Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to major utility issues affecting the 11200 block of Georgia Avenue in Wheaton on Wednesday, where a significant water leak and power outage impacted multiple large buildings, including the Arrive Wheaton apartments and the Safeway store. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) reports that a 28-year-old man fatally stabbed a 28-year-old woman inside a University Boulevard West apartment before she collapsed in the hallway and he fell to his death from a balcony in what detectives are investigating as a domestic related murder suicide. (more…)
Five Guys is now open inside of Westfield Wheaton Mall. The restaurant is located in the Costco wing, near the recently opened Oak, Barrel, and Vine liquor store.
Montgomery County officials and nonprofit developer Mission First Housing marked a construction milestone for a new 90-unit affordable senior housing project at 1910 University Boulevard in Wheaton, a development supported by County and State financing.
Montgomery Parks’ popular winter tradition, Garden of Lights, will return to Brookside Gardens on Friday, November 21, 2025. The annual event transforms the Wheaton gardens into a brightly lit winter landscape, featuring more than one million lights displayed along a half-mile walking path.
Kyriakos Savvas “Jerry” Tselios, a former co-owner of the longtime Wheaton staple Ferdinand’s Restaurant and a cherished member of the local Greek community, passed away peacefully on November 5, 2025. He was 77.
For the first time in 19 years, the Kennedy Cavaliers can call themselves winners of a regular season. With a dominant 42-6 victory over Poolesville on Friday night, the Cavaliers capped off a resurgent campaign at 5-4, their first winning record since 2006.
Two years of rebuilding, belief, and relentless effort paid off under the Friday night lights at Wheaton, where the Knights rolled past Einstein 40-6 to cap one of the program’s best seasons in decades.
Montgomery County Public Libraries will hold its first Local Author Showcase on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Wheaton Community Recreation Center, offering a free, family-friendly event for residents to meet local writers and enjoy panels, readings, and activities.
Moby Dick is offering free lunch sandwiches to federal employees every weekday from 11am-2pm. The local chain has Montgomery County locations in Bethesda, Burtons, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Olney, Potomac, Rockville, and Wheaton. (more…)
Montgomery County will host a Racial Equity and Social Justice Town Hall on Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mid-County Regional Service Center, 2425 Reedie Dr., Wheaton. The event will feature conversations with subject-matter experts on health, education, immigration, housing, economic opportunity, and community safety, along with nationally recognized guest speakers. (more…)