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Strathmore in North Bethesda is offering a campus-wide outdoor nighttime exhibit called “Monuments: Creative Forces” through Oct. 25. The purpose of the exhibit is to challenge norms about who monuments are made for, according to the music center. Australian artist Craig Walsh honors six artists who are alive and actively contributing to society. Video portraits […]

Update (October 8): Officers from both the Montgomery County Police Department and Gaithersburg Police Department arrested and charged 30-year-old Samrat Lama for the armed robbery of a WellsFargo bank in Gaithersburg on Tuesday. An employee called 9-1-1 shortly after 10:00 a.m. and stated that the bank located on the 600 block of North Frederick Avenue was […]

The November 3 election is quickly approaching, and residents who are voting-by-mail can also drop off their completed ballot at a drop box location. As of Wednesday, there is a total of 25 ballot drop boxes available throughout Montgomery County. Before the onset of early voting, there will be a total of 50 drop boxes […]

El Concejal hispano Gabe Albornoz, quien representa a todos los residentes en el condado de Montgomery, habla sobre el rastreo de contactos y la importancia de que los hispanos se hagan la prueba de Covid-19. Esto es sólo una parte de la iniciativa “Por Nuestra Salud y Bienestar”, promulgada por Albornoz junto a la Concejal […]

Music lovers in the Washington DC metropolitan area have been out of sorts since the start of the pandemic as many local venues have had to close due to COVID-19. Performing artists have had to find creative ways to connect with their audiences. Many have been successful as some still struggle with the changes. Alison […]

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss: Opponents line up against the nine council districts ballot question Two major state ballot initiatives The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Who came out on top in the first Presidential debate held […]

After President Donald Trump was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Monday evening, where he was treated for coronavirus, County Executive Marc Elrich tweeted a message to the president: As you celebrate, we are thinking about the over 210,000 Americans, and over 800 of our neighbors, lost to COVID. Fear didn’t take their […]

Los números más recientes de septiembre indican que el 63 por ciento de los nuevos casos de Covid-19 en el condado de Montgomery son hispanos, una comunidad que representa el 20 por ciento de la población del condado, pero que tiene el número más alto de infecciones. A pesar de que el porcentaje es aún […]

A menos de un mes de las elecciones generales del 3 de noviembre, y en medio de la pandemia covid-19, el Concejal Gabe Albornoz recuerda a los votantes hispanos sobre la importancia de su participación en las elecciones generales y sobre las opciones disponibles para aquellos que deseen depositar su voto por correo y no […]

The county’s COVID-19 Rent Relief Program is providing short-term rental assistance to eligible households in need, and it’s not too late to apply. The program will grant up to $4,000 to each household to help cover the cost for back rent or rent credit for future months. Although about 2,300 residents have applied so far, […]