Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a house fire in the 8100 block of Pepper Ridge Way in Derwood on Sunday morning. (more…)
At approximately 2:50 a.m. on Saturday, June 29, officers with the Frederick Police Department were dispatched to the 1300 block of Mulberry Court for a report of a suspicious vehicle. The call followed a report of someone breaking into vehicles in the area of Hillcrest Drive and Orchard Drive.
The Upper Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Department (UMCVFD) is set to host a festive celebration on Friday, the 4th of July, featuring fireworks, live entertainment, and a variety of food options in Poolesville.
“Meet the New Montgomery Planning” was originally published by Montgomery Planning Director Jason Sartori in The Third Place Blog (a Montgomery Planning Department Blog)
Following the adoption of Thrive Montgomery 2050 in 2022, the big question on our minds at Montgomery Planning has been – what’s next in terms of implementation? Thrive, the county’s updated General Plan, has big implications on how we grow as a county in the decades to come and marks a shift in how we plan. As we began developing Montgomery Planning’s new Strategic Plan, which outlines internal goals and objectives over the next five years, we realized we need to look at the department’s structure to position our organization for that shift.
CNN has released its “America’s Best Towns to Visit 2025” list of ten cities across the country. CNN considered hundreds of candidates and winnowed the list to 10 by evaluating the finalists’ attractions, food and beverage offerings, cultural and nightlife scenes, diversity, sense of identity, proximity to other interesting spots and wow factor. Annapolis, our state capital, came in ranked #5 overall.
Starting last night, Friday, June 27, crews began to implement the first of two traffic shifts of all four lanes on southbound I-495 (Beltway Outer Loop) within the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project area. This first phase shifts southbound I-495 lanes from just north of George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) to just south of Georgetown Pike onto newly constructed lanes on the outer section of the highway. Work began Friday night, with all southbound lanes in this section of the Beltway reopened in their new alignment by 10 a.m. this morning (Saturday, June 28). Delays extended onto I-270 in Maryland.
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) responded to a shots fired call on Saturday morning in Silver Spring. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is investigating a June 27 shooting near the 8300 block of McCullough Lane in Gaithersburg that left an adult female and a 3-year-old girl with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. (more…)
Montgomery County is reminding residents and businesses that effective July 1, the use of gas-powered leaf blowers and vacuums, including backpack, handheld and walk-behind models, will be prohibited.
Dewey Beach police have arrested Dylan Hoffman, a 20-year-old man from Chevy Chase, Maryland, on charges of possessing cocaine and a fake ID, according to a report by the Cape Gazette.
Upper Muse– an approximately 5,000-square-foot courtyard at Meeting Street, in front of the entrance of 915 Meeting, is now open at Pike & Rose. The outdoor patio at Kusshi Sushi has also reopened following a little more than six months of construction