Maryland

Top 25 Places to Live in Maryland, According to Niche

By MCS Staff

Niche recently released its 2024 list of the ‘Best Places to Live in Maryland.’ Niche is an American company headquartered in Pittsburgh that runs a ranking and review site. The company is an online resource providing information on K-12 schools, colleges, cities, neighborhoods, and companies across the United States. The ‘Best Places to Live’ ranking provides a comprehensive assessment of the overall livability of an area. This grade takes into account several key factors of a location, including the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics, and access to amenities in an attempt to measure the overall quality of an area.

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Bethesda

Bethesda Downtown Plan Minor Master Plan Amendment Update

By MCS Staff
Courtesy Montgomery Planning

The Montgomery County Council has authorized the Montgomery County Planning Department to develop a Minor Master Plan Amendment (MMPA) for the 2017 Bethesda Downtown Plan that will focus on implementation, specifically as it relates to the cap of the Bethesda Overlay Zone (BOZ).

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Highways / Interstates

Update: Fatal Collision on I-270 Monday Morning; Northbound Lanes Reopened, Some Southbound Lanes Remain Closed

By Patrick Herron
I-270 at Clarksburg Road via MCDOT

According to the Maryland State Highway Administration, all northbound lanes of I-270 are now open at MD 109 following a fatal collision that occurred on Monday, May 13. There are still lanes closed on SB I-270 and traffic remains heavy.

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Boyds

Montgomery Parks is Debuting a New Self-Sustaining Classroom for Environmental Learning at Black Hill Regional Park

By MCS Staff

Montgomery Parks and the Montgomery Parks Foundation are celebrating the opening of the SEED Classroom, an innovative learning space, on Saturday, May 18, 2024. SEED is an acronym for Sustainable Education Every Day. The new classroom at Black Hill Regional Park (20930 Lake Ridge Dr., Boyds, MD) will increase the educational opportunities available at the park.

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Business

New Texting Program by Rockville Group Helps Families Navigate a Hearing Loss Diagnosis in Infants and Toddlers

By Francesca Luca
Courtesy Google Maps

A new text messaging program announced today by the Montgomery County, MD-based American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA, headquartered at 2200 Research Blvd in Rockville), Bright by Text, and the Helping Adults Talk to Children (HATCH) Lab at Idaho State University will put trusted information into the hands of families with children who have–or may have–hearing loss.

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