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Rockville Rewind: June 26-July 1

Starr in, Weast out and crimes that police want to learn about.

Police announced an arrest in a child sex abuse case and searched for suspects in two other crimes, the county’s latest farmers market opened for business and Jerry D. Weast let go of the reins of the county school system, this week in Rockville.

Politicos don’t rest on the weekend. Rockville Planning Commissioner Dion Trahan .

The workweek’s news cycle revved up on Monday with word of at the Americana Centre in Town Center on May 25. Two suspects used a stun gun on the woman and fled with her purse. .

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Also Monday, Rockville Patch took . Rockville has two schools in the list’s top half.

Who says the livin’ is easy in the summertime? For the Rockville Skate Park campers captured in summer is a grind.

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Tuesday also brought .

On Wednesday, Rockville City Police for information about a string of break-ins and burglaries from Rockville Pharmacy.

In other crime news, Howard County police announced Wednesday that they had . The victim is a member of the climbing team at Earth Treks climbing gym, which has locations in Rockville and Timonium, as well as in Columbia, where police said the incident took place.

County police and employees of the county’s Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday in Rockville. The team, which responds to emergency calls involving people with mental health issues, comprises 579 sworn officers who answered 4,400 calls last year.

Wednesday also brought the latest in a long line of farmers markets with . There are 21 farmers markets spread across the county.

Attention turned just outside the city limits on Thursday as county residents .

Thursday was Jerry D. Weast’s last day on the job after 12 years as superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools. for excellence in innovation, improvement and visionary leadership.

on Friday. Starr said in a welcome message that “MCPS is well-positioned for greater success if we continue to focus on what matters most—ensuring that high quality teaching and learning is happening in each and every classroom, every day.”

Thoughts turned to the holiday weekend on Friday as Rockville Patch posted .


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