Have you received unsolicited mobile text messages with an unfamiliar or strange web link that indicates a USPS delivery requires a response from you? If you never signed up for a USPS tracking request for a specific package, then don’t click the link! The Takoma Park Police Department and other agencies across Maryland warn that this type of text message is a scam called smishing.
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect who stole property and assaulted a loss prevention officer at the Macy’s in Wheaton Mall on April 16, 2025.
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will hold a virtual public hearing on Wednesday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. to present details and gather input on the proposed Good Hope Road Shared-Use Path Extension Project in Silver Spring, which includes an 8-foot-wide path extending approximately 900 feet.
Takoma Park Police announced that Corporal Emanuel Ayala has been named Officer of the Year for 2024 “in recognition of his outstanding service, leadership, and unwavering commitment to both our department and the community we serve.”
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation will host an in-person public meeting on Tuesday, June 10 at 6 p.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building to present and gather feedback on Phase 2 of the US 29 Flash Bus Rapid Transit project, including proposed transit upgrades and bicycle and pedestrian improvements. (more…)
The fourth annual WOODMOORstock, a free, family-friendly porchfest in Silver Spring’s Woodmoor neighborhood, will take place on Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 12–6 p.m. The all-volunteer event will feature over 60 local bands across 11 neighborhood stages, along with food trucks and children’s activities. (more…)
Signage is now up at Westfield Wheaton Mall announcing that Wetzel’s Pretzels is “baking soon.”
Donald Amechi C. Igwebuike Jr., 23, of Silver Spring, and Dawda Kairaba Jawara, 25, of Columbia, were arrested on May 29 after Anne Arundel County Police recovered two loaded handguns, drugs, and over $2,000 during a traffic stop on Fort Smallwood Road. (more…)
Torrey Damien Moore, 34, of Silver Spring, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court to three consecutive life terms and an additional 80 years in prison following two separate murder convictions. He was found guilty in the 2022 shooting deaths of a gas station employee and his pregnant girlfriend, marking the County’s first conviction for the murder of a viable fetus. (more…)
The Takoma Pride Parade and Street Fair will take place in Takoma Park, Maryland, with the parade beginning at 201 Ethan Allen Avenue and proceeding along Carroll Avenue to Laurel Avenue, where the street fair will be held. (more…)
Chief Antonio DeVaul from the Takoma Park Police Department has announced the arrest of Amilcar Seliano Ramos Mejia, 32, of Takoma Park, Maryland, for 2nd Degree Assault.