Montgomery County

A community organizer in Silver Spring said she couldn’t stop thinking Thursday about the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. “I had to turn my anguish into action,” she told The Banner.

Montgomery County Public Schools recently finished its first semester since the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a group of parents who sought the right to opt-out of lessons with LGBTQIA+ themes.

Laura Silverman, a North Bethesda resident, turned her sobriety journey into an international movement for nonalcoholic beverages. Here’s what you can learn from her this Dry January.

You talked a big game on Dec. 31 about the ways you were going to change your life this year. Executing those intentions is another thing. These seven activities happening this week in Montgomery County offer the opportunity to do good on your New Year’s resolutions.

The chain co-founded by Thelma Beall now has more than 100 locations, and is still family-run.

The rectangular-shaped-and-cut pizza, known as Maryland-style pizza, originated at Ledo Pizza in 1955 and has continued to evolve at these Montgomery County eateries.

Officials say public records requests have not only increased in number but in complexity.

Downtown Takoma Park is already equipped with an assortment of traffic-calming measures, including flashing stop signs, school zone speed limits and crossing guards. Now, it’s also embracing artificial intelligence-powered stop sign cameras.

Leaders said the county had completed or made substantial progress on 63 of the 84 goals outlined in the plan, as of June 30.

Matt Mervis, a Potomac native and Georgetown Prep graduate, signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals.

Data, and conversations with those who work in the field, show that residents of Montgomery County are struggling mentally, and that demand for mental health services has increased.

COLUMN | Democrats, most likely, will pass on the slogan, “Impeach Trump: Third time’s the charm!” Yet the “I” word should play a role in the ride back to relevance in Washington — focused on the confederacy of rogues that surround him.

Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González said the Trump administration mishandled the ouster of Nicolás Maduro, particularly by failing to wait for Congress to approve the military action.

Davis Kennedy, whose Gazette newspapers covered communities in Montgomery, Frederick and Carroll counties before he sold the chain to The Washington Post, died on Christmas.

Taeyon Malachi Prather suffered a gunshot wound on Jan. 2 in a residential block of Gaithersburg. Authorities are investigating the case as a homicide.

Flu cases in Maryland are high, and officials warn it’s going to get worse.

The accused kidnapper of a 13-year-old Kentucky girl met her online, drove her from her home state to Florida and then to his Silver Spring home, according to news reports. He is now in a Kentucky jail.

The Montgomery County government and Montgomery History plan to commemorate the semiquincentennial through a yearlong celebration.

Everyone has a story about their family they’d rather not share. None may be like Christine Kuehn’s. Her grandparents and her aunt were Nazi spies working against America at the dawn of World War II. We'll talk about her new book, "Family of Spies," at The Banner Book Club.

The early-morning phone blare was an unwelcome surprise to families who had toasted the new year just a few hours prior.