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October 19, 2020 | Staff Writer

21 This Week: COVID-19 Resurgence, Ballot Questions A and B

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss: What are the implications of ballot questions A and B? Impact of possible COVID-19 resurgence on local businesses. A look at the races with less than three weeks to election day. This week’s panel of political […]

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October 16, 2020 | Staff Writer

Police Investigate Armed Robbery in Silver Spring; Suspects Took Victim’s Car Keys and Vehicle

Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department continue to investigate an armed robbery in downtown Silver Spring that happened in August. They say three male suspects stole a man’s car keys and took his vehicle. On August 27, shortly before 10:00 p.m., officers responded to an armed robbery on the 8800 block of Colesville Road. […]

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October 15, 2020 | Staff Writer

MoCo’s Most Famous: Montgomery County Sports Hall of Famer Curtis Pride

Curtis Pride was a dominant athlete at Kennedy High School in the 1980’s in not one, not two but three sports. He was all-county and all-state in baseball, basketball and soccer. Pride was also all-America in soccer. And somehow, he found the time to maintain a 3.6 GPA. This Sunday, Pride, 51, will be inducted […]

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October 13, 2020 | Staff Writer

Studio 501c3: Nourish Now

Kim Jones hosts Studio 501c3, a show that focuses on the nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County working to build supportive communities every day. This episode features Brett Meyers, executive director of Nourish Now, a nonprofit based in Rockville. Jones and Meyers discuss how the nonprofit collects premade meals from throughout the county to feed those in need. […]

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October 12, 2020 | Staff Writer

Police Investigate Severe Bike-Involved Collision in Gaithersburg

Montgomery County Police are investigating a severe bicycle-involved collision that happened in Gaithersburg on Friday night. After further investigation, authorities determined that 36-year-old Jose Lopez Hernandez of Gaithersburg was riding his bike on Snouffer School Road near Sweet Autumn Drive. For reasons still under investigation, Hernandez collided with a car driven by Trevon Thacker, of […]

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October 6, 2020 | Staff Writer

21 This Week: Ballot Questions C and D Seek to Change Council Makeup

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss: Opponents line up against the nine council districts ballot question Two major state ballot initiatives The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Who came out on top in the first Presidential debate held […]

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October 6, 2020 | Staff Writer

Elrich to Trump: 210,000 Americans Died of Covid-19, Not Fear

After President Donald Trump was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Monday evening, where he was treated for coronavirus, County Executive Marc Elrich tweeted a message to the president: As you celebrate, we are thinking about the over 210,000 Americans, and over 800 of our neighbors, lost to COVID. Fear didn’t take their […]

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October 5, 2020 | Staff Writer

Suspect Charged With Vehicle Theft and Handgun Possession in Gaithersburg

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police have arrested and charged 25-year-old Marquel Addison with vehicle theft and handgun-related offenses. This comes after an armed carjacking investigation in Gaithersburg. An investigation by detectives determined that on September 30, shortly before 3:00 p.m., an adult male victim parked his vehicle on Travis Drive. About 20 […]

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October 5, 2020 | Staff Writer

Detectives Investigating Burglary of Doctor’s Office in Germantown

Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating a burglary at a doctor’s office in Germantown. Police say it happened on September 19 at the Greater Washington Advanced Podiatry office located on the 19000 block of Doctors Drive. The next day, an employee who was opening the office discovered the burglary’s aftermath and called […]

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October 5, 2020 | Staff Writer

MoCo’s Most Famous Podcast: Former Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett

Isiah “Ike” Leggett has come out of retirement. But just briefly he says. Leggett, 76, has joined a group including David Blair, Connie Morella and Carmen Ortiz Larsen whose goal is to fight against two questions on the ballot for the upcoming election: Questions B and D. Leggett spoke to MyMCMedia’s Joe Yasharoff in the […]

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