D.C. residents don’t want their neighborhood to look ‘like Bethesda’
Residents of Northwest D.C.’s American University Park neighborhood are concerned about a proposed six-floor residential building, with one resident telling the developer that “if it looks like Bethesda, it’s not gonna work.” [UrbanTurf]
Montgomery County touts improving job numbers
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett says the latest numbers from the Maryland Department of Labor show the county’s unemployment rate for August at 3.8 percent, down from 4.6 percent in August 2014 and good for lowest unemployment rate of any county in the state. [Montgomery County]
Is Hogan leading Maryland to school privatization?
Political columnist Josh Kurtz examines Gov. Larry Hogan’s appointments to the state’s Board of Education and suggests Maryland could soon find itself “at the vanguard” of the movement for more charter schools, more religious-based education and more corporate involvement in the management of education. [CenterMaryland]
Metro acknowledges breakdowns could be leading to ridership decline
A Metro budget report made public this week points to “preliminary evidence” that customer concern over the system’s reliability and chronic maintenance issues is leading to a steady decline in ridership. [Washington Post]
Also on Tuesday, former metro General Manager David Gunn said all of the transit system’s problems can be traced back to its 16-member board, “none of whom, or most of whom, know nothing about the business.” [WMAL]
New hotel opens in Rockville
Cambria Hotel & Suites officially opened Monday in downtown Rockville. The 140-room hotel rises to as high as 15 floors and is across the street from the corporate headquarters of Choice Hotels, which operates the brand. [Montgomery Community Media]
Pepco and Exelon reach merger settlement with D.C. government
The electricity companies hope the deal clears the way for approval of their merger from D.C. regulators, much in the same way a settlement with Montgomery County’s government did with Maryland regulators earlier this year. [Pepco]
Partly sunny skies and rising temperatures predicted for Wednesday
The high temperature could reach 76 degrees, with increasing humidity. [National Weather Service]
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