MoCo Headlines: Attempted Murder Acquittal, Budget Backlash

With more than a dozen websites across Montgomery County, Patch brings you news from every corner of our community. Catch up on headlines you may have missed this week, including reactions to the suspensions of 36 students at a Bethesda high school and an acquittal in a Germantown case in which a fight over a gas pump resulted in an attempted murder charge.

A Northern Virginia man was acquitted of second-degree attempted murder but was found guilty of lesser charges, concluding a three-day trial spurred by a fight over a gas pump in Germantown.  .

 Administrators and students from four Montgomery County schools react to 36 Whitman students being suspended from extracurricular activities for drinking at an off-campus party. .

Four new restaurants are scheduled to open this spring in the Rockville Town Center retail district, but Dawson's Market won't open until summer. Read more on Rockville Patch.

A group of Wheaton residents confronted Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett at a Jan. 17 county budget forum with what they see as an unacceptable delay in his CIP recommendations for the renovation of Wheaton Library and the recreation center next door.  

Rachel Carson Elementary was named a Blue Ribbon School this week, making it
one of only six schools in the State to receive that honor.

The Town of Kensington took another step toward adopting its controversial proposed sector plan, approving additions to the plan aimed to bring new investment into the town's business district. .

About 30 people gathered outside The Capital Grille in Chevy Chase, MD, on Tuesday night, Jan. 17, to protest against 'discriminatory' employment practices allegedly followed by Darden Restaurants, the restaurant's parent company.

The county's $22 million project to build the first permanent police station for the Montgomery Village/Gaithersburg district is on indefinite hold after County Executive Isiah Leggett wiped out its funding in the county's six-year Capital Improvements Program.  Read more on Montgomery Village Patch.