Montgomery County

    Maryland soybean farmers are caught in a U.S.-China trade war
    Maryland’s soybean farmers grow one of the state’s top exports. Now tariffs have yet again entangled them in a trade war with China.
    David Burrier grows soybeans and corn on his Frederick County farm. Last year he exported 35 orders of his soybeans to China by Oct. 1. So far this year he has none.
    Sports roundup: Games, events and athletes from Montgomery County to watch this week
    A matchup of two undefeated high school football teams, an NFL game featuring multiple Montgomery County natives and more in this week’s sports roundup.
    New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Bryan Bresee gestures during a game.
    Fears of a surge in federal unemployment loom as officials tout new career center
    Montgomery County celebrated the opening of its federal workforce career center amid concerns of a potential surge in federal unemployment.
    Montgomery County Council President Kate Stewart, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, and others cut a ribbon for the opening of the Mobilize Montgomery Federal Workforce Career Center on Thursday, October 9, 2025 in Wheaton, MD.
    A county executive candidate is suing because he wasn’t invited to a debate
    Mithun Banerjee of Silver Spring filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Montgomery County Circuit Court alleging that 15 defendants, including the Montgomery County Renters Alliance Inc. and Montgomery Community Media, broke the law when they excluded him from a candidates forum.
    Montgomery County Executive candidate Mithun Banerjee.
    MCPS school bus involved in fatal collision with 11-year-old girl in Rockville
    A Montgomery County school bus was involved in a fatal collision with an 11-year-old girl on Thursday, Montgomery County Police said.
    A Montgomery County Public Schools bus sits behind police tape with two Montgomery County Police cruisers nearby.
    ‘It’s messy’: School leaders ask for patience as they redesign high school programs
    It’s going to be messy.
    District leaders are proposing a plan to divide Montgomery County’s 25 high schools into six regions, each with a slate of parallel academic programs focused on themes such as STEM, health care and the performing arts.
    How much money have candidates running for Montgomery County executive raised so far?
    The candidate with the biggest war chest in the race for Montgomery County executive is not seeking public matching dollars.
    Andrew Friedson, a Democrat who currently represents the Bethesda area on the Montgomery County Council, has raised the most money so far in the County Executive race.
    Friedson, Jawando clash on housing in county executive forum
    Montgomery County’s exorbitant rent and housing prices were the topic of the night in a county executive debate between councilmembers and candidates Will Jawando and Andrew Friedson.
    Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025 — Democratic candidates for Montgomery County Executive Will Jawando, left, and Andrew Friedson participate in a forum hosted by Montgomery Community Media on Wednesday.
    Now legal, water cremation is coming to Montgomery County
    Two entrepreneurs are taking advantage of a new law and plan to offer water cremation in Montgomery County.
    Business partners Lily Buerkle, right, and Adrian Gardner are launching their own green funeral business, Willow Green Funerals, after working to make water cremation legal statewide and in Montgomery County.
    7 things to do in Montgomery County, from pumpkin carving to square dancing
    Pumpkin carving, a noir film festival, square dancing lessons and more things to do in Montgomery County this week.
    Contestants in 7 Locks Brewing's stein-hoisting competition at an Oktoberfest celebration in 2024.
    Why are Montgomery County high schools holding graduations at UMBC?
    Montgomery County public high schools will hold graduation ceremonies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s campus in May and June of the coming year, the school system announced.
    Montgomery County public high schools will hold graduation ceremonies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s campus.
    For 911 calls of the future, AI is on the line
    By the end of next year, Montgomery County’s call center hopes to use artificial intelligence to answer nonemergency phone calls. The goal is to lighten the workload for a chronically understaffed center.
    By the end of next year, Montgomery County’s call center hopes to use artificial intelligence to answer nonemergency phone calls.
    Police detail significant staffing shortfalls in anti-gang units
    A staffing shortfall is making it harder for Montgomery County Police’s gang units to do their jobs, police said.
    Montgomery County Police Officers
    Montgomery County could force landlords to give tenants more notice before evictions
    Most Montgomery County Council members want to force landlords to give tenants two full weeks’ notice before evicting them.
    A woman reads a proclamation at an microphone.
    Redesign of high school magnet programs to get scrutinized by council members
    Montgomery County Council members will pepper MCPS leaders with questions about a plan to divide high schools into six regions, each with a slate of parallel academic pathways.
    Montgomery County Council members will question MCPS leaders about a plan to divide high schools into six regions.
    Nothing under the tree? Montgomery County’s Toys for Tots says it needs help fast.
    Holiday gift drives across Montgomery County brace for an increase of families in need due to federal layoffs. But donations will likely also decrease, they say.
    Elizabeth Scott, head coordinator for Toys for Tots in Montgomery County, has been struggling to find a warehouse for the program's toy distribution this year.
    Quarterly water and sewer bills could jump about $18 in Montgomery County next year
    Residents of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties could pay roughly $18 more on their quarterly water and sewer bills next year.
    WSSC Water’s preliminary budget plans are calling for rate increases in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.
    Rockville man killed in motorcycle crash identified by police
    The incident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday, forcing the closure of some lanes on Montrose Road near St. Elizabeth Catholic Church.
    5 years before her son died there, a mother tried to make an intersection safer
    In September 2020, Caty Anderson typed out a short email to her state representative, lamenting that a woman was hit by a car near her family’s Kensington home.
    A makeshift memorial of flowers, a teddy bear, a cross and a baseball glove hang on a utility line Friday at University Boulevard West and St. Paul Street. The intersection is where James Evert Anderson, 16, was killed on Sept. 21 in a pedestrian crash.
    A rocky economy drives overcrowding at Montgomery County’s animal shelter — and beyond
    Animal shelters across Maryland are struggling with record overcrowding — thanks in large part to an increasingly high cost of living.
    Sheikina is a stray found near Sligo Creek, pokes her head through the door in between two kennels. Her kennel exemplifies one of the smaller kennels, that can be expanded when a door is opened separating the two. When the shelter becomes dangerously overcrowded, the door must be closed to house another dog, greatly reducing the amount of space each dog has access to.
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