Montgomery Village Gears Up for Its Home Show

Montgomery Village Foundation offers a chance to discuss home improvement with vendors.

Spring is here—though the temperatures outside don't feel like it—and summer is fast approaching. In Montgomery Village, outdoor home improvements projects are getting started. The Montgomery Village Foundation understands this. It knows residents want to undertake projects to improve their homes for the summer months. It just wants home improvements done the right way. On Saturday, MVF will teach homeowners the correct way to make improvements to homes in the Village when it hosts the eighth annual home show at the Lake Marion Community Center. Forty vendors—mostly local contractors, home insurance salesmen and designers—will be in attendance, serving as a source for local homeowners to discuss ideas and learn the best way to make their …

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Legislator Goes After Shopping Cart Scofflaws

A bill is proposed on behalf of the Montgomery Village Foundation.

Capital News Service Along with high-profile legislation that would repeal the death penalty and strengthen gun control, Maryland’s General Assembly is considering making it more expensive for people caught stealing shopping carts. The bill would increase the fine from $25 to $100. It came about when the Montgomery Village Foundation, which represents more than 45,000 residents, asked Del. Kirill Reznik (D-Dist. 39) of Germantown, to do something about the number of shopping carts that were being taken from nearby stores and left strewn throughout the community. The current law, which was enacted in 1957, requires store owners to post a sign at each exit informing shoppers that there is a $25 fine for taking a shopping cart off store …

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DougW

5:45 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013

Other Tim, I agree that the first place should be to arrest the shopper, but from the story, that does not occur. And you think that the store does not pass along the $70 each cart that never comes back costs? Cost of doing business. I agree that the wheel locks are a good idea. I think though, that the $25 fine to shoppers should have been enforced. If that's not enforced, it's asinine to raise …   more ›

BLOG: A Game Changing Transformation is needed at the Montgomery Village Foundation

Montgomery Village Foundation Board of Directors candidate Don O'Neill explains why he thinks change is needed on the MVF.

MVF President Endorses Three Candidates For Board of Directors Election

Bob Hydorn will support Scott Dyer, Sharon Cranford and Elena Peterson in the 2013 Montgomery Village Foundation Board of Directors election.

MVF President Endorses Three Candidates For Board of Directors Election

Bob Hydorn will support Scott Dyer, Sharon Cranford and Elena Peterson in the 2013 Montgomery Village Foundation Board of Directors election.

With four candidates vying for three seats on the Montgomery Village Foundation's Board of Directors, March's election will send one candidate home unhappy. Running for the seats are current board member Scott Dyer, who is seeking re-election; Sharon Crawford, who serves on the Whetstone Board and is running for a seat on the MVF Board for the first time; Elena Peterson, who is currently president of South Village and is running for a seat on the MVF Board for the first time; and Don O'Neill, who is running for a seat on the MVF Board for the third time. Typically, the MVF president remains quiet about the candidates leading up to the election, but this year Bob Hydorn has chosen to speak out, announcing endorsements of three candidates to…

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Don O'Neill

4:44 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Derek, Bob Hydorn was a candidate in 2012 not 2011. This year, Bob Hydorn has announced by way of this blog that he has horse in the race. This announcement along with his improper and unsuccessful attempt to ambush my candidacy at the start of the Nominating Committee's proceedings on January 9 are enough to make me uncomfortable with his presence in any capacity at the counting of votes on …   more ›

'Great Pumpkin Race' is Back for Year Three

Montgomery Village's family-friendly fall festival will also feature pumpkin pie-baking contest, face-painting, games, food vendors and music.

We'll let you in on a little secret: the upcounty's most... um, compelling ... race of the season doesn't involve presidential politics or the power-play for Maryland's 6th Congressional seat. No, in our humble opinion, the race most worth watching this fall involves dozens of pumpkins, primped—if not pimped out—in a wild assortment of adornment and decoration. Families, HOA boards, Girl Scout troops and senior citizen groups will descend en masse on North Creek Community Center on Saturday for what is fast become Montgomery Village's most-talked-about happening. Don't take our word for it. See for yourself in our video from last year. The Montgomery Village Foundation still has racing kits—gourds, wheels and axles—for sale, and pumpkins …

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Art, Craft, Photo Show—an MV Original

Montgomery Village Foundation and the Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association are keeping the annual expo of amateur and professional talent going strong after nearly four decades.

The two overall winners from among the 360 entries submitted into the 38th Annual Art, Craft and Photography Show this weekend at the North Creek Community Center:   And here are the winners of each category:   8-12 years old 13-17 years old 18-25 years old     no entries Over 25 years old Professional 8-12 13-17 18-25     no entries Over 25 Professional 8-12 13-17 18-25     no entries Over 25 Professional 8-12 13-17     no entries 18-25 Over 25 Professional 8-12 13-17 18-25 Over 25 Professional           8-12     no entries 13-17 18-25     no entries Over 25 Professional 8-12     no entries 13-17 18-25     no entries Over 25 Professional 8-12 13-17 18-25 Over 25 Professional 8-12     no entries 13-17 18-25 Over 25 Professional     no …

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Hydorn, Driscoll and Bort Win MVF Election

The two incumbents and the former board member will take their seats later this month.

The Montgomery Village Foundation’s board president, vice president and a former board member have won this year’s election, easily beating out two outspoken critics of recent MVF actions. Board president Bob Hydorn was the top vote-getter in the mail-in election, followed closely by vice president John Driscoll. Pamela Bort claimed the final spot by wide margin over John Horton and Don O’Neill, the fourth- and fifth-place finishers. Hydorn, Driscoll and Bort ran as a slate. Horton and O’Neill were especially critical of plans for building a concession stand with restrooms in South Valley Park, which emerged during the campaign as Montgomery Village’s most divisive issue. The ballots were counted Saturday morning at the MVF office, a month…

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Bob Hydorn

1:53 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Pam Bort, John Driscoll and I wish to thank the residents of Montgomery Village for your support in the MVF Board of Directors election. We look forward to working on your behalf over the next 3 years as we serve on the board.   more ›