Brookeville News

Maryland has been home to many beloved literary icons, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Rachel Carson and Edgar Allan Poe -- and they've each left their mark in the Free State.

Montgomery County school leaders are pushing for the state to increase the age at which students legally can drop out of school, but they might have a hard time finding enough lawmakers to back them.

Rescue crews in Montgomery County had to free a woman from a vehicle stranded in high water in Brookeville.

BROOKEVILLE, Md. - The recent rains have caused numerous traffic accidents and forced Montgomery County rescuers to assist a driver who was stranded in a flash flood.

This year is no different than any other; you're always looking for safe, fun and healthy Halloween activities for your children.

As we gathered Oct. 19 for Week 193, Post Commander Halsey came with the sad news.

Laurel resident Annie Matthews has spent nearly a century walking. As a child, she walked five miles from her family's home in Brookeville to school in Brighton.

Hattie Washington, president and founder of Aunt Hattie's Place, takes part in the foundation-laying ceremony for her latest home for foster boys in Sandy Spring.

A 23-year-old Derwood man today was charged with two counts of indecent exposure after two women reported seeing a man running in nothing but sneakers early this morning, county police said.

Montgomery County Police say they responded to a call in Olney Friday morning that a man was running around wearing only a pair of sneakers.

Patriots this Saturday included Legionnaires Halsey and Jack , , Lurker Bill , [Mrs] Trooprally and myself.

Military personnel and their families will get a chance next week to discuss their needs and challenges as they return from service in Afghanistan, Iraq or other outposts.

A Brookeville man died early Sunday morning in a single-car crash less than two miles from his home.

Montgomery County police are continuing to investigate a single-vehicle fatal accident that occurred Saturday morning on Georgia Avenue near Gregg Road.

It was interesting that the Legionnaires in Olney today were ALL Army. I guess the other branches were letting the Army have their day in the sun.

It's a shame that Webster doesn't define Quakers as a bunch of hypocrites. I learned this week that whenever the Legionnaires put flags on the graves of soldiers in the local Quaker cemetery, that the flags are promptly removed.

Besides the warm weather, the 10 fair-weather moonbats were in force in Olney this Saturday, energized after attending the 24th Annual Peace, Justice & Environmental Conference.

Moombats dream that the "V" sign is for peace, but it stands for VICTORY. Moonbats dream that the peace circle is an original symbol, but it is a anti-Christian up-side-down cross.