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The Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County will appeal a County Circuit Court’s decision to temporarily halt the sale of Westwood Tower Apartments in Bethesda. The property includes a parking lot that sits atop the former Moses Cemetery. Members of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition filed suit to stop what they consider the desecration of […]

Members of the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition held a “victory press conference” Wednesday to celebrate a court ruling that temporarily halted the sale of Westwood Tower Apartments, which has a paved parking lot atop the former Moses Cemetery. “We are still on cloud 12, not just cloud nine. We are still rejoicing,” said Rev. Segun […]

For more than a half hour, hundreds of cars driven by Montgomery County Education Association members circled the large Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) Board of Education parking lot and drove out into the street. They were rallying to demand the hiring of additional teachers, bus drivers and other support personnel. They also urged MCPS […]

About a dozen speakers at Tuesday’s Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) meeting urged the school district to adopt a financial literacy graduation requirement so students will be able to buy a home and car, fill out financial forms, pay taxes and learn how to save and plan for the future. Earlier this month, members […]

Carol Rubin, who worked for 16 years with Montgomery County Park and Planning, was appointed Tuesday to the Montgomery County Planning Board. Rubin retired as a special project manager for the county planning department and previously served as acting deputy planning director. She coordinated the Maryland-National Capital Planning Commission’s response to the state’s I-495 and […]

Educators from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) “will take to the streets Tuesday afternoon” to demand the hiring of additional teachers, paraeducators and bus drivers and increased compensation for those forced to do extra duties due to the hiring shortage. Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) will hold a car picket and rally at 5 p.m. […]

This story was updated Oct. 26 to correct the list of candidates for mayor and council.  Registered voters in the City of Gaithersburg will vote for mayor and two city councilmembers on Nov. 2. All voting will take place at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park. Early voting was held Oct. 23 and 24. According […]

In light of fights during a recent football game and two recent shelter in place events at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown, Principal Marc Cohen held a one-hour informational meeting that mostly included answers to questions from concerned parents. Speakers at the virtual meeting included Seneca Valley administrators, two representatives from Montgomery County Police […]

During November, the Montgomery County Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission  urges residents to reflect on the county’s past, including the fact that at least three men were lynched here in the late 1800s. As part of the remembrance, six pieces of artwork will be projected onto eight buildings in downtown Rockville. The locations are close enough […]

Councilmember Hans Riemer does not have a conflict of interest and can continue to push for all county employees to be vaccinated even though his wife works for Pfizer, which makes one of the vaccines, the Montgomery County Ethics Commission ruled Oct. 18. The commission noted that the county’s vaccine policy has no impact on […]