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Here are five things to know today, March 24, in Montgomery County: 1. Earlier in the week, Gov. Larry Hogan criticized Montgomery County Public Schools over its handling of the rape charges at Rockville High School. On Thursday, at an event in Bethesda, he seemed to tone down his rhetoric, saying he believed the school […]

The leader of a Jewish Community Center in Rockville said Thursday he was relieved at the arrest of an Israeli 19-year-old for the series of bomb scares that were called in Jewish sites across the United States. But the arrest won’t change much at the Bender JCC of Greater Washington, said its CEO, Michael Feinstein. […]

UPDATED Rockville High School — the site where a 14-year-old girl allegedly was raped  — received two telephone threats Wednesday, Montgomery County officials said. In an email, MCPS spokeswoman Gboyinde Onijala said the callers threatened to bring guns to shoot illegal immigrants. One threat came about noon and the other about 1:30 p.m., Montgomery County police […]

Of the 25 individuals and 25 businesses listed in Maryland Comptroller’s 2017 list of tax scofflaws, Montgomery County is well represented. The No. 1 tax scofflaw is a Montgomery Village resident. The county also has four other individuals and a couple who have unpaid tax liabilities. The No. 4 business is in Derwood, and three […]

Three Montgomery County elected claimed Tuesday that Gov. Larry Hogan’s Facebook comments on the rape charges at Rockville High School politicize the crime, while the governor further criticized Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) saying school officials “had something to hide.” The lawmakers — delegates Eric Luedtke and Kirill Reznik, and County Council President Roger Berliner […]

A man entered a business and took six containers of laundry detergent, according to the Rockville Police crime log. The thief entered the business, in the 1500 block of Rockville Pike, between 7:10 p.m. and 7:18 p.m. March 7, and went straight to the laundry detergent aisle, police said. The thief placed the detergent into […]

The rape allegations at Rockville High School drew attention from capitals—Annapolis and Washington, D.C.—on Tuesday. In Washington, Trump press secretary Sean Spicer called the Rockville rape “a tragic event.” “It’s horrendous and horrible and disgusting what this young woman in Rockville went through. I can’t possibly imagine. So first of all let’s remember the human […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner said Monday that he has delayed a vote on bus rapid transit on U.S. 29, waiting for the county’s Department of Transportation to fulfill the council’s desire for public engagement on the project. “When we took up the BRT master plan … one of the most important issues was […]

County Executive Ike Leggett released this statement Monday afternoon about the rape allegations at Rockville High School: I was immediately sick and disgusted when it was reported that two young men raped a 14-year-old student at Rockville High School last Thursday. This should not happen. Period. My deepest condolences go out to this young girl […]