The Gaithersburg Police Department and the Montgomery County Department of Police arrested three juveniles Thursday evening following a reported weapons incident in the area of Buttry Road in Gaithersburg. (more…)
Hollister Co. has officially opened its new location at the Clarksburg Premium Outlets, continuing the brand’s expansion in Montgomery County. (more…)
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded Friday afternoon to a single-vehicle collision on Montgomery Village Avenue, near Stedwick Road. (more…)
The Mental Health Version of an Annual Physical Is Here
By Montgomery County Counseling Center
You get the annual physical. You go to that 9am dentist appointment. You’re vigilant about your sleep and exercise. You treat your well-being as something you maintain, not just repair. Why is mental health different? Why aren’t we more proactive? Why do we only seek out support when something goes wrong? Mental health is so often treated like an afterthought when routine check-ups can make a world of difference. Montgomery County Counseling Center is working to change the way we view mental health with a new offering designed to put wellness and preventative care on the map for good.
For most people, mental health care follows a pretty predictable pattern. Something gets hard enough and it lasts long enough that it finally feels like a problem worth addressing. So then you find a therapist and you start working on it until you’re out of crisis, and then you stop. But that’s not the only path and for a lot of people, it’s not the best starting point either; the threshold for “is it bad enough to say something” ends up being way higher than it needs to be, and a lot gets ignored in the meantime.
Think about how you approach the rest of your health. You don’t wait for a heart attack to see a cardiologist. You don’t wait until you’re sick to get your flu shot. You plan ahead. You stay on top of it. You check in. You make decisions based on something more than a gut feeling or a bad stretch. The value of a routine checkup isn’t that it always finds something. It’s that you know either way, and make minor precautionary tweaks. Mental health doesn’t have to be any different.
And yet, for most people, it is. There hasn’t really been the equivalent of an annual physical for mental health. No annual touchpoint, like a birthday or a new year, where someone sits down with a professional and simply goes over how they’re doing. There’s certainly no outside party, like a school, a sports league, or a camp that insists you get checked. That’s why people fall through the slim cracks between doing great and being at risk. After all, the absence of a crisis is not the same thing as a clean bill of mental health. (more…)
25 years ago in 2001, nearly 8,500 students from Montgomery County Public Schools high schools and alternative programs prepared to receive their diplomas as 28 schools scheduled graduation ceremonies through June 13.
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Maryland State Highway Administration announced reduced speed limits along portions of MD 355 (Urbana Pike) in Frederick County following a recent traffic study aimed at improving roadway safety. (more…)
Kareem’s Lebanese Kitchen at RIO Lakefront is taking another key step toward opening, with the restaurant scheduled to appear before the Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services Board for a liquor license hearing on Thursday, May 21. (more…)
Montgomery County Police have identified the victim in Thursday’s fatal shooting at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in North Bethesda as 41-year-old Quentin Tyrone Davis, who police say had no known address. (more…)
Feng Hotpot is now open in Rockville, taking over the former Hot Pot City space at 199 E. Montgomery Avenue. The restaurant opened in March and specializes in traditional Chinese hotpot with a variety of broths and fresh ingredients. (more…)
Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced that Maryland ranks among the nation’s leaders in post-pandemic academic recovery, according to the newly released 2025 Education Scorecard compiled by researchers from Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth. The report ranks Maryland 3rd in the nation for student growth in reading and 5th in math between 2022 and 2025. (more…)
The Montgomery County Board of Elections has announced that all 58 ballot drop box locations for the 2026 Gubernatorial Primary Election are now open across the county and will remain available through Election Day on Tuesday, June 23 at 8 pm.
JS Asian Street Food has temporarily closed, according to signage posted on the restaurant’s front door that reads, “Temporarily closed, we will open again soon.” (more…)