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Seven hundred and fifty flags will fly at Bohrer Park to honor community heroes on Memorial Day Weekend in the annual Flags for Our Heroes event. This is the sixth year for the “Flags for our Heroes” exhibit of 8-foot tall American flags. The exhibit is organized and presented by the Rotary Clubs of Montgomery […]

This is something for everyone this Memorial Day Weekend in Montgomery County. Ceremonies Flags for our Heroes will open with a ceremony to honor local heroes in Bohrer Park, next to Gaithersburg High School at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 25. The City of Gaithersburg invites the public to pay tribute to those who have served their […]

Several people attended the one-year anniversary of the dedication of the Montgomery County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall at Memorial Plaza in Rockville on Tuesday. The County’s Commission on Veterans Affairs hosted the event. The memorial included the names of 130 service members from Montgomery County who lost their lives or were reported missing in action […]

Williams County (Tennessee) police have arrested a man who has an outstanding warrant under another name in Montgomery County, local police said Wednesday. John Martin Hill was arrested in Tennessee, on an outstanding warrant from Alpharetta, Georgia, police said. After more investigation, police determined Hill had an outstanding warrant from Montgomery County under the name […]

Six Virginia stations on the Blue and Yellow lines of Metro will close for about three months starting Saturday as the transit agency completes infrastructure improvements, Metro officials said Wednesday. The stations are south of Reagan National Airport, which means the closures might affect a few Montgomery County travelers who need to reach the airport […]

The Maryland Park Service is a finalist for the 2019 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management. The Gold Medal Awards program, founded in 1965, honors communities in the country that demonstrated excellence in parks and recreation through long-range planning, resource management, volunteerism, environmental stewardship, program development, professional development, and agency […]

Montgomery County police have released a surveillance video from an April 27 armed robbery of a White Oak convenience store in hopes someone can identify him. Before midnight, Saturday, April 27, a man robbed M&BZ Convenience Mart, which is inside the Enclave Silver Spring, at 11235 Oak Leafe Drive, police said. Detectives learned that the […]

Montgomery County Acting Police Chief Russell Hamill has been appointed police chief of Laurel, a community of about 25,000. Laurel Mayor Craig Moe revealed the appointment through Instagram. Hamill had become the Montgomery County’s acting chief just after former Chief Tom Manger announced  his retirement in January.   View this post on Instagram   Chief […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice’s office is accepting entries in the 2019 Councilmember for a Day Challenge from now through June 14. This is the fourth year Rice will host the winner of the contest as an honorary Councilmember for a Day. Rice, who serves as the chair of the Council’s Education Committee, is asking […]

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss the tax implications of the County’s budget, speed cameras generate $16 million in revenue for the County, is the County government safe from a ransomware attack, and the social media video of a County police officer […]