Ashley Peccerelli is a Multiplatform Journalism major at the University of Maryland. She interned with Montgomery Community Media in the fall of 2019.
Students attending Montgomery County public high schools scored three points higher on the 2019 ACT standardized test than the national average. The MCPS Class of 2019 averaged a composite score of 25.3 out of… Read More
The Montgomery County police department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect involved in an armed robbery in Wheaton. Police released surveillance photos of a man entering a Shell… Read More
Six adults and four children were injured, and 45 people were temporarily displaced in a fire at a Montgomery Village apartment building on Friday morning. Officials said the fire happened around… Read More
A woman claimed a $1 million scratch-off prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters last week. The 77-year-old stylist, whose name was not identified by the Maryland Lottery, purchased the $20 Gold… Read More
A 24-year-old man was arrested and charged with second-degree rape and robbery after an early morning incident Friday in Silver Spring. Around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, in an apartment… Read More
Update, 3:50 p.m.: Two people suffered gunshot wounds early Monday morning during a home invasion robbery, a Montgomery County police statement said. About 4 a.m., Bethesda police district officers found the… Read More
Montgomery County police officers are investigating an alleged sexual assault case of a woman in a wooded area near a Gaithersburg lake. At approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday, 6th District officers… Read More
Maryland student artists can compete in the “I Voted” Sticker-state Elections competition and have their original artwork printed on voting stickers in 2020. The Maryland State Board of Elections partnered… Read More
Forever 21 and F.Y.E will be closing at Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg. Forever 21 is expected to close 111 locations in the U.S. after filing for bankruptcy in September. The fast-fashion retailer released… Read More
Student Member of the Board (SMOB) Nate Tinbite will be hosting his first town hall meeting of the year from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 6, at Seneca Valley… Read More
The Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project collected soil Sunday at the site of a lynching of a 22-year-old African American man in 1880 as part of the Equal Justice Initiative… Read More
A single-vehicle crash left two elderly women dead and one man severely injured in Rockville on Saturday. According to Montgomery County Police, 80-year-old Cheung Foo Chan of Hyattsville was driving a… Read More