Aspen Hill News

Connected by the bravery of their ancestors and bound by friendship, members of the Janet Montgomery Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution are celebrating the group's centennial - and their own heritage.

The Calvert County woman accused of murdering her two daughters when they lived in Aspen Hill and storing their bodies in a freezer for more than two years is scheduled to be extradited to a Montgomery County prison later this month.

SILVER SPRING, Md. - We all know the recession is taking a toll on some people but it also is affecting their pets, even after they pass away.

Aspin Hill Memorial Park, resting place of celebrity and local pets as well as some pet owners, has fallen on hard times again.

The Calvert County woman accused of killing her two daughters and storing their bodies in a freezer for more than a year was indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury today on murder and child abuse charges, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office reported.

A house caught fire in Aspen Hill Thursday and the chain-link fence surrounding it became electrified after a tree branch fused together wires running next to the structure, county Fire and Rescue Service officials said.

Bob Meyers sat in his blue Hyundai yesterday afternoon, letting the engine run to charge his well-worn cell phone that he used as the lifeline to share the news, one call after another.

Jose White, 16, a junior, shows his mother, Carmen White, of Silver Spring, the lights and vents he installed in the master bathroom of the student built house in Aspen Hill.

The candidates in Tuesday's general election for the District 4 seat are Republican Robin Ficker, an advocate for lower taxes; Green Party candidate George Gluck, a software consultant; and Democrat Nancy Navarro, a Board of Education member.

M. Nathaniel Barnes, Liberia's ambassador to the United States, speaks with students in the Model United Nationals/Student Court class at Earle B. Wood Middle School in Aspen Hill.

With the exception of the crossing at Veir's Mill and the entrance on the west side of Georgia Avenue this trail has been complete for months.

A 20-year-old man was sentenced this morning to 65 years in prison for his role in a carjacking in Aspen Hill last summer, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office reported.

Board of Education member Nancy Navarro, 43, of Silver Spring, a Democratic candidate for the open District 4 County Council seat, talks to voters Tuesday while campaigning at Leisure World for the special election primary.

Voter turnout at the 51 polling places for the special primary to fill the District 4 seat on the Montgomery County Council was low through most of the day Tuesday, but the slow pace and being over-prepared kept the election problem free, county elections officials said in the afternoon.

With less than one week to go before the special election primary next Tuesday, the 10 candidates running for the District 4 County Council seat have solidified their positions and county officials say they are prepared for the day.

For the second time in less than a month, Montgomery County Police are investigating a robbery at a gas station in Aspen Hill.

County Executive Isaiah Leggett, and Raymond Skinner, secretary of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, have announced more than $4 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and renovate foreclosed properties and make them available to county residents.

A county grand jury on Thursday indicted two Wheaton teenagers as adults on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection to a fight that led to the stabbing death of an Aspen Hill man, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office reported.

Montgomery County prosecutors and police say they've obtained a warrant charging a Calvert County woman with murder in the deaths of two of her daughters found in her freezer.

Montgomery County Police are looking for a 53-year-old diabetic Aspen Hill man that has gone missing.