Fourth grader Hemachandra Mulugu of Diamond Elementary School has been named the City of Gaithersburg’s new Junior Mayor following a citywide essay contest centered around the theme “Where Tradition Meets Innovation.”
The Montgomery County Council will meet Thursday, May 7 at 9:30 am to review portions of the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Operating Budget, including multiple Department of Health and Human Services programs, community grants, and nonprofit funding adjustments.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington (JCRC) is calling for immediate and long-term action following what it describes as a troubling rise in antisemitic incidents across Montgomery County Public Schools.
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…)
Johnnie-O has opened its first Maryland store at Bethesda Row.
Performances:
Saturday June 20 @ 8pm
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Jalie Mariah Moreno, a missing 15-year-old.
Wheaton High School will host the Fourth Annual Gilbert Games on May 15, bringing together students, staff, and community members for a day focused on inclusion, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
Montgomery County Police released its daily crime summary, highlighting several reported incidents across the county on May 5, 2026.
Sandy Spring Friends School has officially been named a Maryland Green School by the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE), recognizing the school’s commitment to environmental education, sustainability, and student-led environmental initiatives.
Chief Antonio DeVaul of the Takoma Park Police Department announced the arrest of Carlos Escamilla, 44, of no fixed address, in connection with a stolen vehicle investigation.
A Washington, D.C., man, Maurice Williams, claimed a $5 million top prize from the Maryland Lottery’s $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off after purchasing a ticket at a 7-Eleven ion Hyattsville, MD. (more…)
Montgomery County-based menswear brand Collars & Co., which gained national attention after securing a deal on Shark Tank with Mark Cuban and Peter Jones, is continuing its rapid expansion with the opening of its first permanent Virginia store at Reston Town Center.