County Council Seeking Applicants for Board of Appeals
The county council is looking to fill two vacant positions on the County Board of Appeals, with the application deadline set for Monday, November 14 at 5 p.m. As a… Read More
Montgomery County Planning Board
Council Interviews Finalists for Temporary Planning Board Commissioners
On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council interviewed candidates for temporary Planning Board commissioners after the entire board resigned. On Oct. 12, all five county Planning Board members resigned after weeks… Read More
Council to Vote on Thrive, Interview Finalists for Temporary Planning Board
On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council is scheduled to vote on Thrive 2050–a plan drafted by the Planning Board that serves as the county’s vision for future land use Council… Read More
Council Reviews Temporary Planning Board Candidates
The Montgomery County Council is reviewing dozens of job applications to fill vacancies for a temporary planning board after the entirety of the previous body resigned. The county council will… Read More
Deadline to Apply for Temporary Acting Planning Board is Tuesday
Following the resignation of the entire Montgomery County Planning Board last week, Council President Gabe Albornoz says the council is moving forward expeditiously to help appoint new temporarily acting commissioners.… Read More
Elrich: ‘Planning Board Faces a Deficit of Trust’
On Wednesday, the entire Montgomery County Planning Board resigned after weeks of scrutiny. “I think where people are implicated, a resignation is appropriate,” County Executive Marc Elrich said in a… Read More
Council ‘Aggressively Investigating’ Problems Within Planning Department, Albornoz Says
Montgomery County Council President Gabe Albornoz said the council is “aggressively investigating” recent issues surrounding the Planning Department. Last week, the council disciplined Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson for having… Read More
Planning Board Fires Department Director
The Montgomery County Planning Board has fired the director of the Planning Department. The board voted to remove Gwen Wright on Friday, per a release from the department. She was… Read More
County Official Docked Four Weeks Pay for Alcohol Bar, Drinking in His Office
Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board · Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, was docked four weeks of his salary for having a full bar in his Wheaton office… Read More
Chairman of County Planning Commission Apologizes for Keeping Alcohol in Government Office
Casey Anderson, Chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board · Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, has apologized for having a full bar in his Wheaton office and drinking with… Read More
Planning Board Briefed on Pedestrian Conditions in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Planning Board received a briefing Thursday about pedestrian conditions in the county. While pedestrians were only in 4% of collisions between 2015-2020, they made up 27% of… Read More
Underground Railroad Hero Josiah Henson Honored with Street Renaming
The County Planning Board officially renamed Montrose Parkway for Josiah Henson. Friday morning. Henson worked as a slave on the Riley plantation in what is now North Bethesda until 1830.… Read More