Darnestown News

The red sculpture of a late 1800s farm tractor at the Germantown MARC train station was recently restored by Ijamsville artist Mike Shaffer.

Melissa Lawler, 36, of Darnestown will compete in the International Tree Climbing Championship on Saturday.

DARNESTOWN, Md The paintings in Kumi Kinoshita's home could well adorn the walls of an art gallery.

Melissa Lawler, 36, of Darnestown will compete in the International Tree Climbing Championship on Saturday.

A former Maryland man extradited from Nigeria pleaded guilty Wednesday to enslaving a teenage girl from that country for five years, U.S. officials said.

Associated Press Wednesday, July 16, 2008; 4:39 PM GREENBELT -- A Montgomery County man has pleaded guilty to holding a Nigerian teenager as a slave for five years.

Tackling your traffic concerns. Send your questions to Bumper@gazette.net. Loading... Q: I am writing about the short length of the left-turn signal from southbound Muddy Branch Road onto southbound Great ...

Monty Crown of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service adjusts the car seat of Annabelle Yontef, 2, of Darnestown as her grandparents Joe and Noreen Cryan of Laurel watch.

Kim Lutz is a busy working mom with a head full of curls that tend to get frizzy making the summer months super challenging.

They don't call her "Lucky" for nothing. Lucky is no ordinary Shetland sheepdog.

There is no calm after this storm. Residents are cleaning up and some are getting ready to rebuild after a powerful storm ripped through the region on Wednesday, wrecking havoc in neighborhoods up and down the ...

A tornado watch for the entire WTOP listening area has been extended until 1 a.m. Thursday.

Sandy Kahn of Darnestown and Kate Tufts of Daisy in Howard County repot native plants in preparation for a two-day plant sale at the greenhouse in Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds. via Gazette.Net

“When you combine them all right, it's the best of both worlds”

A federal jury in Greenbelt has awarded a Virginia man more than three times what he was owed in unpaid wages under state and federal wage statutes. via Daily Record

“We are close to having a deal with Harris Teeter”

Mum might be the word - but pictures presented to a city panel are a different story.

Artwork presented yesterday to the Baltimore Planning Commission depicted a large sign bearing the Harris Teeter name prominently atop an old water tower at the McHenry Row mixed-use project under way in Locust Point .

The imminent arrival of the upscale grocer has been rumored as anchor tenant for the complex of apartments, office buildings and shops at the former Chesapeake Paperboard site on Fort Avenue. But the developer has remained tight-lipped. Read more

“These are significant accomplishments and are signs of a healthy, mission-driven diocese”

The Episcopal Church can be viewed as one large community that is well positioned to compete with non-denominational megachurches, said Bishop John Bryson Chane of Washington during his address to the ... via Living Church

Firefighters were called to battle a two-alarm fire in Montgomery County on Wednesday night. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

“I've heard people say that. There is a feeling of life and excitement for the life of the church.”

Just more than three years ago, some members of First Presbyterian Church talked about a bleak outlook for their church -- a place with a 138-year-old history in Wichita.

As in many other downtown churches nationwide, membership at First Presbyterian had been declining for years, and church leaders began to hear concerns about the future of the church.

'Many people thought they were the generation to close up the place,' said the Rev. Bob Hoover, the church's interim pastor in 2004, who heard those comments from some members. Read more

The County Council approved a controversial anti-discrimination provision broadening the county's human rights laws to include transgender people in an 8-0 vote Tuesday. via Gazette.Net

''Driving Me Crazy" is a rousing success. We at Bumper to Bumper love all of the response for the somewhat forgotten feature where you -- the driver, the pedestrian, the bicyclist -- can sound off about what ... via Gazette.Net