Maryam is a reporter with Montgomery Community Media. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. Previously, she was an intern with myMCM. She can be reached at mshahzad@mymcmedia.org or on Twitter @maryam_mcm.
Adventist HealthCare has a COVID-19 Community Response Fund where people can donate money to help the medical organization purchase hospital resources. PLEASE DONATE, SHARE and MESSAGE if you can: https://t.co/4Ju0EXveif#HeroesWorkHere… Read More
Celebrity chef and Bethesda resident José Andrés is featured on the cover of TIME magazine this week. His non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) feeds people in areas suffering from natural… Read More
The City of Takoma Park is offering a “Phone a Neighbor” program during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The program wants to spread neighborly love to senior residents by offering phone… Read More
The number of Montgomery County coronavirus cases has increased to 164, according to figures the state Department of Health released Thursday morning. There were 93 cases on Monday morning, which… Read More
Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) detectives are asking the public for help finding Tatyana Brooks, a missing teenager from the White Oak area. Brooks, 17, is about 5’6’’, 140 pounds,… Read More
Maryland State Superintendent Karen Salmon on Tuesday requested permission from the state Board of Education to submit a waiver for standardized testing. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Department… Read More
Montgomery County is asking people to refrain from using playgrounds and touching park surfaces like benches and water fountains, said Montgomery Parks Spokesperson Melissa Chotiner. The guidance is in response… Read More
The Montgomery County Council sat as the Board of Health at a meeting Tuesday. The first topic on the agenda was a COVID-19 update from County Health Officer and Chief… Read More
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said Gov. Larry Hogan’s executive order to close all non-essential businesses in Maryland is basically a shelter-in-place without saying so. Elrich said it achieves what… Read More
The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education is awaiting guidance from state officials about whether to extend the current school closures, Deputy Superintendent Monifa McKnight said during a… Read More
Gov. Larry Hogan signed an executive order to close all nonessential businesses in Maryland by 5 p.m. Monday to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Under Hogan’s new… Read More
Twin Valley Distillers on East Gude Drive in Rockville is using its alcohol to make and sell hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The distillery sold out of the… Read More