Crime & Safety

PatchCast March 16: Police Search for Clues in Murder Case/Leggett Proposes Budget/Panhandling Bill Dies

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  • : County Executive Isiah Leggett on Tuesday in Rockville outlined an operating budget proposal that cuts 216 county jobs, taps county employees to bear more of the cost of their benefits and rejects the school system's request for more county aid. 
  • : In the middle of a busy legislative session, a bill giving Montgomery County the ability to set up a roadside solicitation permitting system has been withdrawn from consideration.
  • : Police are continuing to analyze evidence in Friday’s Lululemon attacks.
  • : UPDATE: At the time PatchCast aired on Thursday, Georgetown Patch had not confirmed this woman's death. A female construction worker suffered a traumatic injury while working at Georgetown University's Leavey Center. She later died from her injuries. visit for the full story.
  • : The "Secrets" play educates parents and teens about HIV/AIDS at the East County Community Center.


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