Whitman Wins Basketball Semi, Headed To State Title Game — The Whitman High School boys basketball rode 20 points from guard Kyle Depollar and a banked-in 3-pointer to beat the third quarter buzzer to beat Annapolis, 59-48 on Thursday at the Comcast Center. The Vikings will face perhaps their biggest challenge yet, Upper Marlboro’s Henry A. Wise in Saturday’s Class 4A state championship game. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. at the Comcast Center. Wise beat Springbrook on Thursday night. [The Gazette]
County Snow Removal Costs About $25 Million — This season’s many snow and ice events have pushed Montgomery County’s salting, snow removal and employee overtime budget well past the previously set aside $9.1 million. The county’s costs are about $25 million and County Executive Isiah Leggett will likely ask the County Council for a supplemental appropriation in the next couple weeks. And our winter may not even be over — forecasters are calling for a chance of snow on Monday. [Washington Post] [Weather.com]
Locals Dot Forbes Billionaires List — Potomac businessman Mitchell Rales, investor David Rubenstein, the Marriott brothers and Chevy Chase Bank founder Bernard Saul II are among the richest people in the world, all with net worths of at least $2.2 billion. The richest Marylander according to the list is Washington Nationals owner, developer and Chevy Chase resident Ted Lerner, who has a net worth of $4.2 billion. That’s good for No. 354 on the list. [CBS DC]
Notice Something New On Old Georgetown Road? — Construction of the Pike & Rose development will radically change the look of Mid-Pike Plaza and around the Old Georgetown Road section of White Flint. Crews have installed new street lamps to mark the southern entrance to the development. [Pike & Rose via Twitter]
Chevy Chase Resident Worried Construction Might Take Out Elm Tree — A 150-year-old Elm tree on the Town of Chevy Chase’s Elm Street might be in danger from a home construction project. John Fitzgerald, a Town resident and environmentalist, filed a formal complaint with the Town that will be reviewed on March 26. By then, he worries a drainage ditch to go along with the construction will have badly damaged the tree’s root system. The project was given the OK by the Town’s arborist, who judged the project was in line with the Town’s strict tree ordinance. [WTOP]
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