Fans from across the region gathered in Ocean City this weekend for Ocean’s Calling, a three-day music festival that has quickly become one of the East Coast’s signature live music events. But for Montgomery County residents in the crowd, one detail stood out above all… the headlining set by O.A.R. featured a massive stage backdrop designed to look like a Maryland license plate proudly stamped with “Montgomery County.”
Five Montgomery County Starbucks locations are shutting their doors as part of a nationwide $1 billion restructuring plan announced Thursday. The company’s “Back to Starbucks” transformation, under CEO Brian Niccol, includes the closure of certain North American coffeehouses and layoffs as it refocuses operations.
Below are MCPS Varsity Volleyball results from Friday, 9/26/25:
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.
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…)
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…)
The Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center is experiencing capacity challenges as more residents impacted by economic hardship and layoffs surrender their pets. (more…)
An 18-year-old Saint Leonard, MD man is being held without bond after detectives charged him with a series of armed robberies, assaults, and other crimes committed in Montgomery County between December 2023 and July 2024.
Four Montgomery County men were arrested during a September 23 traffic stop on I-81 in Virginia after deputies recovered suspected MDMA, paraphernalia, and cash, with all four facing drug-related charges and two held without bond at the Rappahannock Shenandoah Warren Regional Jail.
Below you’ll see the most recent updates or final scores of the 2025 week 4 MCPS football games. The scores will be updated as we receive them. If a score isn’t listed, it’s because we haven’t yet received a report from the game that we can confirm. An ‘F’ signifies the score is confirmed as being final:
The count is now up to five Montgomery County stores that are set to close as part of a $1 billion restructuring plan announced Thursday by Starbucks. The company’s “Back to Starbucks” transformation, led by CEO Brian Niccol, involves shutting down certain underperforming North American coffeehouses and laying off workers.