While he was born in Boston, Massachusetts, his formative years were spent in the planned community of Columbia, Maryland, a place that undoubtedly shaped the acclaimed actor. He graduated from Wilde Lake High School in Howard County.
Raymond Mitchell of Germantown was watching the Orioles game with excitement on April 16, as he won $6,500 as the the Home Run Riches Contestant of the Game.
As technology advances faster than ever, cybersecurity and defense companies are competing for more than talent—they are seeking exceptional innovators with the expertise to create the next generation of products, services, and breakthrough technologies.
That combination of diverse and specialized talent, and proximity to customers is what positions Montgomery County, Maryland, as a strategic destination and a growing hub for defense, satellite communications, cybersecurity, and advanced manufacturing companies.
Thales Defense & Security, Inc.’s (TDSI) expansion is the latest example.
For more than six decades, TDSI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thales U.S.A, has supported critical national security missions, delivering advanced communications, intelligence, surveillance, and defense technologies to military and government customers around the world.
Last week, the company celebrated a significant expansion of its manufacturing operations in Clarksburg, Maryland.
Over the past year, TDSI also doubled its manufacturing floor footprint through a $4 million investment, expanding production capacity to support the company’s continued growth.
Today, TDSI employs approximately 675 people in Montgomery County, including roughly 250 manufacturing employees.
As demand for its technologies continues to grow, the company continues to expand and has added more than 225 positions locally over the past three years.
A leading U.S. supplier of tactical radio and SATCOM communications, including EW/SIGINT kits, tactical power, Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (HMCS), mounted/dismounted EO/IR sensors, missile fusing, cyber protection technology and Anti-Submarine Warfare sonars, TDSI supports customers across the U.S. Armed Forces, including the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Department of Homeland Security, other federal agencies, and global security partners. (more…)
According to his obituary in 1911, John Hanson Gassaway was one of the most prominent men in Montgomery County — county commissioner, school commissioner, trustee of the Andrew Small Academy, […]
In the 2024 film Detained, Rebecca awakens at the Gaithersburg Police precinct, accused of a hit-and-run. However, a deadly confrontation soon exposes a sinister scheme. With no one left to trust, she must unravel the truth before it destroys her– while hiding her own dark secrets.
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Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Tanease Callands, a missing 17-year-old. (more…)
Maryland Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman today released the following statement on reports that the Trump Administration may discontinue the IRS Direct File program after the 2025 filing season: (more…)
White’s Ferry owners Chuck and Stacy Kuhn have offered to donate the ferry business and assets, valued at $4.5 million, to Loudoun County, VA after Montgomery County recently declined a similar offer, as part of their ongoing effort to reopen the historic Potomac River crossing. On April 11, officials from Maryland, Montgomery County, and the Town of Poolesville offered a $3 million financial incentive to the ferry and Virginia landing site owners to help resolve the long standing dispute and reopen the ferry, which has been closed since 2020. (more…)
The following is a brief summary of events from the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) regarding a kidnapping of an adult woman that occurred on the 10300 block of Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a single-vehicle collision on the I-495 Beltway exit ramp to River Road around 6:20pm on Friday.
On April 18, 2025, at approximately 4:22 p.m., Rockville City Police responded to a reported stabbing at the Rockville Metro Station, 250 Rockville Pike. A 39-year-old male victim had been involved in a verbal altercation with two juveniles that escalated when he was pepper-sprayed, stabbed in the back, and struck multiple times with a skateboard.
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The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) shared information regarding an incident involving a barricaded person at 5:02pm: