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The Montgomery County Council recognized Rockville resident Haley Skarupa, a former Wootton High School student, with a proclamation for her ice hockey accomplishments. Councilmember Sidney Katz presented the proclamation on Tuesday:

Eric Guerci, the new Student Member of the Board of Education, shared his thoughts about the car crash that killed two recent graduates from Wootton High School in this MyMCMedia Extra. Related:

“It was one bad mistake that turned our lives upside down and I no longer have my son.” Those were the words from Alexander Murk’s father to the hundreds of his Wootton classmates who gathered to mourn Alex, 18 of Potomac and Calvin Jia-Xing Li, 18 of Rockville who both died when the car they […]

The principal of Wootton High School says the the school will offer grief counseling for the community on Monday. Principal Michael Doran posted a letter on the school’s website on Friday following a fatal car crash that claimed the life of two students late Thursday night. “As many of you might have seen on the […]

Montgomery County Police Captain Tom Didone held a news conference Friday afternoon to discuss the fatal car crash that claimed the life of two teenagers shortly before midnight in North Potomac. You can watch the news briefing below: Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department-Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) continue to investigate a single- vehicle, double […]

The Quince Orchard High School lacrosse program has one team moving on to the next round of the Class 4a Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association playoffs, and another knocked off in round two. The boys varsity team ousted Magruder Friday night. The boys will move on to face Wootton High School on Monday in the […]

The Wootton High School girls varsity lacrosse took it to the Quince Orchard team early and never let up, beating the Cougars 13-4 Saturday morning in Rockville. Wootton scored the first four goals of the game and its defense shut down scoring opportunities for Quince Orchard. Photographer Phil Fabrizio has some highlights of the game. […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) placed six high schools on a U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) schools in the country.U.S. News looked at the top 500 public schools from its latest Best High Schools rankings, and evaluated student participation and success on Advanced Placement science and math tests. The rankings are based […]

The Wootton High School boys soccer team, which won the Maryland 4A state boys soccer championship last fall for the first time in the 42 year history of the school, was honored by the Montgomery County Council on Feb. 12. The Patriots last advanced to the state tournament in 1990, which was before any of […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating the cause of a blaze at the Marlo building at 725 Rockville Pike. When firefighters arrived shortly after 6:10 p.m. on July 25 there were flames shooting from the second floor roof, according to Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham. Approximately 85 firefighters responded to the blaze and two suffered heat-related […]