White Oak News

Husband and wife Ken, 90, and Larocca Jones, 79, shown here in their Gaithersburg apartment, were inducted into the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame for their tireless volunteerism.

The General Services Administration is gearing up for Phase 4 of the $900 million Food and Drug Administration Headquarters Consolidation at the former site of the White Oak Naval Ordnance Laboratory off New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring, MD.

The National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday approved updated master plans for the Food and Drug Administration's new consolidated headquarters in the Maryland neighborhood of White Oak and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's expanded campus in Gaithersburg, Md.

The CTB decided to limit Transportation Enhancement funding to only 5 of the 12 federally designated programs.

At least one in four students at 25 Montgomery County public middle and high schools did not agree last year with the statement "I feel safe at school." And at 32 of the county's 63 middle and high schools, at least half of the students did not agree with the statement "My things are safe in this school." The annual student surveys are a part of ...

A new sidewalk was unveiled to make cycling safer on Route 29 . It was just another bike ride in Silver Spring for Dr.

Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger announces that Joseph Buzbee has been indicted by a Montgomery County grand jury in four separate decades-old rape cases in the Aspen Hill area, Loading... Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy announced today that a grand jury on Wednesday indicted 52-year-old convicted rapist Timothy J. Buzbee ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. - A Montgomery County teen has been sentenced to 14 months in jail for setting small fires at his school in a case that began with allegations of a school bomb plot.

By the time 2009 is through, Montgomery County will have approved master plans calling for more than 150,000 advanced-technology jobs in nearly 50 million square feet of laboratory and research space in most of the county's busiest employment corridors.

Montgomery County Councilmember Mike Knapp wants to establish a local biotechnology tax credit and ease the approval process for life science firms looking to expand in or move to the county.

The champ is down for the count, never to get up again. The Wilmer Stone White Oak, Maryland's champion of the species, is believed to have toppled in a windstorm last week, county forestry officials said.

Every member of the Montgomery County Council is endorsing Gov. Martin O'Malley's 2010 bid for re-election, except for council President Philip M. Andrews of Gaithersburg, according to an O'Malley campaign Web site list of early supporters.

With a proposed police station moving into their neighborhood, White Oak residents Wednesday night expressed the need for police to promise to be "good neighbors" and minimize disruption to their quality of life.

Montgomery County started work today on $1.6 million in transit upgrades for White Oak.

Silver Spring, MD is the Montgomery County suburb, which lies directly to the north of Washington, D.C. that is lauded for its historical significance and cultural diversity.

Firefighters arrived at the home in the 600 block of Symphony Woods Drive to find three propane tanks in the rear of the home on fire.

Many clients of Aronson & Co. in Rockville "have been doing a lot of research on the process of applying for stimulus awards," says Hope A. Lane, who heads Aronson's government contracting group.

A couple of transportation projects dear to Montgomery County may have gotten a new ally when former Montgomery County budget director Beverley K. Swaim-Staley became the state's acting transportation secretary Monday.