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Rockville Rewind: Feb. 7-11

An opening date for the ICC, RedGate could go to a lessee and the city's population ranks No. 3

While a county councilwoman compared grilling Pepco officials on power outages to the movie "Groundhog Day," there were a few signs of progress in other areas in and around Rockville this week as the state released details on the opening of Intercounty Connector and the Rockville City Council got off the first tee with plans for new management of RedGate Golf Course.

Monday brought long-awaited news of . The Maryland Transportation Authority also released details of how motorists can test drive the first stretch of the toll road to open.

The aftermath of last month's snow and ice storm continued to unfold at the Stella B. Werner Council Building in downtown Rockville on Monday as  about why the utility experienced prolonged, widespread outages during and after the storm.

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The Rockville City Council on Monday . The council voted unanimously to pay the National Golf Foundation $6,000 to solicit, advertise and evaluate proposals for management companies to take over or lease the struggling course. The council also vote 3 to 2 to have NGF look into the viability of the city creating a director of golf position.

Away from Rockville on Tuesday, a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland prompted .

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Richard Montgomery's girls basketball team played their final home game of the season on Tuesday. Senior Night was not a happy night for the Lady Rockets as .

On Wednesday, Patch debuted several new features including our first Moms Talk, which asked moms what role culture plays in a mother's wishes for her kids, and .

Wednesday also brought fresh numbers from the United States Census Bureau, which ranked Rockville as Maryland's third-largest city by population

Meadow Hall Elementary School administrators confirmed Wednesday that a teacher charged with nine counts of second-degree assault for allegedly choking students at Greencastle Elementary School in Silver Spring previously taught kindergarten for eight years at Meadow Hall.

Thoughts turned to love on Thursday as Rockville Patch offered up its picks for this weekend.

Parents also got a bit of help on their weekend planning on Friday as we highlighted five fun things to do with the kids in .

profile of Wootton High hockey forward P.J. Hall put the week on ice.


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