Montgomery County News

The owner and founder of the Maryland Suburban Swim Club, he rents a lane here at the Fairland Aquatic Center to coach his students.

ESSEX, Md. - U.S. News and World Report ranks the nation's top high schools. Several Maryland schools made the prestigious list.

When Alberto Trigo moved into his wife's Montgomery Village townhome over a decade ago, the block was full of occupied, well-kept homes.

An 18-year-old student at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville was charged with a fourth-degree sex offense after he and a 14-year-old student allegedly had consensual sex in a school hallway in late February.

The Montgomery County Fire Department responded to a fire on the 13500 block of Jamieson Place in the early morning of Thursday, April 24, according to the department.

Montgomery County Fire officials said Thursday morning they are fighting a house fire in Germantown, where one person might be trapped inside.

The Shady Grove Adventist Hospital and the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services are teaming up to get the word out about infant injury prevention during April's Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Montgomery County has 100,000 more residents than 10 years ago, but the amount of driving in the county has actually stayed the same, says a new study on how people get around.

Rock out with DOSAGE this weekend as the band takes the stage at 9 p.m. Friday at La Mexicana , 16143 Shady Grove Road, Gaithersburg, to celebrate the birthday of founder and guitarist Stephen Roger.

Twenty-one Montgomery County residents were among the top 25 graduating seniors recently recognized by Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville.

The area served since 2005 by the temporary fire station on Gateway Center Drive in Clarksburg covers 21.5 square miles on both sides of Interstate 270 in Clarksburg and Boyds.

Montgomery County Council members grilled Metro representatives about complaints they have received from residents concerning the reliability of rail service during a committee meeting Monday.

Half of Fairfax County public high schools have been named to a list of the best high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

An 18-year-old Richard Montgomery High School student has been charged with fourth-degree sex offense for allegedly skipping class to have sex with another student in a school hallway, Montgomery County police said.

In a lawsuit, a Montgomery Village couple accuses SunTrust Bank and Education Systems Federal Credit Union of not preventing thieves from using a bogus bank account to swipe more than $80,000 meant for their daughters' college funds.

A gas leak briefly closed Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda Tuesday just before lunchtime.

A political action committee that endorsed Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown for Maryland governor is demanding an apology from a Democratic opponent over comments made about Brown's service in Iraq.

A Metropolitan Police Department officer is facing jail time; the 23-year veteran of the force, turned into authorities by his ex-girlfriend.

Jill Ortman-Fouse said she's running for a spot on the Montgomery County Board of Education to lend her advocacy experience, grow the county school system's partnerships and improve the system's responsiveness to voices in its community.

The Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs invites all County residents to attend the 14th Annual Montgomery County Housing Fair and Financial Fitness Day to be held on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bohrer Park Activity Center, Summit Hall Farm, 506 S. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg.