Politics & Government

Berliner Starts Kensington Tenure

Wednesday is the county council president's first day representing the town.

Thanks to county redistricting, Kensington is part of District 1 as of Wednesday, and County Council President Roger Berliner is now the town's representative.

Berliner said he has spent time acquainting himself with many of the town's issues since the county changed its districts, and .

The council president has played an active role in the debate over Kensington's pending sector plan, .

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"I'm optimistic we'll be able to work our way through and hopefully bring the community back together again," Berliner has said of the plan. "I am a search-for-common-ground guy."

The county council is expected to issue a final vote on the plan at its March 20 meeting.

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