A 55-year-old Garrett Park man has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison after admitting to mailing threatening communications to Jewish institutions and organizations across the country, the U.S. […]
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Clift Seferlis of Garrett Park, Maryland, pleaded guilty to 17 counts of mailing threatening communications and eight counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs after sending dozens of threatening letters to Jewish institutions across multiple states.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a deck fire at a single-family home on Clermont Place in Garrett Park on Monday. (more…)
Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) District 2 officers responded to a homeowner’s report of suspicious activity on a home camera, leading to the arrest of suspects attempting to break into homes, sheds, and garages after a lengthy foot chase Thursday near Garrett Park. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) responded to the 4100 block of Garrett Park Rd. in Silver Spring for the sound of shots at approximately 5:30pm on Saturday evening. Police tell us that upon arrival officers observed a vehicle leaving the area at a high rate of speed and spoke to multiple witnesses who observed a male shooting a firearm into the woods.
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Update: The repairs have been made and the road is now open.
The Garrett Park commuter train station on Rokebay Ave in Garrett Park was vandalized Sunday night/Monday morning with “white power” and other racist slogans and images spray painted throughout the building. According to a representative from the Town of Garrett Park, Montgomery County Police, as well as CSX, which owns the station, have been notified.
The Garrett Park station is served by limited trains on the MARC Brunswick Line, some of which stop at the station and some of which are flag stops, according to MARC.
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Garrett Park is a small, incorporated town in Montgomery County located in a sylvan setting next to Rock Creek Park. Garrett Park was incorporated in 1898 and has an active town government and resident-directed organizations. The town is laid out as an English village with winding, tree-lined streets and a variety of housing types. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places and as an Arboretum (established in 1977), has a Arboretum Committee to manage the health and variety of trees. In 1962, by referendum Garrett Park became the first Nuclear Free Zone in the United States. Below you’ll see a brief history of the town leading up to 1898 By Paul Edlund, former mayor of Garrett Park (1990-1996), via the official website of the Town of Garrett Park
By the time of its incorporation as a Town in 1898, Garrett Park was a busy small town with a population of over a hundred and containing more than 30 buildings. Much of life centered around the trains and the station, the railroad being the only public transportation in the early years. The trains to and from Washington were numerous, as many as nine a day into the city, with train service on Saturdays and Sundays.
‘Monuments: Creative Forces’ is a Hit at Strathmore
This month Strathmore welcomed us all back to their 16-acre campus to experience Monuments: Creative Forces (click to get your reserved time ticket), a campus-wide outdoor art installation by Australian artist Craig Walsh.
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The commuter rail station is a stop on the MARC train’s Brunswick Line, which normally makes six daily stops at Garrett Park.
The tree blocked the tracks and left the train unable to pass.