Montgomery council picks Artie Harris to lead overhauled planning board

Seven months of wayfinding for Montgomery County leaders with often clashing visions for restoring trust in the county’s planning board culminated Tuesday in the selection of Artie L. Harris Jr. as board chair. Harris, vice president of a nonprofit housing developer, edged out former county council member Hans Riemer to round out the board, alongside four others recently picked to relaunch an institution rocked by scandal last year.