The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development announced that Long Branch, located between Downtown Silver Spring and Takoma Park, has been selected as the newest Designated Main Street Maryland community, marking a major milestone for the Montgomery County neighborhood.

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The National Weather Service has released its first call map for total snowfall from a potentially major winter storm expected to impact the region this weekend, showing widespread totals in the 10 to 14 inch range across much of the area.

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A Montgomery County man won $450,000 in the January 17 Bonus Match 5 drawing after repeatedly playing the same set of numbers across nine combinations. Lottery officials said the winner plans to use the prize to fund his grandchildren’s college education, and the Clarksburg retailer that sold the ticket will receive a bonus for the sale. Full story below courtesy MD Lottery: (more…)


FOX5 meteorologist Mike Thomas has released his early first call thoughts on a potentially significant winter storm expected to impact the region this weekend, signaling confidence is growing in a high impact snow event for parts of the Mid Atlantic. The map shows 8-14 inches for a big portion of Maryland and Northern Virginia, including all of Montgomery County and immediately surrounding areas.

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As social media fills with throwback photos from 2016 as part of a January trend marking ten years since that year, the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) used the moment to highlight how much its operations have changed over the past decade.

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