Good News for a Mojo and a Hotel Street? (Not HoJo)

Good Wednesday evening, Rockville!

Let's go Caps! Let's go CAPS! Let's GO CAPS! LET'S GO CAPS! The hockey season really starts tonight at Verizon Center. (And hopefully for the Capitals it is not closely followed by golf season as it has been so many times before.)

I'm going to make this brief, because we all have better things to do tonight (like growing our playoff beards). Here's your "Rockin' the Red in Rockville" edition of the "Rundown":

• Lawmakers, lobbyists and journalists should be crawling out of their legislatively-induced comas about now after the whirlwind of Sine Die brought the 428th edition of Maryland General Assembly to a close at midnight on Monday. The Montgomery County Delegation is touting its accomplishments, including securing aid for county schools, libraries and Montgomery College, a one-year reprieve from penalties tied to violations of the state's  for school funding and $3 million for state-backed construction projects around the county.
•  today announced Marie Henderson as its new executive director. Henderson takes over on Monday at the Rockville-based coalition of 165 congregations, which brings in more than $4.5 million annually to serve 35,000 "neighbors in need" and maintains less than 5 percent overhead, according to the nonprofit. She succeeds interim executive director Barbara Garlock, who will continue to volunteer with Interfaith. Garlock has worked for Interfaith for seven years, mostly as its development director. Garlock took over the organization's leadership from Becky Wagner in June after Wagner departed to make an ultimately unsuccessful run for an at-large seat on the Montgomery County Council. Henderson worked for 13 years with Food & Friends, a Washington DC nonprofit that provides meals to individuals diagnosed with HIV and AIDS, cancer or other life-threatening illnesses. Interfaith is one of Patch's favorite nonprofits and a place where we've enjoyed volunteering over the past year.
• Rockville is wired. The city reports that most Rockville facilities now offer free Internet (which is welcome news to this mobile journalist—or, as the cool kids call us, "mojo"). Such WiFi "hot spots" include City Hall, Croydon Creek Nature Center, the Civic Center, the Rockville Senior Center, Lincoln Park Community Center, the RedGate Golf Course Pro Shop, Rockville Swim and Fitness Center, Thomas Farm Community Center and Twinbrook Community Recreation Center. The City Council set aside $15,000 in the current budget to wire the town. "With more than 93 percent of residents connected to the Internet, this is a service the community expects," Mike Cannon, the city's chief information officer said in a news release. Darn skippy.
• Got something to say to County Executive Ike Leggett? Here's a chance to say it, if not to his face, then at least to his Web page. Leggett will field questions during a live online discussion from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday. Residents can submit questions before or during the "virtual town hall meeting." (I remember when he did these things in person as a member of the County Council. I wonder how the "simple country lawyer from the East County" thing plays online.) Call 240-777-6507 for more information.
• about an item on tonight's Rockville Planning Commission agenda in which commissioners will consider renaming East Middle Lane for a hotel chain. Even before it goes before the commission, the proposal doesn't seem to being playing well with our friend Max at Max for Rockville.
• Tomorrow is Arbor Day in the City of Rockville. Sure it was and it's Arbor Day nationwide on April 29, but tomorrow it's Arbor Day in Rockville. Everyone really likes trees (and GBV—OK, OK, I realize this is getting to be like the dancing horse on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"—and yes, your friendly local editor is often up late enough to edit in the company of Craig. I'm instituting a hiatus for Bob Pollard ... at least in "Rundown" ... for a while.) The city is celebrating by planting a tree to replace the landmark silver maple that came down last year after standing in front of the Maryland District Courthouse on East Montgomery Avenue since the 1800s. The dirt moves at 1:30 p.m.
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