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Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday asked Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn for a new procurement for a consulting contract to guide $9 billion in highway spending. The $68.5 million contract became the source of questions by the Board of Public Works. The Daily Record in Baltimore reported that Rahn had failed to disclose ownership and sale […]

It wasn’t high school, and it wasn’t college. It was New Jersey, when — working an important if uncreative job — Stephie Coplan, formerly of Rockville, thought she could be a rock star. With bass player John F. Hebert and drummer Shane Considine, she formed Stephie Coplan and the Pedestrians. With a song in heavy […]

Former first lady Barbara Bush, wife of President George H.W. Bush and mother of President George W. Bush, died Tuesday.

Breweries have been growing in Montgomery County, but largely in suburban areas such as Rockville or Silver Spring. The Montgomery County Council is considering new zoning regulations that would extend that growth into the 93,000-acre Ag Reserve. Council President Hans Riemer talked about the effort at the opening of True Respite, a new brewery opening […]

Here are five things to know for Tuesday, April 17, in Montgomery County: 1. Equity Policy: Montgomery County Council Vice President Nancy Navarro is expected to introduce a resolution during today’s council session that would develop an equity policy framework requiring the county to question how budget and policy decisions impact equity. 2. Save a […]

The Montgomery County Council will consider a $374,000 appropriation to a local nonprofit to represent low-income immigrants who are facing deportation, Council President Hans Riemer said Monday. Here’s Riemer describing the program: The money would go to Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (CAIR). The funding follows increased federal enforcement of immigration. “We felt we had […]

Update: The Maryland Department of Planning listening session meeting takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. Here are five things to know for Monday, April 16, in Montgomery County: 1. Listen Up: The Maryland Department of Planning has scheduled a listening session to hear what the community thinks should be the state’s objectives for growing […]

A new brewery opened in Rockville on Friday in an office complex off Gude Drive. True Respite brewery will produce and sell its craft brews. The opening drew Gov. Larry Hogan. Brewmaster Kenny Allen said True Respite is using two systems. One allows him to create large quantities to take to market, and the other […]

Fernando Asturizaga, who was named Thursday as a “person of interest” in the 18-year-old disappearance of a Bethesda woman, was found dead in his Cumberland jail cell Thursday night, Montgomery County police reported Friday. “Inmate Fernando Asturizaga was found unresponsive last night at about 8:45 p.m. in Western Correctional Institution in Cumberland, MD, where he […]

Seven Democrats vying to be the next to represent District 1 on the Montgomery County Council showed off their differences Thursday night at a forum hosted by Friends of White Flint. On issues such as the privatization of the Department of Liquor Control, the potential arrival of Amazon and even debt revealed differences among the […]