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In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, standing alongside Marty Svrcek, tells us about dipping some ice cream at the fair. In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett shares his thoughts about what makes the fair so unique. Related:

There’s Country in the Air at the 66th annual Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg running Aug. 8-16. Food, Family Fun and Farm Animals– it’s all at the fair again this year along with some new attractions to check out. There’s a new bear exhibit called “A Grizzly Experience,” a mud bog where tikes can […]

The former youth leader at Gaithersburg’s Covenant Life Church was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing boys who attended the church’s functions. Daniel Morales, 56, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced by Montgomery Circuit Court Judge Terrence J. McGann. Morales was found guilty of multiple counts of […]

Police arrested a 15-year-old Rockville boy saying the teen used a gun to rob a man who was riding his bike on Waring Station Road in Germantown Aug.12. A 51-year-old victim told police he was riding his bicycle on Waring Station Road near Middlebrook Road about 6:20 p.m. Aug. 12 when a teen who had been hiding […]

A fire at a Germantown playground caused significant damage to the park Wednesday night. The fire on the playground at the Cedar Valley Community Park in the 21300 block of Seneca Crossing Drive is under investigation and caused less than $100,000 in damages, Montgomery Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer wrote in a Tweet. Anyone with information is […]

Here are five things to know today, Aug. 14 in Montgomery County. 1- Quince Orchard High School’s John Kelley talks about his expectations about his first season as head coach of the football program there. 2- Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has ordered the United States Flag and Maryland State Flag to be flown at half-staff today from […]

UPDATED, Aug. 13 at 10:15 p.m.- The elderly woman found confused and disoriented in a Safeway store in Germantown has been identified and is being reunited with family, according to Montgomery County Police. ORIGINAL POST- Montgomery County Police are asking the public’s help in identifying a woman found confused and disoriented on Aug. 12 in […]

The Quince Orchard High School varsity football team in Gaithersburg took to the field Wednesday in the first official practice for the fall season and for the first time under new head coach John Kelley. Kelley replaces longtime coach Dave Mencarini who moved to coach the team at Urbana High School.  Kelley may have a new title but […]

Kurt Zwally of Silver Spring was riding his bike east on Route 108  about 1:50 p.m. Aug. 9 when a car tried to pass him near Rocky Road. In an attempt to avoid colliding with another car coming the other way, the driver swerved back from the westbound lane into the eastbound lane hitting Zwally on his bike. […]

At the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair Monday, it was a rapid transit vehicle that took center stage outside the main gates. This particular bus was headed to Denver, Colo., but was an example of the kind of vehicle that might be used in the proposed bus rapid transit plan. MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick reports: