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Montgomery County has received 61 requests from retail stores asking for approval to allow more than 150 customers, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Dr. Earl Stoddard said at a media briefing Tuesday. In the county, retail capacity is limited to one person per 200 square feet. Large retail stores that want to allow more […]

About 60 firefighters responded to a house fire on Lorain Avenue in Silver Spring Tuesday morning, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer said. A passerby called 911 around 6 a.m., Piringer said. The house was under renovation and unoccupied, and he said the fire was heavy when firefighters arrived. It […]

Montgomery County Police (MCPD) said a pedestrian died Tuesday after he was struck by a vehicle in Wheaton. An adult male was struck on University Boulevard West at Georgia Avenue, MCPD tweeted Tuesday morning. Police said they received the call around 4 a.m., and close to 10 a.m. MCPD announced the man succumbed to his […]

A Virginia teenager, who was charged in February with the double homicide of two Northwest High School graduates, has been sentenced to four consecutive life terms plus 18 years. Mohamed Aly, who was 18 at the time, was arrested Feb. 13 and charged with killing Ayanna Munne Maertens Griffin, 18, and Ntombo Joel Bianda, 21, […]

A Montgomery Village man is charged with shooting and killing a man in Hagerstown, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Lauron Zacherie Hoyle, 35, is charged with first-degree and second-degree murder and 17 other charges including assault and firearm offenses, online case records show. He is being held without bond. The sheriff’s office says […]

A Montgomery County Police (MCPD) officer was assaulted at the Fallsgrove Chipotle in Rockville, MCPD said in a statement Friday. Police say a 26-year-veteran of the MCPD was on-duty, uniformed and waiting in line at the Fallsgrove Chipotle on Shady Grove Road Thursday evening. Suspect Nyziere London, 21, of Pennsylvania, walked inside the restaurant and […]

The Restaurant Association of Maryland (RAM) is taking legal action against jurisdictions, including Montgomery County, for closing indoor dining. “With the winter weather all but eliminating outdoor dining, restaurants across the state are trying to survive and keep their employees working with restricted indoor dining and carryout business alone,” said Marshall Weston, Jr., President and […]

Gov. Larry Hogan has issued an emergency order that limits travel to essential reasons only. Those who travel in and out of Maryland are now required to get a negative COVID-19 test result or self-quarantine for 10 days, Hogan said at a press conference Thursday. The restriction doesn’t affect people driving to and from states […]

Anthony Brennan, III, the Kensington man who was filmed in a physical confrontation with a group of young adults in June, pleaded guilty to three charges of second-degree assault on Wednesday. Brennan, 61,  will be sentenced Feb. 2, 2021, said Ramon Korionoff, spokesperson for the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. This summer, a video of […]

What’s in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine? Dr. David Marcozzi, COVID-19 Incident Commander for the University of Maryland Medical System, explained the answer to Marylanders at a press conference with Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday. Pfizer’s vaccine was granted emergency use authorization (EUA) by the FDA last Friday. Marcozzi said there are four components that make it […]