Friday, September 7, 2012
Town of Somerset council members stuck by the town code Monday night during a discussion about building setbacks.
Town of Somerset council members stuck by the town code Monday night during a discussion about building setbacks. After the house at 4812 Falstone Avenue has been demolished, a new house will be built with a footprint set several feet farther back from the street than that of the original house. The setback—which will help preserve an American Beech tree at the front of the property—will make the property's rear yard a little shorter, but it won't violate any setback rules in the town code. Rear setbacks are set at a minimum of 20 feet, while the rear yard of 4812 Falstone is about 40 feet deep, said Larry Plummer, town engineer for the Town of Somerset. But, an oak tree in the rear of the property led William Kingdom—whose property is …
Friday, July 6, 2012
Town of Somerset Council members discussed the pros and cons of taking a formal stance on the construction of a sidewalk along the eastern side of Wisconsin Avenue between Friendship Heights and Bethesda.
At July's Town of Somerset Council meeting, council members discussed possible town responses to the Maryland State Highway Administration's plan to build a sidewalk on the eastern side of Wisconsin Avenue between Grafton Street and Bradley Lane. This strip of state highway, which runs between the northern edge of Friendship Heights and the southern part of downtown Bethesda, has a sidewalk only on the western side, adjacent to the Town of Somerset, the Village of Drummond and Chevy Chase West. But there are still several bus stops on the eastern side of the street, which is without a sidewalk. That side of the street, adjacent to Chevy Chase Village and the Chevy Chase Club, is lined with trees, and is known as the "Green Mile." Building …
Monday, May 21, 2012
With the resignation of Bill Farley from the town council, and the appointment of Franny Peale to take his place, the Town of Somerset has an all-female council.
Men may still outnumber women in the U.S. Congress, but in the Town of Somerset, the town council is made up entirely of women. On May 7, the council swore in Franny Peale to replace former Council Member Bill Farley, who recently resigned. Peale's nomination to the council was unopposed. And, earlier this spring, Barbara Condos was elected to the council following the decision of former Council Member Alan Proctor not to run for re-election. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Chevy Chase Patch by signing up for newsletters here. The other members of the five-member council are Marnie Shaul, Cathy Pickar and Barbara Zeughauser. This makes the Town of Somerset Council the first all-female council in Montgomery County, said …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Utility companies are looking at ways to make utility poles in town look neater.
Unsightly—and often unnecessary—attachments to utility poles may soon be a thing of the past in the Town of Somerset. Representatives of Comcast, Verizon and Pepco met with members of the Town of Somerset Council last Monday night to discuss ways in which the utility companies can make the utility poles in the town look a little neater. Throughout the Town of Somerset, the utility poles—which are owned by Pepco—sport a variety of oddly-placed and often superfluous assortments of dangling wires, amplifiers and other appendages. Over the past few years, Councilmember Alan Proctor has identified a variety of unsightly attachments throughout the town, including: Proctor—who stepped down from his position as councilmember at the end of Monday’s…
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Mayors Jeffrey Slavin of the Town of Somerset and David Lublin of the Town of Chevy Chase are two of 80 mayors from across the country who have joined together in support of marriage equality.
Town of Chevy Chase Mayor David Lublin and Town of Somerset Mayor Jeffrey Slavin are two of 80 mayors from across the country who have signed on to Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, a bipartisan group that has pledged its support for marriage equality. Joining Slavin and Lublin are Mayor Peter Fosselman of Kensington and Mayor Bruce Williams of Takoma Park. So far, 80 mayors have signed up, and the group formally launched its efforts on Friday at the Conference of Mayors in Washington, DC. The group of mayors includes Republicans, Democrats and Independents, said Slavin, who was present at Friday's Conference of Mayors. The banding together of the mayors in support of marriage equality "shows that there is strong support around our …
Monday, January 23, 2012
The jig is up for the Raymond Street rats, whose suspected burrows were recently confirmed by a county health inspector.
Thursday’s meeting of the Village of Martin’s Additions Council brought news of revenue and rats. “Revenues are up and expenses are down,” said Arthur Alexander, treasurer for the council. Last month, the village received an unexpected $150,000-plus "windfall" in late tax receipts from previous years, Alexander explained. Perhaps less unexpected was evidence that rats are residing on Raymond Street, as local residents had long suspected. A county health inspector recently confirmed (via a smoke test through the sewer lines) that rat burrows do, in fact, exist in the Raymond Street area, said Village Manager Jean Sperling at the council meeting. The health inspector suspects that lack of storm drains have forced the rats up the sewer lines …
Cate Moore
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