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The Montgomery County Council passed a resolution Tuesday urging the boards managing county employee pension plans to minimize investments in companies with the largest fossil fuel reserves. The vote was 8-1, with Councilmember Nancy Floreen the only nay vote. The resolution has no binding effect. Council President Roger Berliner sought the measure to encourage the […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a pair of armed robberies at 7-Elevens about 1.5 miles from each other. The first robbery, at 15821 Frederick Road, occurred about 2:30 a.m., police said. Several individuals entered the store and took cash. The second robbery, at 15900 Shady Grove Road, occurred about 2:39 a.m., police said. Where individuals […]

Gov. Larry Hogan asked the Federal Aviation Administration to route commercial airliners taking off and landing at Reagan National Airport using old flight patterns until the agency can engage state and local stakeholders. “I sincerely hope that we are able to find common ground and an amicable resolution,” Hogan said in a letter to FAA […]

UPDATED: A school security employee has been charged with inappropriate sexual contact with a 14-year-old female student at Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School in Silver Spring, police and school sources said Monday. Mike Anthony Lievano, 21, of University Boulevard, Silver Spring, has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor, a third-degree sex offense, […]

Friday’s Bike to Work Day is expected to have 17,500 expected to take part. Organizers say many participants will be biking to work for the first time. And of the people who are first-timers, 10 percent continue to bike to work an average of 1.4 days a week, according to Commuter Connections and the Washington […]

UPDATE: The Trumps are sending their youngest, 11-year-old Barron, to St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, according to a report in The Daily Caller. The school refused to confirm the news Monday morning. “St. Andrew’s respects family privacy,” a spokesman said. “We will not comment on whether a student has sought enrollment.” But, according to […]

A 24-year-old has been charged in connection with five armed robberies of food delivery drivers in the Montgomery Village and Gaithersburg areas, a Montgomery County police statement reads. Babucarr Fatty of the 20500 block of Strath Haven Drive in Montgomery Village is being held without bail, according to online court records. Police said the robberies […]

Here are your five things to know today, May 15, in Montgomery County: 1. School budget: The County Council has a 1:30 p.m. meeting set to go over the spending plan for Montgomery County Public Schools. The session takes place in the Third Floor Hearing room. 2. Meeting the press: Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner meets […]

Rep. John Delaney said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey from the FBI is at worst a cover-up and at best, “incredible incompetence.” Delaney discussed Comey at a tour of BlueStar HonorCare, a Derwood company that markets products that help senior citizens stay in their homes. At the center of Comey’s firing […]

Gov. Larry Hogan has asked Attorney General Brian Frosh to file a writ of mandamus in the Purple Line lawsuit, which would force Judge Richard J. Leon to rule on the case. State and county officials have been frustrated by the judge’s delay in ruling on the case. On Aug. 3, Leon vacated the “record […]