Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery Still Seeks Permanent Place to Call Home
Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery’s exhibit reception for 20 area artists Sunday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.. is being held in its temporary space on Veirs Mill Road and Grandview… 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.
McClain Delaney, Parrott Earn Right to Complete for Congressional District 6
Democrat April McClain Delaney and Republican Neil Parrott will vie in November for the U.S. Congressional seat Rep. David Trone currently holds. Trone chose not to seek re-election and ran… Read More
Incumbent Raskin to Face Riley in November for Congressional Seat
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who has represented the 8th Congressional District since 2017, coasted to victory in the Democratic primary, receiving 94% of the vote in unofficial results. In November,… Read More
Alsobrooks Defeats Trone, Will Face Hogan in November
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks has been declared the winner in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to the Associated Press. AP called the race less than two… Read More
Early Voting, Mail In Ballots, Primary Day Election Results Trickle In
75 minutes after the polls had closed Tuesday night, election results started to come in. Here is the count as of 9:15 p.m. that includes results from early voting, some… Read More
Bethesda Resident’s Painting Featured at Kennedy Center
One of Jacqueline Hoysted‘s painting in her series, Girls – Nice Doesn’t Cut it! will be on digital display at the Kennedy Center June 16 as part of the Gay… Read More
BlueHalo Moving to Larger Space in Germantown
BlueHalo, a Rockville global defense company, is expanding to Germantown from its current location in Rockville. The company is moving into a new 57,000-square-foot facility in 2025 and is expected… Read More
Local Companies Work Together for New COVID, Flu Vaccines
Novavax entered into a co-exclusive licensing agreement with Sanofi to commercialize its COVID-19 vaccine and develop COVID-19 influenza combination vaccines. In a news release, officials at the biotechnology company in… Read More
Silver Spring Man Sentenced for Murder That Was Caught on Camera
Malik Jefferson, 25, of Silver Spring was sentenced to 55 years in prison Wednesday after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder. Jefferson was found guilty in the death… Read More
2 Richard Montgomery Seniors Named Presidential Scholars
Two of the four Maryland high school seniors honored as 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars attend Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville. Maximilian P. Belyantsev and Angelina Xu are among 161… Read More
Kensington Student Wins Congressional Art Contest
Jean-Luc Chretien of Kensington won the 2024 Congressional art competition in U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin’s District 8. Chretien is a student at Sidwell Friends School. “Congratulations to Jean-Luc Chretien for… Read More
Student Absenteeism Drops 2.7%, But ‘Still More to Do’
Chronic absenteeism among students at Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) dropped 2.7% when compared to this time during the last school year, officials said during Thursday’s Board of Education business… Read More