Council to discuss relocation expense bill
The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on a bill that would require landlords to compensate tenants with three months’ worth of rent for the purpose of relocating, in the event that the building is condemned by the county as unfit for human habitation. There is an exception for circumstances beyond the landlord’s control. The meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. in the council’s Rockville chamber, located at 100 Maryland Ave.
County Board of Elections to hold registration sessions targeted at people with disabilities
The Montgomery County Board of Elections will hold voter registration sessions at 15 public libraries Monday through Friday in honor of National Disability Voter Registration Week — an annual event put on by the American Association for People With Disabilities in communities around the country to increase the engagement of people with disabilities.
The board will conduct voter registration at three libraries each day according to the following schedule:
Monday, July 15 (5 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
Maggie Nightingale (Poolesville) Library, 19633 Fisher Ave., Poolesville
White Oak Library, 11701 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring
Chevy Chase Library, 8005 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase
Tuesday, July 16 (5 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
Germantown Library, 19840 Century Blvd., Germantown
Silver Spring Library, 900 Wayne Ave., Silver Spring
Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville
Wednesday, July 17 (5 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
Gaithersburg Library, 18330 Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg
Connie Morella (Bethesda) Library, 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda
Damascus Library, 9701 Main St., Damascus
Thursday, July 18 (5 p.m. – 8 p.m.)
Olney Library, 3500 Olney Laytonsville Road, Olney
Long Branch Library, 8800 Garland Ave., Silver Spring
Kensington Park Library, 4201 Knowles Ave., Kensington
Friday, July 19 (3 p.m. – 6 p.m.)
Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., Rockville
Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac
Quince Orchard Library, 15831 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg
City of Rockville to commemorate new sister city relationship
The City of Rockville will commemorate its new partnership with Yilan City, Taiwan, a city of more than 95,000, on Wednesday as part of the Rockville Sister City Corporation. The partnership represents the second formal sister relationship Rockville has had in 62 years of the program. The sister cities program fosters cultural exchanges between cities across the world such as student exchange programs and business partnerships. Rockville Mayor Bridget Donnell Newton and Taiwanese officials will attend Wednesday’s ceremony, which will begin at 5 p.m. at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, located at 603 Edmonston Drive. Rockville currently has a relationship with Pinneberg, Germany.
Dan Schere can be reached at Daniel.schere@moco360.media
