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Montgomery County

    College student’s 60-day mission to help save her grandmother’s Silver Spring restaurant
    A college student’s Instagram post attempting to save her grandmother’s Mexican and Salvadoran restaurant, La Posada, has drawn widespread attention and promises from commenters to give the place a chance.
    WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2026 - La Posada in Silver Spring has drawn attention this week after a college student posted on Instagram the Salvadoran-Mexican restaurant, run by her grandmother, must be saved.
    All the Marylanders nominated (and snubbed) for 2026 Emmy Awards
    Television’s biggest night of the year will give these Marylanders a chance to take home a Primetime Emmy Award.
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Wednesday’s May 20, 2026 show. Photo: Scott Kowalchyk ©2026 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Ashman declares victory over Shaw in District 3 council race
    With nearly 46% of the vote, Jud Ashman declared victory for the council seat.
    Jud Ashman in Gaithersbur on Election Day in 2025.
    A single mom and master electrician is poised to take a District 19 House seat
    Tichy said her work as a master electrician will help her advocate for working people in Montgomery County and across the state.
    Christa Tichy is poised to win election to the House of Delegates in District 19.
    Karla Silvestre declares victory in at-large Montgomery County Council primary
    Karla Silvestre has been an at-large member of the Board of Education, which is often a stepping stone to a seat on the Montgomery County Council.
    Karla Silvestre has declared victory in the race for the remaining at-large seat on the 11-member Montgomery County Council.
    Silver Spring man posing as a cop accused of kidnapping sex workers
    Bryan Neal Gordon, of Silver Spring, is accused of kidnapping two sex workers, claiming to be a police officer and handcuffing them, according to court records from several counties.
    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.
    Potomac River water hit 94 degrees before fish kill, officials say
    Extreme heat likely contributed to a fish kill that spanned almost 14 miles along the Potomac River in Montgomery County, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment.
    Motorists cross the Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas “Mac” Middleton Bridge on US 301 over the Potomac River between between Newburg, Maryland and Dahlgren, Virginia.
    A career woman grapples with endless demands of work and home in new novel
    Potomac-based author Caroline Bock explores the anguish of not being everything everyone needs at all times in her novel “The Other Beautiful People.”
    The cover of Caroline Bock's "The Other Beautiful People."
    Montgomery County man arrested near BWI Airport charged with second kidnapping case
    A Montgomery County man charged with kidnapping a woman near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is facing similar charges in Charles County.
    Maryland Transportation Authority police officers attend an announcement at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Monday, April 27, 2026.
    After fatal hit-and-run, what should be done to make Colesville Road safer?
    The meeting will take place Tuesday evening at Burnt Mills Elementary School and on Zoom.
    Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the vehicle involved. Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit are investigating a fatal hit and run collision that occurred on Friday, June 19, 2026, in Silver Spring.
    Chef Carla Hall’s new Olney Theatre show is an electrifying master class in reconnecting with childhood dreams
    Celebrity Chef Carla Hall shares her life story, and includes a cameo from her longtime idol, in Olney Theatre's “Please Underestimate Me.”
    Carla Hall’s autobiographical one-woman show, “Please Underestimate Me,” is onstage at the Olney Theatre Center now through July 26.
    They left high school. Now they proudly hold diplomas.
    Graduates and their loved ones gathered in Silver Spring to celebrate their accomplishments, which some said would not have been possible without support from the Latin American Youth Center.
    Julissa Mejia receives a celebratory gift from her mother Gloria Lovo after Mejia received her GED diploma during the Maryland Multicultural Youth Center 2025-2026 graduation ceremony at the Silver Spring Civic Building in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S., June 30, 2026.
    Ahead in tight races, candidates in election limbo express cautious optimism
    Some Montgomery County candidates remain in election limbo as canvassers continue to count ballots.
    Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman said he’s in a “decent headspace” as he awaits the final vote totals in his race for the County Council’s District 3 seat.
    Don’t pick up fireworks on your way back to Maryland — they’re not legal here
    All fireworks, including sparklers, are illegal in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Possessing or lighting them can lead to hefty fines.
    Fireworks prices at a TNT Fireworks stand in a Walmart parking lot in Catonsville, MD.
    Hutzell: I was a Buycentennial kid. This semiquincentennial is so much worse.
    COLUMN | The 200th celebration of Independence Day was so over-the-top with stunts, kitsch and merch that wags and academics dubbed it the Buycentennial. So I look at this year’s 250th semiquincentennial and can’t help but judge it, well, worse.
    National Guard members look at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Washington.
    Emergency workers search for missing teen in Potomac River
    The search follows the drowning death less than three weeks ago of Towson University student Nazir Bell, 20, who had also been swimming with a group in the Potomac.
    The Potomac River flows through Great Falls National Park.
    Former Olympian from Bethesda indicted on felony charge over alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism
    A former Olympian from Bethesda was indicted on a felony charge after prosecutors said he damaged the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall.
    Oklahoma City Police Department officers, deputized to assist with local law enforcement for events around the 250th anniversary of the U.S., patrol near the area where sections of blue coating have peeled up in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    Montgomery County driver charged with kidnapping after traffic stop near BWI
    A Montgomery County man was arrested Monday after a woman exited his car during a traffic stop near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and told police she had been handcuffed and kidnapped by the driver.
    Maryland Transportation Authority Police arrested a Silver Spring man following a traffic stop Monday after a woman exited his vehicle and told them the driver had handcuffed and kidnapped her.
    How to ensure your BGE bill doesn’t spike as temperatures top 100
    As Maryland braces for extreme heat over Independence Day weekend, here are tips to keep your energy bill from rising.
    As Maryland braces for extreme heat, here are tips to keep your energy bill from rising.
    7 things to do in the capital region during a sweltering Fourth of July weekend
    It’s going to be a hot one this July Fourth weekend. That doesn’t mean you can’t have fun.
    The sun sets in Baltimore on June 22, 2024.
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