Rockville Rewind: June 13-17

Transit issues filled the news week in Rockville as a security scare left commuters reeling on Metro’s Red Line on Monday, the county juggled shuttle bus service to the U.S. Open Championship in Bethesda throughout the week and Friday brought news of a new transportation advocacy organization and a survey in which experts ranked Metro improvements at the top of the region’s priorities.

The Rockville Metro station was evacuated, a train traveling between the Rockville and Twinbrook stations was stopped and passengers exited on to the track bed on Monday morning after . Metro suspended service between the Shady Grove and Grosvenor-Strathmore stations for about two hours. The woman was taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation.

In city election news, Rockville Patch posted reports from last weekend’s campaign announcements of and .

On Tuesday, we posted and reported on what led to the mayor’s speech being interrupted by the waterworks.

Also Tuesday, the city .

On Tuesday night, incoming county schools Superintendent where he said that helping students to become well-rounded people is equally as important as guiding them toward academic success.

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board on Wednesday . The program will bring 200 bikes to 20 stations around Rockville including the Rockville and Shady Grove Metro stations, Rockville Town Center, the Universities at Shady Grove, Johns Hopkins Montgomery County campus and Montgomery College's Rockville campus.

Also Wednesday, members of t during a town hall meeting at Redland Middle School in Derwood.

Local lawyers and county judges hammed it up at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre on Wednesday night as part of the Bar Association of Montgomery County’s annual Bar Revue. This year’s edition included .

As the U.S. Open teed off at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda on Thursday, the county recognized an organization dedicated to exposing young people to golf with a proclamation designating June 8-19 as “The First Tee Week.” County Executive .

Throughout the week, Patch brought news of , including .

Buses are just one of the region’s many transportation needs according to , including a new Maryland group headed by former Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan.

On Friday, Patch reported on , which grants in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants whose families are paying income taxes.

We wound down the workweek with , who received a $1,000 scholarship from the Rockville Scholarship Foundation, Inc. toward his continued studies at Montgomery College in pursuit of a mechanical engineering doctorate.