another story” edition of “The Rundown”:

• It’s official: Planning Commissioner Dion Trahan and City Councilman Mark Pierzchala have been certified as candidates for the City Council and will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot, the city clerk’s office said this afternoon.
• In other , Councilwoman Bridget Donnell Newton will hold a campaign kickoff announcement at 6:30 p.m. on Friday on the sidewalk in front of the proposed grocery store at Rockville Town Square. The store site is at 225 North Washington Street.
• Speaking of the proposed grocery, for those who missed it, The Gazette recently reported that Tiger Beer Wine & Deli has dropped its appeal of a county board's decision to grant the new market a beer and wine license. The owner of Richmond, Va.-based Ellwood Thompson's Market to open sometime in late winter or early spring.
• It’s Strasmas Night. But will the future of the Washington Nationals get rained out? MASN’s Ben Goessling thinks there’s a chance for a Strasmas double-header tomorrow.
• Last week, we brought you in Rockville Town Center (and of over the role of the mayor in the ceremony). Rockville 11 spotlights the ceremony and much more on its latest edition of “Rockville’s 11.”
• Montgomery County Public Libraries are looking for students age 14 to 18 for its Teen Advisory Group. TAG members participate in social networking; write book, film and music reviews; identify authors, local teen artists and weblinks to feature and interview; and help design new teen spaces in libraries. Members serve from September through May and earn Student Service Learning hours.
  Applications are being accepted through Saturday.
  Click here for an application and more information or contact Susan Levine at 240-773-9420 or susan.levine@montgomerycountymd.gov.
• Rex Grossman is the chosen one. Coach Mike Shanahan tapped the former Chicago Bear (and Florida Gator) to start under center for the Washington Redskins against the New York Giants on Sunday night in Landover. But how well would he do on “Wheel of Fortune” against a DC football legend? DCist has the answer.
• We’ve told you all about our need for you to "like" Rockville Patch on Facebook and follow us @RockvillePatch on Twitter. But did you know that you can get Rockville Patch in your inbox and on your website? Click on “Newsletters” under “Goodies” in the gray box at the bottom of this page and “Get Patched In” or make your site more fun with Rockville Patch widgets.