Monday, December 31, 2012
If you're out celebrating on New Year's and don't have a designated driver, here are some choices for getting home.
The highest number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities in the last decade occurred on New Year's Day, according to Michael Green, AAA spokesman. But once you start your 2013 pre-celebration, you may not be thinking about statistics. So right now while you're thinking clearly, consider your options. Getting a designated driver or hailing a cab are some of your choices. But if you find yourself with empty pockets and no driver, you have options. Sober Ride Call Sober Ride 1-800-200-TAXI (1-880-200-8294) for a free ride home (up to a $30 fare) from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., according to the Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP). It says rides started Dec. 14 and are available every night until Jan. 1, 2013. People using the service must be 21…
Thursday, December 20, 2012
All Gaithersburg city facilities will be closed on Christmas and New Years Day, while others remain closed longer.
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- Greg Cohen
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
The city of Gaithersburg released the holiday schedule for city facilities. All facilities within the city will be closed Christmas and New Year's Day. Additional information about closures, per the city of Gaithersburg, below: Editor's Note: The article has been updated to correctly reflect the closure dates for the Gaithersburg Upcounty Senior Center.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Task force nabbed 32 drunk drivers around last year's celebrations
The arrival of New Year's Eve brings with it countless celebrations steeped in alcohol—and drivers who get behind the wheel after imbibing too much of the bubbly. So Montgomery County Police's Holiday Impaired Driving Task Force is gearing up for one of its busiest nights: Last New Year's Eve brought 13 DUI arrests, followed by 19 arrests the day after. "Certainly, there is the greatest potential on New Year's Eve and into New Year's Day for impaired driving," said Lucille Baur, a county police spokeswoman. There were more than 150 alcohol-impaired driving fatalities in Maryland last year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A disproportionate number of those deaths come around the holidays, part of why …
