Montgomery County

The signs of an economic downturn are at Beyond Comics. Regular customers cut back on their purchases. Some cancel their weekly subscriptions. And people sell their books.

Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band perform Friday at Rockville’s Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center and Saturday at Ocean City’s Sunfest.

Dog and kid costume contests, a macaroni and cheese cook-off and more things to do in Montgomery County this week.

Construction started this week on the $250 million ballroom that President Donald Trump is adding to the White House as construction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing, where the new space is being built.

Prosecutors on the first day of his first-degree murder trial said Jorge Rueda Landeros took $250,000 from Sue Marcum and killed her. Defense attorneys contend Marcum died in a botched burglary.

The Kensington brewery, less than three years old, hadn’t planned to expand this soon. A second location in Bethesda is scheduled to open Oct. 31.

Lockheed Martin has seen its sales and profits rise as the U.S. and other countries have ratcheted up defense spending. The company's third-quarter earnings report offered further evidence of that.

ACECO, a Silver Spring construction company, is taking flak for its role in the demolition of the East Wing of the White House for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project.

At-large Council member Evan Glass said the “Hero Act” legislation was inspired by the death of a county firefighter earlier this year.

Suddenly, the competition for biotech investment and jobs looks different, as entrepreneurs and investors seek resources to fund medical science, biopharma and medtech.

Montgomery County’s Inspector General is the only office of its kind in Maryland that acts as a watchdog for its county school system. That could soon change.

A car struck a 13-year-old at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Evans Drive in Silver Spring. She is at the hospital in critical but stable condition, police said.

Albornoz will replace the previous director, Robin Riley, who retired earlier this year.

The charter school’s enrollment has dropped by more than 25% since the school opened in August.

Found-footage horror films exploded in popularity after the release of Maryland-made “The Blair Witch Project,” according to a Banner analysis of over 4,000 horror movies.

Thousands of people turned out for about 20 Montgomery County “No Kings Day” protests. All remained peaceful.

Moesha Gardener said she didn't think her husband would take her prank seriously. Police told her nobody was amused.

A Gaithersburg man was sentenced to five years in prison this week for the 2021 fatal fentanyl overdose of a Rockville man, prosecutors said.

Thousands of protesters are expected to hit the streets in Montgomery County on Saturday. Organizers have planned about 20 No Kings rallies.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called for the International Monetary Fund to sell Bretton Woods Recreation Center, a Germantown, Maryland golf course.