Town Hall to Discuss Community Safety in Germantown
Montgomery County is hosting a “Stop the Violence” community town hall on Wednesday, July 12 in Germantown. The meeting will be held in the Germantown Library from 6:30 to 8:00… Read More
Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando
Council’s New Training Bill Aims to Improve Policing Practices
Montgomery County officials held a press conference on Friday, Nov. 4, where they signed a police training bill into law that would promote community informed policing practices. The Community Informed… Read More
Panelists Address Violent Crime Prevention, School Officers
Regional leaders and panelists convened Thursday evening for a discussion about how to effectively address violent crime throughout Montgomery County, Prince George’s County and Washington, D.C. Montgomery County Councilmember Will… Read More
Fifth Anniversary: Leaders Remember the Victims of the Flower Branch Explosion
On the fifth anniversary of the Flower Branch Apartments explosion in Silver Spring, local leaders came together to remember the seven victims who lost their lives on the summer night… Read More
Five Years Later, Community Continues to Grieve for Flower Branch Victims
During a somber event that was moved indoors during a thunderstorm Tuesday evening, officials and members of the Flower Branch Tenants Association remembered the seven lives lost, dozens injured and… Read More
Rockville Catholic School Changes Hairstyle Rules
Cassandra Forrester anticipates sending her two children to St. Jude Regional Catholic School in Rockville, but she also has concerns about their hairstyle policy. Here’s what it said when she… Read More
Jawando to Celebrate 100th Storytime at Rockville Memorial Library
Since the start of the pandemic, Councilmember Will Jawando has held 99 virtual storytimes, where he reads children’s books aloud to families. To mark his 100th storytime reading, Jawando will… Read More
Board of Education Discusses Best Ways to Replace Police Officers in Schools
Members of the Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education (BOE) spent Tuesday afternoon discussing how best to keep students safe without having a daily police presence in the schools.… Read More
Jawando Plans to Continue Virtual Stories Throughout Term on Council
Since the start of the coronavirus closures in March 2020, Councilmember Will Jawando has been live streaming videos of himself and guests reading children’s books. “Virtual Storytime with Councilmember Jawando”… Read More
One Year Later, County Public Library Buildings Still Not Fully Open
As more people get the coronavirus vaccine, life is beginning to resemble a “new normal” — children are returning to classrooms, people are eating outside, and recreation centers have reopened to… Read More
‘Indignación y Disgusto’ por el Video de los Oficiales de Policía y un Niño de 5 Años
La policía del condado de Montgomery publicó un video de 51 minutos y 22 segundos de un incidente del 14 de enero de 2020, en el que un estudiante de… Read More
‘Horrified and Disgusted’: Elrich, Councilmembers Express Outrage Over Video of Police Officers and 5-Year-Old Boy
This story was updated with new information at 2:35 p.m. on Friday. Montgomery County Police released a 51-minute-and-22-second video of a Jan. 14, 2020 incident in which an East Silver… Read More