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Data about Montgomery County employees — including health records, tax information and Social Security numbers — could be accessed through a weakness in county computers dating back to May 2016, according to a report publicly issued by the Montgomery County Inspector General on Tuesday evening. A four-page report says the county neglected to install new […]

Liz Matory was, in 2014, a Democrat who wanted to represent the suburban Montgomery County District 18 in the Maryland House of Delegates. Four years later, Matory, 38, has forsaken the Democratic Party, supports President Trump and now seeks the Republican nomination for the 2nd Congressional District. She’s reaching across the state — the 2nd […]

Montgomery County Public Schools will look outside its staff this year for a new curriculum for its elementary schools, a county administrator said Monday. In recent years, the school system had used its own staff to develop the lessons taught in its own classrooms. MCPS officials will ask publishers to submit proposals for a new […]

Tiger Woods makes a decision on his plans for The National, the golf tournament at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm.

Here are five things to know today, Monday, March 26 in Montgomery County: 1. Municipal Monday: Rockville has the day off, but Gaithersburg has a work session. Here’s the agenda. 2. Spring Break Starts: Montgomery County Public Schools students have the day off. 3. Need Something to Do?: Montgomery Parks has its Eye Spy Trains […]

The Top 10 stories last week on the MyMCMedia website focused on weather, stray animals and school items. Here’s the list, based on our web traffic: Snow Causing Crackups on the Highways White Tractor Trailer Changed Lanes, Sparking Morning Wreck, State Police Say Rockville Man Dies When Car Hits Bus Detectives Commended for Their Roles […]

Two adult speakers at the Silver Spring were the Rev. William Barber from the Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and former governor Martin O’Malley. Both offered special messages for the March for Our Lives audience. Here are their speeches:      

A 22-year-old Wheaton woman faces first-degree murder charges in connection with the slaying of her 80-year-old great-grandmother, a Montgomery County police statement said. Shannon Marci Jefferson Lozano of the 10500 block of Cascade Place apparently lived with her great-grandmother, Doris Elizabeth Shelton. About 3:20 p.m. Friday, the victim’s husband called 911 to report that he […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a rape that occurred March 16 to a 27-year-old woman in Gaithersburg. Investigators released a composite sketch of the person sought in hopes the public can identify him. He is described as about 5 feet 9 inches tall. He was wearing a black hoodie with white fleece lining in it […]

As a prelude to the March for Our Lives, hundreds of students, parents and teachers jammed into the Silver Spring Civic Building for a rally in advance of descending on downtown D.C. for the March for Our Lives. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-8th, organized the rally, and 27 buses carrying supporters to the march. High school […]