MoCo Government

The Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame will posthumously honor Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Special Olympics, with its first Lifetime Achievement Award at its 2025 induction ceremony in Silver Spring, recognizing her global impact on inclusion through sports that began in Montgomery County. (more…)


Beyond MoCo

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced charges against five individuals for allegedly operating a human and drug trafficking organization in Howard County and surrounding areas, involving the exploitation of vulnerable women and distribution of illegal drugs. (more…)


Announcement

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Germantown

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, […]


MoCo Government

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…)