Community members invited to provide testimony about draft master plan focused on a three-mile stretch of University Boulevard/MD 193 between Wheaton and the Capital Beltway

The Montgomery County Planning Board scheduled a public hearing for the University Boulevard Corridor (UBC) Plan on Thursday, February 27 at 6 p.m. The public hearing will take place in the Second Floor Auditorium at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Wheaton, MD 20902) and it will be livestreamed on the Planning Board’s website. The public hearing was set after the Montgomery County Planning Department presented its first draft of the plan – the Working Draft – to the Planning Board today.


Ramone Ramsay, 32, was convicted in Montgomery County Circuit Court of first-degree murder and related charges for a July 2023 shooting in Silver Spring that killed 21-year-old Kymani Bailey and injured two others. Ramsay, who was previously released early from a 2015 prison sentence, faces life without parole at his sentencing on April 28, 2025. (more…)


Are fellow parents feeling the pressure of having to schedule an entire summer’s worth of camp six months in advance? Well, if that sounds like you then you might want to check out Planuary. The PTA at Oakland Terrace Elementary School is holding its first annual summer camp fair on Sunday, January 19 from 9-12.

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Crisfield Seafood, a beloved Maryland institution, officially closed its doors after nearly 80 years at 8012 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring. The restaurant, which had been a cornerstone of the community since 1945, served its last meal on Sunday, December 22nd.

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