Montgomery County News

Montgomery County has agreed to give tenants of ByteGrid's Silver Spring data center up to $12 million in property tax breaks over 12 years, the first such move for a county looking to foster a competitive data center cluster and fend off competing jurisdictions.

A man accused of setting off explosive devices at his estranged wife's parents' home in Bethesda early Sunday has been arrested in Fairfax County.

Here's a roundup of recent job postings around the region. 38 Job Openings in Anne Arundel County 36 Job Openings in Bel Air 38 Job Openings in Montgomery County 32 Job Openings in Prince George's County Know of jobs that aren't listed? Post jobs in the "boards" section of your Patch.

The 2005 Honda Civic crashed into Hunter's Bar and Grill in Potomac around 1 p.m., according to Montgomery County Police.

One of Obama's partners late last month was Tony Kornheiser. Kornheiser is Wilbon's sidekick on the sports show "Pardon the Interruption" Obama's venue Saturday was TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Potomac, Maryland.

President Barack Obama is playing golf at a private club in Maryland with ESPN co-host Michael Wilbon.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY has been buffeted for years by criticism - much of it justified - that developers and labor unions exercise outsize influence in local elections and, therefore, in the spending decisions made by elected officials who have benefited from those groups' contributions.

Artwork hangs on display during the "Off the Wall" exhibit in Rockville, Maryland on July 11, 2014.

The day of her son's eighth-grade promotion ceremony in Montgomery County, Susan Townsend got word that the teen had failed his Algebra 1 final exam .

After one of the most exciting free agency weeks in NBA history, President Obama is hitting the links with ESPN basketball analyst Michael Wilbon and Boston Celtics part-owner Glenn Hutchins on Saturday.

Montgomery County elementary and middle school students' reading and math scores fell across the board in the last year of Maryland School Assessment tests, according to 2014 data released Friday by state education officials.

The FBI and Montgomery County Police are offering a $5,000 reward for the capture of a robber who threatened to bomb a pair of Silver Spring banks.

Check out these beautiful homes for sale in Montgomery County. Bethesda/Chevy Chase This stunning, three-story craftsman home has 6 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms.

A Maryland man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend last year was convicted Friday and now faces life in prison.

The Tech Council of Maryland hopes a new office at the University of Maryland BioPark will help the organization play a bigger role in technology and life sciences in Baltimore.

A 24-year-old man has been indicted on charges that he kidnapped and assaulted a Montgomery County judge who was also his girlfriend earlier this year.

The future of Rockville's main commercial strip will be in the spotlight Monday, as a new plan to overhaul Rockville Pike lands in the laps of the mayor and City Council.

The Andy Raymond rant is a thing to behold. Raymond, the co-owner of Engage Armament in Montgomery County, Maryland, is one of the two gun dealers who, a few months ago, tried to sell the Armatix iP1 x2013 aka, the first commercially available x201csmart gunx201d x2013 to his customers.He thought that not only did he have...

A state Common Core work group picked to review the controversial educational standards met Thursday for the first time to review the standards and how local school districts would implement them.

Montgomery County police need your help with finding a missing 56-year-old woman.