The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) has announced that 26-year-old Adela Beatriz Orellana, of Hyattsville, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of theft for stealing the contents of UPS packages she accepted, while employed at UPS and selling the stolen contents at local pawn shops.

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The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Special Operations Division will be conducting Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS/Drone) training in the Gaithersburg area today between the hours of 12 and 5 p.m. Residents and community members may observe a drone, however there is no reason for alarm.

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At today’s Board of Education meeting, the authorization will be requested to receive and expend, subject to County Council approval, a Fiscal Year 2025 supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to install vape detectors at each high school.

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Montgomery County will hold a remembrance ceremony and candlelight vigil on Thursday, August 29, in Downtown Rockville to honor lives lost to substance use and launch National Recovery Month. (more…)


Montgomery County has 39 companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America—the most of any jurisdiction in the state of Maryland. According to ThinkMoCo, Montgomery County’s Economic Development Corporation, “companies on this prestigious annual list are ranked according to overall percentage revenue growth from 2020 through 2023.”

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Montgomery County has received a $2.68 million grant from the Maryland Department of Transportation to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure at up to 17 county-owned locations.

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