Event

Beautiful venue; great art, gifts and hand-crafted items; refreshments; and meet the award-winning painters, photographers, mixed media artists, ceramicists, fiber artists, and more – some 40 artists in all. It’s an extraordinary array of framed wall works, 3-d media including sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, and fiber pieces, and unframed prints.

Among them, you’ll see:


Gaithersburg

Located beside the railroad tracks in Washington Grove, Hershey’s Restaurant & Bar is less a restaurant than a living piece of Montgomery County history… one whose identity has long been intertwined with crispy, golden fried chicken.

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Germantown

The 45th annual Pumpkin Festival at Butler’s Orchard, located at 22222 Davis Mill Road in Germantown, is happening now through November 2. The festival offers a wide range of fall activities and entertainment for families and visitors of all ages. (more…)


MoCo Government

The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Parks Committee will meet on Monday, Sept. 29, to review the University Boulevard Corridor Plan and consider a Subdivision Regulation Amendment that would prohibit the creation of flag lots under workforce housing optional method development. (more…)


Education

The Montgomery County Office of Food Systems Resilience and Office of Grants Management awarded $2.3 million in FY26 School-Based Food Assistance grants to 13 organizations, expected to serve more than 9,000 households across 96 schools. (more…)