Communities

October 1, 2021 | Michael Hernández

Mes de la Herencia Hispana: Lorna Virgilí

Por más de una década, Lorna Virgilí ha desempeñado un papel clave como portavoz hispana del condado de Montgomery. Su compromiso con la comunidad hispana siempre ha sido su prioridad desde que asumió este puesto en el 2009. La comunicadora de origen cubano representa a los medios en el especial del Mes de la Herencia […]

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September 30, 2021 | Staff Writer

First Responders Celebrate 2-Year Old Kensington Boy with ‘Heart of Gold’

First responders with Montgomery County Police Department and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services brightened the day of 2-year-old boy from Kensington earlier this week. Several members of the fire and rescue units showed up to celebrate with Conor Kehoe, his family and friends on Monday. Kehoe was diagnosed with T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on Dec. […]

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September 30, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

‘Amazingly Generous County’ Creates Backlog of Donations at Interfaith Works

A combination of too many donations and too few volunteers created a backlog at Interfaith Works that forced the non-profit to stop accepting donations until Oct. 19 at its clothing center on Twinbrook Parkway in Rockville. “We live in just an amazingly generous county,” declared Betsy Cheakalos, director of family services at Interfaith Works. During […]

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September 30, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Rockville Celebrates Designation of its First National Landmark Friday

In honor of the Frieda Fromm-Reichmann Cottage in Rockville becoming a national landmark, Peerless Rockville plans a celebration at the rental property Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The outdoor event at 19 Thomas Street follows the Jan. 13 designation by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior that the home of Fromm-Reichmann, who was […]

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September 29, 2021 | Andrea Sarralde

El Condado Amplía el Servicio de Transporte Gratuito en Autobús

El Concejo del Condado de Montgomery aprobó por unanimidad una resolución que permite a los residentes viajar en el servicio de autobús Ride On de forma gratuita hasta el 1 de enero de 2022. Los líderes del condado pudieron extender el servicio antes de que expirara la exención, el jueves. La decisión se tomó en […]

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September 29, 2021 | Ceoli Jacoby

Burtonsville Day Parade Celebrates Diversity with “Better Together” Theme

The 30th annual Burtonsville Day Parade and Festival took place on Sept. 25, according to the event’s flyer. The 29th annual Parade and Festival was held in 2019, while the 2020 Parade and Festival was cancelled due to the pandemic. Burtonsville Parade and Community Day was a hit on Saturday. The weather was great and, […]

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September 28, 2021 | Travis Chase

County Extends Free Ride On Bus Service

The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a resolution that will continue to allow residents to travel on the Ride On bus service for free through Jan. 1, 2022. County leaders were able to extend the service before the waiver expired on Thursday. The decision came at a Montgomery County Council meeting where county leaders and […]

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September 28, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Fifty Years and Counting, Crossing Guard Keeps Protecting Students

For the past 50 years, through all kinds of weather, Doris Rodgers continues to blow her whistle and escort Takoma Park students on their way to and from school. Tuesday morning, the 80-year-old mother to four and grandmother to six, kept her eyes riveted on all four corners at Philadelphia and Maple Avenues, by the […]

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September 27, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Court Hearing on Sale of Land that Includes Former Black Cemetery Features Powerful Testimony

After almost 12 hours of testimony Monday, a preliminary injunction on whether to allow the Housing Opportunities Commission to sell land in Bethesda that was a former Black cemetery will continue Friday. Judge Karla Smith of Montgomery County Circuit Court scheduled closing arguments for late Friday afternoon on whether the HOC’s proposed sale of Westwood […]

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September 27, 2021 | Maryam Shahzad

Leaders, Residents Gather in Rockville to Remember Victims of Lynching 

The Montgomery County community gathered Sunday in Rockville to memorialize two Black men who were lynched in the late 1800s. John Diggs-Dorsey was lynched in 1880 and Sidney Randolph in 1896, according to Montgomery History documents. Diggs-Dorsey was accused of assault in 1880 and was in jail when a white mob took him and lynched […]

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