Montgomery County News

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A top Metro official told the Montgomery County Council Tuesday that the agency will not commit to taking control of the Silver Spring Transit Center until it sees the results of additional tests on the troubled $120 million train-and-bus hub.

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

Our eNewspaper network was founded in 2002 to provide stand-alone digital news sites tailored for the most searched-for locations for news.

Life is compromise. Maryland transportation planners are coming to terms with that as the deadline nears to complete plans for the Purple Line's last station in Bethesda.

The high percentages of students who have failed or nearly failed the math final exams in Montgomery County Public Schools have been the focus of numerous recent reports in the media.

Thirty-three-year-old Benjamin Robert Cano of Edgewater was charged last week with three counts of sexual abuse of a minor and three counts third-degree sex offense.

An Edgewater man who teaches at a school in Wheaton was arrested last Wednesday after two of his students reported that he had inappropriately touched them, Montgomery County police said in a news release .

Bethesda's Boloco restaurant -a burrito eatery serving Mexican foods, smoothies, salads and more, all made with fresh ingredients-is offering an unusual reward for the identification of the person who broke into and stole from the restaurant on Memorial Day, WTOP reports .

With 11 pedestrian deaths since January 2013 , this year is poised to be the deadliest year for walkers in Montgomery County since 2010, when 13 pedestrians died.

AFI Silver, Round House Theatre, Blair Mansion Inn, The Fillmore-these familiar names and more than 40 others all belong in the Silver Spring Arts & Entertainment District .

Even as social media trends go, Vine-the micro-video blogging iPhone app acquired by Twitter this year-has exploded.

By late summer, we'll have Capital Bikeshare in Montgomery County, according to a Montgomery County Department of Transportation statement .

While not quite an idyllic countryside, Montgomery County was much less developed just 29 years ago than it is today, as evidenced by a mapping tool from Google.

The statement below was issued on Friday from the National Weather Service office in Sterling, VA .

Chevy Chase-based developer Starr Capital will go before the Montgomery County Planning Board next month with its proposal for a 17-story, 72-unit luxury condo at 4990 Fairmont Ave., the site of a shuttered BP gas station, BethesdaNow reported .

Montgomery County police released a crime summary for May 27-June 4. The following incidents were reported in Gaithersburg: Two thefts from vehicles occurred at the Hilton, located at 620 Perry Parkway, between Wednesday, May 29, at 9 p.m., and Thursday, May 30, at 10:30 a.m. One vehicle was unlocked, the other had forced entry.

Have you donated to one of these "charities?" A report by the Tampa Bay Times and The Center for Investigative Reporting revealed what the sources called America's 50 worst charitable organizations-those that take the money for the "charity founders themselves and the for-profit companies they pay to run boiler rooms that dial for dollars."

The Universities at Shady Grove announced this week a new cooperative education agreement with Grunley Construction Company, Inc .

By Patch Staff Montgomery County got the brunt of the storm last week, party lines were crossed in state politics and more in a week of Maryland news across Patch.