Governor Wes Moore announced that Maryland has awarded more than $1 billion in financing, tax credits, and other funding to create or preserve 3,025 affordable rental homes across the state, including a major new senior housing development in Silver Spring. (more…)
Montgomery County Police Department 5th District officers are on the scene of a mental health crisis involving an adult male at a home in the 19500 block of Frederick Road in Germantown.
Update: The celebration for the newly renovated South Germantown Adventure Playground has been postponed to Sunday, July 19, 2026, from 2-4 p.m. due to the inclement weather forecast for the original date of Saturday, July 18, 2026.
After months of construction, the newly renovated South Germantown Adventure Playground is ready to welcome families back.
A Frederick couple is celebrating a $50,000 Maryland Lottery win after purchasing a scratch-off at the Giant located at 18331 Leaman Farm Road in Germantown. (more…)
Rehab 2 Perform (R2P), the performance-based physical therapy company founded by Montgomery County native Dr. Josh Funk, has brought professional-grade strength testing technology to its Germantown clinic. The location is now home to a HUMAC NORM isokinetic dynamometer, the same class of equipment used by professional and collegiate sports teams and research laboratories to objectively measure muscle strength and recovery. (more…)
A Montgomery County jury has convicted Quinnton Eric Brown, 39, of first-degree murder and multiple other charges in the 2024 killing of 35-year-old Delondre Sawyer, whose body was found in a wooded area off Game Preserve Road in Gaithersburg. (more…)
Germantown and Kensington have earned spots on PetSmart’s annual list of the nation’s top cat-loving cities, making Montgomery County one of only a handful of places with multiple communities recognized. (more…)
Born and raised in Germantown and a graduate of Northwest High School, Nick Nyaa never expected that posting videos about one of his favorite television franchises would eventually become a full-time career. Today, better known online as Mr. Power or MrPowerUniverse, he has built a following of a few hundred thousand people across YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms, becoming one of the internet’s most recognizable independent creators covering STARZ’ Power universe, the hit crime drama franchise that includes the original Power and its spinoff series, through episode breakdowns, theories, interviews, and analysis.
Paisano’s Pizza is expanding its Community Slice Program this summer, offering free pizza slices to school-age children in need at all of its locations across the DMV as families face increasing food insecurity during the school break. (more…)
If you’ve ever looked at a map of the Philadelphia area, you may have noticed something familiar. Philadelphia is home to neighborhoods named Germantown, Kensington, and Olney… the same three names found here in Montgomery County, Maryland.
All lanes of MD-108 (Damascus Road) are currently closed between Reva Drive and Jarl Drive following a serious collision involving a vehicle and a bicyclist.