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Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Highway Services continues snow removal and plowing operations today. MCDOT crews have been working around the clock to clear emergency and primary roads and this morning have returned to retreat these roads because of overnight icing. Crews have also begun plowing operations in neighborhoods. The initial objective for the […]

Montgomery County Public Schools officials have announced that schools are closed on Monday and Tuesday of this week. All school, childcare and community activities in school buildings are canceled. Montgomery County Public Schools will also be closed Tuesday, Jan. 26, because of the emergency weather conditions. All school and community activities in school buildings are […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett, Department of Transportation (DOT) Acting Director Al Roshdieh and Highway Operations Chief Richard Dorsey talked about the county’s snow preparations today at the Equipment Maintenance Operations Center in Rockville. According to Leggett, the county’s priority is clearing primary and secondary roads. He said the county is preparing for between 12 […]

With a winter storm predicted to hit Montgomery County this week,  the question on everyone’s mind is, will there be a snow day? The “MoCo Snow” blog is one way residents can find aggregated weather predictions, and students can gauge if winter conditions will cause school closings or delays in Montgomery County. Founder of “MoCo […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Roger Berliner, George Leventhal and Craig Rice joined leaders of many groups that work to help the County’s less fortunate residents on Jan. 19 to recognize “Poverty in America Awareness Month.” Statistically, Montgomery is one of the most affluent jurisdictions in the country, but there is a less visible population as seven […]

UPDATED Jan. 13th Montgomery County police report that Evelyn Wang has been found safe and unharmed. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County police officers need your help to find a missing Silver Spring woman. According to police, Evelyn New Wang, age 41, of the 2300 block of Massanutten Drive in the Longmead area of Silver Spring, left a […]

There are three Board of Education (BOE) seats up for election this year, and the race for the at large seat currently held by Olney resident Phil Kauffman, and who has filed for reelection, is heating up. Silver Spring resident Jeanette Dixon, a former principal, and Takoma Park resident Sebastian Johnson , who once served as a […]

UPDATED The Montgomery County Animal Services Division (ASD) has gained custody of the 66 dogs seized from a Rockville area home on Jan. 1. Katherine Zenzano, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center (MCASAC), said all the dogs are in the legal custody of the shelter and some of the dogs […]