No $31 Million Renovation For Council Office Building — The County Council tabled a plan for a $31 million renovation of its aging Council Office Building in Rockville, parts of which date back to the 1940s. Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill said the renovation would send the wrong message to Annapolis while county leaders try to get a state school construction funding bill passed. The sponsor of the the Annapolis bill said it would have no impact and the bill has little chance of passing this year anyway. [Washington Post]
Local Teacher Up For ‘Teacher Of The Year’ — Fifth grade Chevy Chase Elementary School teacher Josephine Luster is one of three finalists for the county’s 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year Award. Luster teaches in the school’s Highly Gifted Center. [Montgomery Community Media]
Local Couple Goes On Bravo Reality Show — Kirk and Laura Knight are starring in the second season of Bravo’s reality series “Newlyweds: The First Year,” which premiered on Tuesday night. The Bethesda couple is one of four newlywed couples the show will follow for the first year of marriage. [The Gazette]
Playing Fields Won’t Open This Month — Montgomery Parks has delayed the opening of all park and elementary and middle school playing fields until April 1 at the earliest thanks to recent weeks of wet weather. The fields were originally scheduled to open March 15. Parks will assess the fields again on April 1. The delay doesn’t apply to synthetic turf fields. [Montgomery Parks]
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