Articles by Suzanne Pollak

April 1, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Middle School Teacher Charged with Possession of Child Pornography

Kevin Bremerman, 35, of Damascus Park Terrace in Damascus, was arrested and charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. He is a middle school teacher at Roberto Clemente Middle School in Germantown, but Montgomery County Police Department stressed that these offenses do not involve students. However, MCPD wrote in a news release, “investigators are […]

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March 31, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

County, Schools, MCPD Officers Sued in School Incident Captured on Police Video

The mother of an East Silver Spring Elementary School student who had fled his school and was then subjected to a barrage of verbal abuse from two Montgomery County police officers as school staff stood by, filed a civil lawsuit, requesting $275,000 for each of 13 counts. The suit asks for $75,000 in compensatory damages […]

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March 31, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Possible Name Change for White Flint Metro to be Addressed at Meeting

A virtual meeting to discuss whether to change the name of the White Flint Metro is set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. Friends of White Flint, Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce, County Executive Marc Elrich and Councilmember Andrew Friedson are sponsoring the meeting on the possible renaming of the rail station. Amy Ginsburg, executive director […]

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March 31, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Ride On Will Continue to be Free Including Transportation to Vaccination Clinic

All Ride On, Ride On extRa and Flash buses will remain free until at least June 30. This reverses the announcement that riders would resume paying beginning April 5. Due to the pandemic, riders have been boarding buses by the rear entrance and not getting close enough to the front and to the drivers to […]

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March 30, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

U.S. Second Gentleman Emhoff Visited Silver Spring’s Mary’s Center; Ordered Fish Tacos at El Golfo

Doug Emhoff, the Second Gentleman of the United States, and U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin came to Silver Spring Tuesday morning and toured Mary’s Center to see its COVID-19 vaccination work. Mary’s Center is a community health center serving over 60,000 people of all ages, incomes and backgrounds in the Washington, D.C. metro area and has […]

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March 30, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

29 Montgomery Public Schools Report at Least One COVID-19 Case During March

So far during the month of March, 29 schools have reported at least one incident in which someone within the school community either tested positive or was assumed to be positive for COVID-19. Walt Whitman High School reported five cases, which is the most of any school. The majority of schools reported only one case. […]

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March 29, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Landlord Cited for Renting Apartment Without License

The property owner who had been renting out a basement apartment that was deemed unsafe was issued a Notice of Violation by Montgomery County for leasing an accessory dwelling unit for which he never obtained the required permit. The violation that was issued March 10 was in regards to a home in the Olney-Glenmont area […]

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March 29, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

‘A Lot of Adults in the Room’: Video of County Police, School Staff Interaction with Kindergartener Goes National

The 51 minute police camera video that vividly showed two Montgomery County Police (MCPD) officers verbally berating and handcuffing a five-year-old East Silver Spring Elementary School kindergartner who ran from the school building — has gone viral — creating a storm of outrage on social media that spread far beyond the county borders. The video […]

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March 26, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Concerned Residents Show Solidarity for Asian American, Pacific Islander Community

A crowd of Asian American residents and supporters marched from Sligo Creek Parkway to the Silver Spring Civic Center Friday night, carrying signs against racism – in particular anti-Asian hate and violence. Meghana Narayan, whose family is from Southern India, was still reeling after learning that a man with a gun had killed eight people, […]

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March 26, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Council Approves Limited Number of Spectators at Sporting Events

The Montgomery County Council unanimously agreed on Friday to allow two spectators for each athlete, up to a maximum of 50 people, at sporting events as long as those spectators are in an area with a barrier between them and the athletes and coaches. The new recommendations take effect on April 2 at 5 p.m. […]

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