Silver Spring Residents Donate Homemade Face Masks
About 40 Silver Spring residents have joined as a “virtual” team to make face masks. As of Wednesday, they had donated almost 250 masks, with the majority delivered to Holy… Read More
Suzanne Pollak
Suzanne is a freelance reporter with Montgomery Community Media. She has over 35 years professional experience writing for newspapers, magazines, non-profit newsletters and the web.
A Passover Very Different From all Other Passovers
Sundown Wednesday marks the beginning of Passover, an eight-day festival. It commemorates the emancipation of the Jewish people from slavery in ancient Egypt. Normally, Jews would gather with family and… Read More
No MCPS Free Meals Will Be Distributed From April 9-13
Montgomery County Public Schools will not be distributing free meals from April 9 through April 13, due to Spring Break. On Wednesday, there will be free breakfast, lunch and dinner… Read More
Calls to Police Way Down But Crime Remains Constant
During the past month when many people were rarely venturing away from home, calls to the Montgomery County Police Department have dropped considerably while the amount of crime has stayed… Read More
Montgomery County Virtual Town Hall Covers All Things COVID-19
James Bridgers, Montgomery County Deputy Health Officer, expects this area’s novel coronavirus to peak around April 29 to early May, he said at Monday night’s virtual town hall conducted by… Read More
Cardin and Van Hollen: Maryland Does Not Have Enough COVID-19 Supplies
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin expressed frustration over the lack of testing kits, personal protective equipment and ventilators being sent to Maryland. “Today, Maryland does not have… Read More
Hogan Calls for Moment of Prayer: ‘Let us Pray for Each Other’
This Sunday at noon, Gov. Larry Hogan is calling on Marylanders to join together for a moment of prayer for those who died or are sick from COVID-19 as well… Read More
Sherwood High School Musicians Perform ‘Quarantine Magic’ Virtually
Jazz musicians from Sherwood High School were not about to let social distancing and a closed school stop their music. What started as a check-in text from their instrumental teacher,… Read More
Rabbi of Vandalized Rockville Synagogue: ‘It’s Horrifying’
A synagogue in Rockville was vandalized March 28. Swastikas and hate-based words were spray painted on Tikvat Israel Congregation, which is located on Baltimore Road, according to Montgomery County Police.… Read More
28 NIH Employees Test Positive for COVID-19
Twenty-eight National Institutes of Health staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, as of March 27. An NIH spokesperson would not say which institutes the affected staffers worked for or… Read More
MCPD Coax Man Down from Building Ledge
Montgomery County Police coaxed a man down from a building ledge in downtown Silver Spring, Saturday, thereby preventing a possible tragedy. The Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center received a call… Read More
American School of Inspiration in Damascus Bows Out
The American School of Inspiration in Damascus is no more. The school had been operating as part of the Druid Theater Arts in Damascus and was in talks to have… Read More