Rockville Rewind: June 20-24

The first week of summer brought little slowdown to the news cycle as Rockville residents enjoyed summer concerts and other outdoor activities around the city, saving on prescription drugs and spending on city programs got attention from county and city officials, respectively, and a local-boy-made-good called it quits as manager of Washington’s big league ball club.

Montgomery County leads the nation in savings through a national discount prescription drug program, County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and National Association of Counties Larry Naake said at . The Montgomery Rx Prescription Discount Program has saved county residents more than $20 million on 1.2 million prescriptions since 2004, when the county became the first in the United States to initiate the program for insured and uninsured residents.

The Rockville City Council on Monday . The discussion of the fees renewed a budget debate about the city revenues and spending.

Also on Monday, Rockville Patch brought readers of the grounds of the Civic Center Park and in the Glenview Mansion.

On Tuesday, announced on May 26. The reward is in addition to a $1,000 reward that had already been offered by Crime Solvers of Montgomery County, Maryland, Inc.

After thunderstorms rolled through Rockville on Tuesday night, commuters awoke Wednesday to find that , leading to slower-than-usual traffic on Rockville Pike.

On Tuesday evening, with punk band Somewhat Superhero providing the soundtrack as the park’s skateboarding visitors provided the tricks.

On Wednesday, Rockville Patch reported that . On June 16, the county school board named Boddy director of the school system’s Equity Initiatives Unit in the Office of Human Resources and Development. Beall parents and staff have been meeting with school system officials to discuss what they are looking for in the school’s next leader.

Also Wednesday came news that the federal government is making changes to the controversial Secure Communities deportation program, which seeks to target illegal immigrants who are considered serious criminals.

On Thursday, we brought readers , which includes committee members leading bike rides along a variety of routes throughout the region this summer.

Also Thursday, county fire officials . The county fire and rescue service presented a demonstration of the dangers of fireworks and said it would issue citations for illegal use of fireworks as part of its “You Light It, We’ll Write It” campaign.

Thursday afternoon brought shocking news from Nationals Park as former Richard Montgomery High School standout just days after making an appearance at a benefit for the Rockville Express at Glenview Mansion and in the middle of a winning stretch in which the club had won 11 of 12 games.

Friday brought . Thomas S. Wootton High School alumnus Marty Cornish recently left a job as a paint salesman to concentrate full-time on his business, Round Trip Baseball, which provides personal and team instruction to youth players.

Before the school year became a distant memory, we closed out the week with our latest , an adult learner at Montgomery College who wants to make his mark in the construction industry.