State Commemorates Maryland Day
March 25 is Maryland Day which commemorates the date in 1634 when settlers disembarked from two small sailing ships, the Ark and the Dove, onto Maryland soil. In 1916, the… Read More
Government
Planning Department Releases Findings of Friendship Heights Design Study
Walkability and location are the Friendship Heights community’s most popular strengths, according to a study published by Montgomery Planning earlier this month. The Friendship Heights Urban Design Study began in… Read More
Vaccination Clinic Set for Friday in Silver Spring
The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will hold a free, vaccination clinic for school-aged children (pre-K through high school) from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday, March… Read More
Rep. Raskin Secures Federal Funding for Rockville Flooding Efforts
U.S. Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-8) secured $1.5 million in federal funds in a House of Representatives-approved appropriations budget that will go toward combatting flooding in Rockville. “This funding for emergency… Read More
Legal Battle Highlights Shift in Ongoing UMD Greek Life Saga
The month of March brought suspensions, lawsuits and tension to the University of Maryland campus. It started Mar. 1, when the University placed a temporary suspension on new-member activities for… Read More
County Honors Vietnam Veterans With Tributes Page
On National Vietnam Veterans Day Friday, the Montgomery County Commission on Veterans Affairs will honor more than 80 county Vietnam War Era veterans. A detailed tribute to those veterans will… Read More
Wheaton Arts Community Seeks Board Members for Fundraising
Councilmember Natali Fani-González is looking for 15 artists, community members and business leaders to sit on a new nonprofit that will fundraise for the Wheaton Arts and Entertainment Board. The… Read More
Rep. Trone Apologizes for Using Racial Slur
U.S. Representative David Trone apologized for using a racial slur on Thursday during a congressional budget hearing. During the hearing, Trone said in part,”So this Republican jigaboo that it’s the… Read More
Del. Love Intends to Apply For State Senate Ariana Kelly’s Seat
One day after State Sen. Ariana Kelly (D-16) shared that she was named executive director of the Commission for Women, Delegate Sara Love announced her desire to fill Kelly’s seat.… Read More
Maryland Adds 5 to Women’s Hall of Fame
Lt. Governor Aruna Miller, who lives in Montgomery Village, was inducted in the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame Thursday. “I am grateful to stand among the remarkable women whose legacies… Read More
Dozens of Viers Mill Elementary Students Walk Out to Protest Loss of Title 1 Status
86 third, fourth and fifth graders at Viers Mill Elementary School missed watching the movie, Wonder, so they could march in the field behind their school and voice their displeasure… Read More
County Trying ‘Variety of Ways’ to Increase Police Hiring
Montgomery County officials are trying a multitude of ways to hire more new police officers to a force that has lost 194 officers in the past five years. The county… Read More