Gaithersburg Biotech Changes Course, Red Line’s Dummy Problem, Jazz Nearby: The Daily Digest

Business | GenVec withdraws plans to dissolve
The Gaithersburg-based firm announced it does not plan to dissolve and liquidate and will focus on developing treatments for hearing loss. 

News update | “Dummy” may have caused last week’s Red Line derailment
Officials think that a malfunctioning dummy truck—equipment used to move broken trains—may have caused the derailment of a Red Line train on Friday. 

Milestones | Happy birthday, Montgomery County!
Montgomery County, Maryland was created Sept. 6, 1776. The Montgomery County Historical Society plans to celebrate with cake on Sunday, Sept. 8. They’ve posted some of the details at Rockville Patch. 

Education | MCPS: No school on Thursday
There’s no school on Thursday for Montgomery County public school students, in observation of Rosh Hashanah —or the Jewish new year. 

Nearby | Branford Marsalis headlines Silver Spring Jazz Fest
Grammy award-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis leads the lineup at this year’s Silver Spring Jazz Festival, 4:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 at Silver Spring’s Veteran’s Plaza. Find more details here.