PatchCast April 13: Legislative Session Close, Swimming Pool Updates and a New CSA

Here's what happened in the towns around you over the last 24 hours- brought to you by our team of editors, reporters, photographers and videographers.

: On Monday, the last day of Maryland’s General Assembly, state legislators passed a bill that will create reliability standards for Maryland utilities after mounting frustration with Pepco’s performance in the county.

: After a turbulent journey in both the Maryland State House and Senate, legislation allowing illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state college tuition rates passed last night, as the 428th session of the Maryland General Assembly came to a close in Annapolis. The bill will allow high school graduates who entered the country illegally to receive in-state college tuition rates providing they meet certain criteria.

: Rockville residents celebrated chemistry, biology, rocketry and many other branches of science as part of the 22nd annual Rockville Science Day on Sunday at .

: Sandy Spring CSA, a Community Supported Agriculture organization, is coming to Chevy Chase next month. Residents will be able to buy shares in the organization in return for a box of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables each week, between May 11 and October 15. The produce is organic, and flower and herb shares are also available. The weekly box contains seven to 10 different kinds of produce - a head of broccoli, for instance, or  a bag of carrots. Shares are still available - visit the Sandy Spring CSA's website at sandyspringcsa.com to sign up.

: The council voted 6-0 to repaint the ceiling at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. The job was needed because paint chips have been falling off the galvanized steel ceiling and into the pool. The county and the contractor who did the job have disputed who's to blame for the bad paint -- resulting in a $450,000 settlement. But the settlement amount isn't enough to cover the new cost to strip and repaint it. The state-of-the-art facility would be closed from May through September, while the work is completed. Councilman George Leventhal called the it an "expensive error."