Montgomery County News

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.

On Sunday the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington hosted their third annual “Good Deeds Day,” a day of service where the local Jewish community can volunteer at work sites within the metropolitan area and perform a “good deed” for the day.

In Somerset County, where she owns and operates the Crisfield Clinic, she comes face to face with the everyday challenges of providing health care in a rural area.

Montgomery County police officers are investigating several assaults and stabbings that occurred early Saturday morning outside a home in Potomac.

The first question out of Answer Man's mouth when he arrived at the Jane C. Sween Library in downtown Rockville was: "Who was Jane C. Sween, anyway?" The answer was unexpected.

The FBI is searching for the man they say is responsible for three bank robberies in DC and Montgomery County.

Montgomery County Police are at the scene of the Lord and Taylor in Rockville Pike in Rockville to investigate a report of a robbery.

Spring may finally have sprung, but Montgomery County Councilwoman Nancy Floreen of Garrett Park wants to honor county residents who helped out their neighbors and communities during the long, brutal winter.