Montgomery County

    7 things to do in Montgomery County, from holidays to a Renaissance festival
    Things to do around Montgomery County include holiday celebrations, a Renaissance festival at a brewery and more.
    A scene from "Cherry-Colored Funk," directed by Chelsie Pennello, which will screen at the 2025 Local Short Film Showcase at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center on Nov. 17.
    Police investigating threats against Silver Spring company that demolished White House wing
    Police are investigating reports of threats made against ACECO last month after news photos showed the company’s backhoes demolishing the White House’s East Wing.
    Construction workers, bottom right, atop the U.S. Treasury, watch as work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom.
    Wheaton football is having its best run in decades, and the community is flocking back
    Wheaton won its first playoff game since 2014 and its first division title since 1996.
    The Wheaton football team won its first playoff game since 2014 last week.
    Montgomery County adds 150 slots to its Instacart grocery program
    Montgomery County is opening up more spots in a program that gives residents vouchers to order groceries through Instacart.
    Montgomery County is expanding its MC Groceries program — which gives up to $400 a month to 150 additional households for buy groceries with the Instacart app.
    A jury convicted a man of killing a beloved professor. Two former cops say they lacked key evidence.
    Two former cops say evidence about alternative suspects in former American University professor Sue Marcum's killing should have been available to the jury.
    Opening statements in the trial of Jorge Rueda Landeros, seated right, in Montgomery County.
    Extreme Cold Alert issued for Montgomery County
    Montgomery County officials issued an Extreme Cold Alert beginning Tuesday night and extending through 9 a.m Wednesday.
    Montgomery County officials want people to bundle up. They issued a cold weather alert that ends Wednesday morning.
    Council member says ICE agent ‘grabbed’ her as she filmed agents detaining a person in Adelphi
    Montgomery County Council member Kristin Mink said a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer “grabbed” her arm and tried to take her phone as she filmed a team of agents in Adelphi who appeared to be detaining a person.
    Councilmember Kristin Mink posted a video to social media on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, showing an interaction she had with men she identified as ICE agents.
    A Strathmore program helps musicians find a career in the arts
    Strathmore launched the Artists in Residence program in 2005 to provide training and mentorship to musicians. The debut concert for this year’s class is Wednesday.
    Strathmore's 2026 Artists in Residence, from left, Michael McSweeney, Juan Manú, Ellen Gira, Chris Hon, Kanysha Williams and Cyrus Mackey.
    Estranged husband accused of fatally shooting his wife had a history of abusing her, court records say
    Edwin Javier Aragon, police allege, killed his wife Sarahi Concepcion Aragon-Cruz last week. The couple were going through a divorce and he has a history of verbally and physically abusing her, according to a court record.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Thea LaFond made history for Dominica. Now she’s helping future track athletes.
    Thea LaFond, who lives in Silver Spring but is from Dominica, is helping the island nation build its first running track.
    Thea Lafond celebrated after winning the women’s triple jump final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France.
    Walter Reed Medical Center is expanding. Veterans could fill its new beds.
    Not everything in Congress is paralyzed. There’s a quiet push to open space at Walter Reed National Medical Center and other DOD hospitals to veterans.
    Navy Capt. Melissa Austin, director of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, cuts a cake during opening ceremonies for the new Roosevelt Pavilion in June with Capt. Jeffrey Klinger,
    Derwood man arrested in Virginia after allegedly stabbing his mother, grandmother and a good Samaritan
    A 30-year-old Derwrood man accused of a triple stabbing was arrested in Virginia on Thursday, according to Montgomery County Police.
    Suspects charged in killing at Germantown Square Urban Park
    A man was found dead at Germantown Square Urban Park, Montgomery County Police said. A suspect has been charged in connection with his death.
    When will Montgomery County’s top development organization get a new CEO?
    The Montgomery County Economic Development Corp. began searching for a new CEO 10 months ago. Local leaders say the job is particularly important for the county’s economic well-being and the decision shouldn’t be rushed.
    County leaders are still searching for a new chief executive of the Montgomery County Economic Development Corp.
    Husband charged with wife’s murder in Fairland shooting
    A husband accused of killing his wife last week inside a Fairland home turned himself in on Saturday, Montgomery County police said on Monday.
    Woman who died in Old Columbia Pike crash identified
    A woman died Sunday afternoon after crashing an SUV on the Old Columbia Pike in Fairland, Montgomery County Police said.
    ‘I’m drained’: Federal workers used to helping others are now counting on food banks
    Many of the federal workers who went to a recent food distribution event have spent their careers help others. More than a month into their furloughs, they're in dire need of assistance.
    Volunteer Rajiv Chaudhary, center, helps unload eggs that will be given out to people seeking food assistance from Manna Food Center in Wheaton.
    Paul Tagliabue, commissioner during NFL’s return to Baltimore, dies at 84
    During Tagliabue’s tenure, NFL football returned to Baltimore when owner Art Modell relocated the Cleveland Browns in 1996 and renamed the franchise the Ravens.
    FILE - NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue delivers his State of the NFL remarks ahead of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, in this Friday, Feb. 3, 2006, file photo. Tagliabue will be enshrined as part of the 2020 class voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
    As flag football takes off in Maryland, Clarksburg starts a dynasty
    Clarksburg wins its second Maryland girls flag football championship
    The Clarksburg Coyotes celebrate after winning the Maryland girls flag football championship at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday.
    A ‘lantern walk’ will connect 2 once-segregated Silver Spring communities
    Two Silver Spring neighborhoods — one historically Black and the other historically off-limits to Black people — will come together by lantern light Saturday.
    Community members participate in a lantern walk across Talbot Avenue Bridge in Silver Spring to acknowledge the history of segregation between the Lyttonsville and North Woodside neighborhoods.
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