Project is MoCo’s second expedited office-to-residential reconstruction project July 29, 2026 11:03 a.m. 11:04 a.m. Plans for a 148-unit apartment building located between two future Purple Line stations in Silver Spring’s Long Branch neighborhood...
Plus: 11-year-old Montgomery County composer shares journey, Behavior technicians at autism therapy center go on strike Former Olympian David Hearn, who is charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, is asking for access...
Elementary school students take a standardized test in this file photo. Test results released Tuesday showed Maryland public school students making steady progress in math and language arts proficiency, but wide gaps still remain between different...
An artist's rendering of the Sphere project proposed for National Harbor. (Photo courtesy Sphere Entertainment and Peterson Cos.) The Prince George’s County Council approved a resolution creating what’s called an Extraordinary Development District...
Passage of compromise bill follows challenge to Elrich’s executive order pausing new permits for six months No new permits for data centers can be issued in the next 18 months, the Montgomery County Council decided in a unanimous vote Tuesday. The...
Last sighting was around 1:35 p.m. on Virginia side Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) crews and first responders from Virginia are searching for a swimmer who went missing in the Potomac River Tuesday afternoon. A man entered the...
Gov. Moore reappoints former Montgomery County executive to 6-year term When the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Accountability and Implementation Board meetsThursdayin a virtual session, board members Isiah “Ike” Leggett and Robin Werner will be...
Woodmont Triangle location is bagel chain’s second in Montgomery County July 28, 2026 11:32 a.m. 11:33 a.m. Call Your Mother, a Washington, D.C.-based fast-casual bagel and deli chain, will soon mark its return to the Bethesda area with the opening...
Plus: County Council to hear briefing on solid waste disposal options Two proposals related to data centers — one to define the facilities within Montgomery County’s zoning code and another to halt their development for an 18-month period — are...
Mercedes left roadway, struck a tree along New Hampshire Avenue July 28, 2026 10:05 a.m. 10:11 a.m. John William Stacey, 28, of Silver Spring has been identified as the man whodiedearly Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash on New Hampshire...
Plus: Astronaut from Potomac returns to earth after International Space Station mission; MCDOT adds Glenmont shuttle amid Metro Red Line closure A man who is accused of killing his girlfriend in a Columbia, Maryland, home was arrested over the...
A resident of the Northwest Park Apartments uses a handheld nitrogen dioxide detector to assess from using a gas stove in their home. The complex was targeted to receive a geothermal system under a Maryland program, but delays associated with cost...
Montgomery County Circuit Court to consider next month if preemption concerns adequately addressed Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich (D) on Monday signed a bill amending the county’s restrictions on ghost guns and other firearms in public...
District to release new regulations around when students can use mobile devices Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is updating its cell phone regulations to ban the use of mobile devices all day for all students, including high schoolers, for...
Food costs, changes after COVID-19 pandemic, recent death of head chef contributed to closure, owner says After nearly 10 years serving wood-fired pizzas, Italian food and cocktails from its Woodmont Triangle space, the owners of Bethesda’s Alatri...
Last chance to see ‘Adrift’ at Round House, plus let a cow pick your fate at a bingo benefit July 27, 2026 3:09 p.m. 3:11 p.m. When it comes to things to do each week, there’s no place quite like Montgomery County. The region is a hub for activities...
Victim transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries One man was found with a gunshot wound after Montgomery County police and fire and rescue crews were dispatched to the 12200 block of Wilkins Ave. in Rockville for the report of a...
Friday showcase culmination of free week-long camp with MCPS, Montgomery College About 120 rising sixth, seventh and eighth-grade students from Montgomery County Public Schools presented their original mobile app prototypes on Friday at Montgomery...
Plus: Driver dead after Silver Spring crash; Chief Justice sells Chevy Chase home July 27, 2026 6:00 a.m. 8:38 p.m. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Thomas Goldstein of Chevy Chase, a Supreme Court litigator and co-founder...
Ocean City and St. Paul’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church are locked in a federal court fight over an overnight shelter operating inside the parish hall, that the church says is part of its mission and the city says violates local zoning. (Photo...
Front cover of Blueprint for Maryland's Future implementation plan. The majority of Maryland’s 24 public school systems met a July 1 deadline to boost their starting teachers’ pay to a minimum salary of $60,000, but for some smaller districts the...
A file photo of ferry operations at White's Ferry crossing the Potomac River. The service shut down in 2020 and efforts to reopen it have been unsuccessful. (Photo courtesy Pete Piringer/WTOP) Montgomery County has acquired White’s Ferry and its...
The county is in the process of purchasing the 2.5-acre Potomac River property for $1.5 million, officials say Standing on the Maryland side of the Potomac River on Friday morning where the historic White’s Ferry once traversed, Jim Brown, president...
Critics concerned about impact of facilities on climate, water consumption, ecosystem Following two data center decisions by Montgomery County Council committees on Wednesday, environmental advocates say they are grateful the county may have more...