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Arts On The Block, a nonprofit in Kensington that works with youth and gives them a space to create mosaics, illuminated mosaics and more. Teens spend their Saturdays on projects to be displayed on other nonprofits and residents’ houses. The organization helps more than 300 teens a year. To be part of the projects, each […]

Two people were injured when a car struck them as they were waiting for a bus along Connecticut Avenue Saturday morning. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, the two hit were an 18-year-old girl and a 63-year-old man. The driver who hit them was also injured. Northbound Connecticut Avenue lanes are […]

UPDATED 8:36 p.m. Police report that Labiru Adikari has been located safe and unharmed. ORIGINAL POST Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department’s Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Kensington juvenile. According to police, Labiru Adikari, age 12, of the 11200 block of Woodson Avenue in Kensington, […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department are investigating a nighttime residential burglary that occurred early on Feb. 1 in Kensington. Investigators need your help to identify the suspect. According to a police account, at approximately 2:34 a.m., officers responded to a residence in the 11900 block of Coronada Place in Kensington for the report […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a series of eight vandalisms in Kensington as a hate crime. Police said the vandalism is believed to have occurred overnight on Friday, Dec. 26 to Saturday, Dec. 27 in the 4200 block of Brookfield Drive, the 4200 block of Matthews Lane and the 13400 block of Summit Avenue. […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Police are reporting that the suspect arrested for an attempted kidnapping yesterday afternoon has been linked to previous assaults. A bond review is set for today. Police have also released a mugshot of the suspect. Mug shot of Christian A Jordan pic.twitter.com/oNZ4kcH1lc — Montgomery Co Police (@mcpnews) December 12, 2014 Wheaton assault […]

Someone set fire to a playground in Kensington Monday night and fire officials are searching for the person responsible. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer tweeted Monday night about 11 p.m. that a playground in the 3500 block of Plyers Mills Road in Kensington was on fire. Tuesday, he said via Twitter that […]

The Montgomery County Planning Board has its first Latino member. On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council appointed Natali Fani-Gonzalez of Kensington to the council to fill the seat of Francoise Carrier, whose term expired in June.  Fani-Gonzalez will serve a four-year term. Carrier was chairperson of the board and on July 15 the Council designated boardmember Casey Anderson […]

UPDATED,  Sept. 17, 1 p.m.- Shantol Ramela Anderson, who was missing from Kensington, has been found, according to a tweet from Montgomery County Police. Police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing Kensington teen. Police are concerned for the welfare of Shantol Ramela Anderson, 18, of the 4100 block of Plyers Mill Road in […]

This weekend Kensington will celebrate Labor Day with an artistic flourish: in addition to the 47th Annual Kensington Labor Day Parade and Festival, the town will host its annual Paint the Town arts festival and related Plein Air Competition. “Kensington’s annual Labor Day festivities showcase the creative spirit that makes our town so vibrant and […]