Rockville Rewind: March 7-11

A week that began with a gubernatorial celebration of innovations in biotechnology also included the end of the road for the Magruder Colonels boys basketball team and likely for the chances of same-sex marriage legislation during this year's Maryland General Assembly.

Gov. Martin O'Malley toured Montgomery County on Monday, cutting the ribbon on a  after to recognize the biotech for landing a federal contract worth up to $170 million for the development of a flu vaccine.

Later that day, in Twinbrook. The homeowner said that the fire started in a car that he was working on in the garage, which was gutted by the blaze.

The Rockville City Council tackled on Monday. One of the highlights of the meeting was a visit by Raynell Cooper, a Richard Montgomery High senior who won the recent "Jeopardy!" Teen Tournament. Cooper received a proclamation and some lovely take-home gifts from the council and announced that he would donate part of his $75,000 winnings to the city's recreation and parks fund to help kids go to camp. View video clips of the visit on the Rockville Patch Facebook page.

Monday also brought news of stemming from an incident at a diner in Gaithersburg's Kentlands neighborhood.

On Tuesday, county police released that occurred on Monday evening along Veirs Mill Road near Twinbrook Parkway.

Parents got at a forum at the Jewish Social Service Agency on Tuesday evening.

A report from Annapolis on Wednesday detailed a bill sponsored by Sen. Jennie Forehand (D-Dist. 17) of Rockville to . The House version of the bill was heard in the House Environmental Matters Committee on Tuesday.

Also Tuesday, taxpayers got a reminder that it's that time of year as the state comptroller's office released its annual list of , which included one Rockville resident.

The region spent much of the second half of the week under for floods, thunderstorms and even—briefly—for tornadoes. While the weather never lived up to the hype of the forecast, it made for a soggy Thursday that left  with runoff.

The winter sports season concluded for Rockville schools late Thursday night as the  and the Colonels fell to North Point High of Waldorf in the state semifinal.

A brought a bunch of late-breaking news in and around town, including the likely last gasp for the chances of passing a same-sex marriage bill during this year's General Assembly, a newly-approved lupus drug by Human Genome Sciences and the removal of the Stonestreet Avenue pedestrian bridge.