This Week at Connected Communities - October 31, 2010

[Howard Hartman]

This Week at Connected Communities
October 31, 2010

An 11-year-old boy from Germantown is on the missing persons headline this week. He was last seen yesterday afternoon in the Takoma Park area.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=39831


Weekly Crime Summaries for all six police districts, Rockville, and Takoma Park were published October 25 to October 28. Summaries are published in Weekly Crime Summaries

http://connectedcommunities.us/forumdisplay.php?f=81


A sexual assault occurred in Aspen Hill on October 26. The 30-year-old victim was dragged into a wooded area near the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Independence Street. The suspect remains at large. A suspect description and a CrimeSolvers online tip are included.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=39751


A man from Montpelier, Vermont was arrested this week related to child sexual abuse that occurred in Silver Spring and Bethesda between 1999 and 2001. Detectives from the Family Crimes Division would like to hear from anyone who may know this man or has additional information.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=39784


Ten Montgomery County Public Schools students have been named regional finalists or semifinalists in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=39698


Governor Martin O’Malley, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and City of Rockville Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio announced that Choice Hotels International, one of the world’s largest lodging companies currently headquartered in Silver Spring, signed a letter of intent with the State, County and City to move its headquarters to Rockville when its current lease expires in 2013

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=39706


MetroAccess, Metro’s service for people with disabilities, will discontinue the use of tokens and paper farecards effective January 31, 2011.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=39798


The Gazette’s My Favorite Teacher Contest opened for voting on October 28. Thirty teachers, ten each from the elementary, middle and high school levels were preselected as finalists from paper ballots. Voting runs through November 12.

http://connectedcommunities.us/showthread.php?t=39800

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