Montgomery County News

Teachers in Montgomery County have ratified a new contract that will provide raises totaling 5.5 percent over three years, but it also requires educators to pay more for health insurance.

Building approvals are tied to a term, "matter of right," which is based on the zoning classification of the land.

No decisions have been made yet, but parents in Montgomery County should be aware that the school year could be extended until June 19. The brutal winter has caused the county's public schools to miss nine days of classes, The Washington Post reports, five days more than built into the year's calendar.

Montgomery County is about halfway finished with a big project to add time to all 800 of the pedestrian crossings there.

Ana Sol Gutierrez is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 18. First elected in 2002, she is running for her fourth term.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Police arrested a man believed to be responsible for two armed robberies that happened at Choice Market in Gaithersburg on January 17 and January 24. Jerson Nirvio Mendez, 38 of the 10000 block of Stedwick Road in Montgomery Village, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of armed robbery, according to authorities.

Lights from police vehicles flash in the background as a Pentagon police officer guards the crime scene yellow tape line on February 4, 2010 in Washington, DC following a shooting at the Metro entrance to the Pentagon that left two police officers and a civilian suspect wounded and forced the US military headquarters to be put under security ... (more)

School construction funds, state assistance and transit projects were the hot topics at a debate Friday for Montgomery's Democratic county executive candidates.

Which state is the thirstiest for wine? It's a question we've noodled before as Washington DC is the thirstiest non-state in the nation! The good folks at Business Insider have taken the initiative to produce this handy map showing comparative wine consumption data, which they also list in a table.

NAI KLNB, of Towson, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage, arranged the sale of an eight-acre parcel of land at 7551 Old Jessup Road in Jessup to TRI M Properties LLC. TRI M Properties, a road construction contractor that operates as Concrete General, paid $2 million for the property.

State senator Richard Madaleno was among the lawmakers who spoke in support of more state funding for Montgomery County school construction during a rally organized by the Montgomery County Council of PTAs at Lawyer's Mall in Annapolis on Thursday.

Katherine Zenzano, a community outreach coordinator for the Montgomery County Police Animal Services Division, holds Lulu, a 5-year-old domestic shorthair cat at the new Montgomery County Animal Shelter in Gaithersburg.

Montgomery County officials estimate that the county's 2010 Democratic primary might have cost as much as $9.6 million if a proposed public campaign financing system was in place.

A Germantown man who was shot to death was reportedly killed because he owed the suspect money, Montgomery County Police said Friday after filing murder charges in the case.

Victims of domestic violence would enjoy stronger legal protections under O'Malley administration legislation passed Thursday by the House of Delegates.

Montgomery County executive candidate Douglas Duncan talks to NOAA employees Bala Vadlamani and Betty Mutagwanya.

SILVER ALERT On behalf of the Montgomery County Police Department, a Silver Alert is being activated for a missing 63-year-old Asian Male that was last seen just over the border in Silver Spring, MD.

A former Montgomery County social studies teacher has agreed to plead guilty to sexually abusing a former student, according to records filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court.

From Montgomery Community Media Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett joined Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker and Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on March 6 in asking the House of Delegates to a bill that would provide increased funding for school construction to meet Montgomery County's sharp increase in enrollment, ... (more)

By Mary Ann Barton Silver Spring, Maryland - A Baltimore City police officer was arrested Wednesday and charged with beating his girlfriend's puppy to death.