WSSC settles with environmental groups on Potomac River pollution
The utility agreed to pay a $100,000 state penalty for releasing chemicals into the river from its Potomac filtration plant and will spend up to $8.5 million for short-term fixes to stop pollution from the plant. [Washington Post]
Pedestrian killed Thursday morning in White Oak section of Silver Spring
Police said an adult female pedestrian was killed after being hit by a driver on southbound Route 29 near New Hampshire Avenue. It's the second pedestrian fatality in the county in less than 24 hours. [Twitter/Montgomery County Police]
Van Hollen’s new ad touches on gun control, the Chesapeake Bay and social security
Rep. Chris Van Hollen’s latest ad in his campaign for U.S. Senate focuses on how he is “taking on the special interests.” [YouTube/Chris Van Hollen for Senate]
Board of Education president named one of Washington’s 100 ‘Most Powerful Women’
Patricia O’Neill, the longtime board member who lives in Bethesda, is one of Washingtonian Magazine’s 100 “Most Powerful Women” for 2015. [Twitter/Board of Education]
Planners talk rules for development when it comes to schools and roads
The Montgomery County Planning Department is revising its Subdivision Staging Policy (formerly known as the Growth Policy) and changes could be in the works when it comes to requirements for new development in areas with overcrowded schools. [Planning Department]
Town of Chevy Chase to talk Bethesda Sector Plan
The town’s Long Range Planning Committee will hold a public workshop Nov. 3 to discuss how new zoning recommended in the Bethesda Sector Plan could impact the town, which sits just east of Bethesda’s Central Business District. [Town of Chevy Chase]
Theater company director named outstanding nonprofit leader
Michael Bobbitt, the producing artistic director at Adventure Theatre MTC, has transformed the organization from a volunteer-run community group into a nationally recognized children’s theater and training academy. He was named an EXCEL award winner Wednesday. [Montgomery Community Media]
Warm temperatures expected Thursday
The high temperature could reach 76 degrees in an exceptionally warm stretch for late October. [National Weather Service]
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