Montgomery County News

Despite denials from Annapolis, union leaders claim a move to override Montgomery County's recent minimum wage increase is brewing in the General Assembly.

Those trying to imagine what Montgomery County's proposed Bus Rapid Transit is supposed be can get a preview of what it could look like, thanks to local nonprofit Communities For Transit.

Last week, a D.C. man who works in Silver Spring received two tickets in three days, the result of a glitch at a pay terminal.

The chain wants to build a Supercenter as part of a development at the corner of U.S. 301 and Mill Branch Road.

A Montgomery County Red Line Metro station may be the link to a chain of late evening muggings, one of which sent a 23-year-old woman to the hospital.

Eric Justin Toth, 31, a former private school teacher and camp counselor, pled guilty today to three counts of production of child pornography and other felony charges following an investigation that began more than five years ago with the discovery of pornographic images on a school camera that had been in his possession.

Montgomery County Community Media was the first to report the story. Katz recently closed his family's business , Wolfson's Department Store in Olde Town Gaithersburg.

For now, it's just an idea, but one of many Montgomery County planners will be putting out to the public in the coming months while refining a new vision for downtown Bethesda .

The holiday season is usually Manna Food Center's busiest time of year, but in the days before Thanksgiving, the Gaithersburg nonprofit saw more clients than expected.

Montgomery County Police, Rockville Police, and Gaithersburg Police are working together to solve a series of overnight smash and grab burglaries.

Montgomery County's new Republican Party chairman plans to focus on finding conservative candidates and promoting conservative principles as the county prepares for November's elections.

James Bazen Big Band Sharon Clark is the featured vocalist in the concert, "Merry Christmas Take One," led by jazz saxophonist Bazen.

Montgomery County police say a man suspected of committing bank robberies at two banks has been arrested after a bank robbery in Washington.

That's how many ounces of strawberry-flavored milk Montgomery County students bought at school during the month of October.

"I had to embrace my inner oblivious old joker, and put myself into the shoes of a millionaire who's been through seven or eight marriages and is still happy as a clam," said Kazz Felix-Hawver, a Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School student.

Potomac is poised for more townhouses. The Gazette reports the Montgomery County Planning Department has approved the plans of Winchester Homes Inc. for a development of 23 townhouses on 5 acres along Seven Locks Road.

Proceeds from the tournament, held Oct. 14 at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., will benefit a dozen local medical and support organizations, including Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in ; Suburban Hospital in Bethesda; the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda; the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County; ... (more)

A bill before the Baltimore County Council would increase fines for animal cruelty and change the way the county handles animal complaints, but a lawyer said Tuesday that the measure could be unconstitutional.

Only on 9, some local parents will be in a Maryland courtroom Friday after they allegedly broke into the home of their daughter's boyfriend and beat him with a baseball bat.

Dan Gross/The Gazette ¬ Saqib Ali, co-chair of Equality4Eids, a campaign to get Montgomery County Public Schools closed on two Muslim holidays.