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🌱 Patch AM: Could reckless street takeovers soon cost drivers up to $5,000 here?

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  • Could reckless street takeovers soon cost drivers up to $5,000 here?

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📰 News we're reading

• Montgomery County committee advances bill that would raise street takeover fines to $5K (wjla.com) — Montgomery County lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would sharply increase fines for illegal street takeovers, racing, and stunt driving—penalties that would apply on Montgomery Village roads too. A council committee has endorsed raising the maximum fine to $5,000 and allowing police to tow involved vehicles, with the full council still needing to vote before it becomes law.
   

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    Thursday October 8
  • Basketball - 55+ Drop In
    Germantown Community Recreation Center
    9:00 am
  • Lil' One's -Ages 5 & Under (Parent Led)
    Upper County Community Recreation Center
    9:30 am
  • Weekly Challenge: Make a Solar System Mobile →
    Gaithersburg Community Museum, 9 S. Summit Avenue, GAITHERSBURG
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    Gaithersburg MD
    11:00 am
  • Pickleball - 18+ Drop-in
    Upper County Community Recreation Center
    12:00 pm
  • Basketball 18+ Drop-in
    Upper County Community Recreation Center
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  • Mah Jongg →
    The Carriage House, 321 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg
    1:00 pm
  • Mah Jongg Club →
    The Carriage House, 321 Kent Square Road, Gaithersburg
    1:00 pm

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Germantown

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