Hogan sees popularity surge in poll
A Goucher College poll found 54 percent of Marylanders surveyed felt favorably about Gov. Larry Hogan, up 21 percentage points from the last Goucher College poll in February, when the first-term Republican governor was a relative unknown. [Baltimore Sun]
Jumbotron goes up at former City Place Mall
The giant screen at the corner of Fenton Street and Ellsworth Drive is part of the major renovation going on at the rebranded Ellsworth Place in downtown Silver Spring. [Eric Rasch/Twitter]
Local towns on top 10 list of most 'ethno-racially diverse cities'
Website WalletHub created rankings of the most and least ethno-racially diverse cities in the U.S., finding Gaithersburg is the most diverse, Germantown is the third most diverse, Silver Spring is the eighth most diverse and Rockville is the tenth most diverse. [WalletHub]
Walk to School Day Wednesday
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, MCPS Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers and other officials will walk from Cabin John Middle School to Bells Mill Elementary School in Potomac Wednesday morning to celebrate International Walk to School Day. [Connected Communities]
LifeSci Village out, ‘Viva White Oak’ in
The planned 300-acre mixed-use development project in East County, part of which will be built on a sand and gravel quarry, will be called Viva White Oak. [Montgomery County]
Rain means a lot of water in the Potomac
While the area didn’t see significant flooding from rain late last week, the Potomac River had plenty of river flow Monday—enough at one measuring post to fill up an Olympic-sized swimming pool in less than four seconds. [Washington Post]
Gorgeous weather in store for Tuesday
Sunny skies are forecast to accompany a high temperature reaching 73 degrees. [National Weather Service]
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