Derwood News

Lane shifts are slated to begin Saturday along Redland Road and Interstate 370 in Derwood as construction continues on the Intercounty Connector, State Highway Administration officials announced.

Derwood residents say they are not surprised that the intersection of Shady Grove Road and Midcounty Highway was recently crowned the most congested in the county.

Holly Steel, who served as assistant principal of Clearspring Elementary School in Damascus prior to this school year, will return to the school in July as principal.

U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced Derrick Aylor, age 26, of Derwood, Maryland, today to 83 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for two counts of bank robbery and for violating his supervised release on a previous bank robbery conviction, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J.

Two Thomas S. Wootton High School seniors are hoping a musical comedy about an Israeli soldier who falls in love with a beautiful Palestinian fast-food cashier will not only entertain audiences, but also inspire a new generation to work towards peace in the Middle East.

Betty Rossi of Derwood speaks to the group as Sue Conway of Gaithersburg looks during an immigration and faith workshop at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Gaithersburg.

Three high-profile environmental bills sponsored by Montgomery County lawmakers were among legislation signed into law Thursday by Gov.

As Col. Zadok Magruder High School students prepare to dance the night away at prom on Friday, parents and teachers are hoping they will remember lessons learned during a simulated drunk-driving collision just a week earlier.

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For 92 years, they've called it Flowermart, but they might just as well call it Food Fest because everybody in Mount Vernon was eating Friday.

When Benson Maloba decided to go to graduate school in his home country of Kenya he knew he would need some financial help.

Only 78 votes separate District 4 County Council candidates Nancy Navarro and Benjamin Kramer and with hundreds of absentee and provisional ballots from Tuesday's special primary to count, the Democratic nomination for the seat is still up for grabs.

Louis "Lou" August, a Republican candidate for the Montgomery County Council seat representing District 4, hands out campaign literature at Leisure World in Aspen Hill this morning.

For parishioners at St. Raphael's Catholic Church, it's more than just a coincidence that the Rev.

The 12 finalists for SueA o MLS 2009 will begin gathering in Los Angeles tonight for three days of competition to determine the winner of the player search.

The federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes more than $1.6 million for eight community health centers across Maryland, including one in Garrett County, Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin announced Friday.

Contex, the world's leading manufacturer of wide format scanners, announced the inclusion of two new aperture card scanner models to their product line.

U.S. Rep. Donna F. Edwards today endorsed Nancy Navarro in the Board of Education member's run to fill the vacant District 4 Montgomery County Council seat.

District 19 Del. Benjamin F. Kramer, son of former County Executive Sidney Kramer, said this morning that he will receive the backing of County Executive Isiah Leggett on Monday, a key endorsement in Kramer's bid for the District 4 County Council seat.

With the special primary election to fill the vacant District 4 County Council seat a month away, candidates are beginning to count their endorsements.