On Thursday, Feb. 23, the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection and Iniciativa Latina de Salud will host the Climate Stories Film Festival: Our Grain of Sand at the AFI… Read More
New sworn police recruits may receive a $20,000 bonus, thanks to an agreement reached between Montgomery County and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35. “This signing bonus is going… Read More
More than 150 people die every day from overdoses related to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. The county has experienced a 120% increase in fatal teen overdoses since 2021, according… Read More
It’s Wednesday, Feb. 22, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Silver Spring Fire: Help residents affected by a fatal fire Saturday at the Arrive high-rise… Read More
Más de 150 personas mueren cada día por sobredosis relacionadas con opioides sintéticos como el fentanilo. El condado ha experimentado un aumento del 120 % en las sobredosis mortales de… Read More
Montgomery Housing Partnership (MHP), una organización local sin fines de lucro, administra un fondo para los residentes desplazados por el incendio del sábado en el centro de Silver Spring. En… Read More
Montgomery Housing Partnership (MHP), a local nonprofit, is managing a fund for residents displaced by Saturday’s fire in downtown Silver Spring. The fire on the seventh floor of the Arrive… Read More
After only one-and-a-half years as Manager of Takoma Park, Jamal Fox resigned as of Feb. 13. His resignation was announced by Mayor Talisha Searcy in a statement released two days after… Read More
A two-foot-high statue of the Virgin Mary was stolen from the yard of Our Lady of the Visitation Catholic Church in Darnestown, according to Father Greg Shaffer. After watching video… Read More
Melanie Díaz died in the early morning three-alarm fire Saturday at Silver Spring Arrive Apartments. Diaz worked for the D.C.-based think tank Aspen Institute. and graduated from Georgetown University. Her… Read More
A new bookstore is expected to open in downtown Takoma Park this spring. People’s Book is expected to have events, be a gathering space for book clubs and offer more… Read More
Montgomery County is hosting a virtual forum in Spanish about the fentanyl crisis on Tuesday, Feb. 21. County officials will answer questions about fentanyl, a synthetic drug that is causing… Read More