BETHESDA – The cutoff jeans moving lazily in the wind belie their meaning. Each one represents someone who died from an overdose. The project, created by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, is on-disp…
African Americans have higher mortality rate than other county residents
SILVER SPRING – African Americans in Montgomery County have an infant mortality rate that is 237% higher than other ethnic groups living here, according to County Executive Marc Elrich. Their mortalit…
Gaithersburg, Sen. Waldstreicher file lawsuit against DHS
SILVER SPRING – The City of Gaithersburg, Baltimore City, Maryland Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher (D-18) and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington have filed a lawsuit against the U.S.…
MedStar opens two cancer centers in Olney
SILVER SPRING – MedStar Montgomery Medical Center (MMMC) announced the opening of an outpatient oncology center and a breast health and imaging center at its Olney community hospital. “As a community …
Questions arise after MCPS spends $415,000 on single-use water bottles
ROCKVILLE – Despite its emphasis on sustainability and recycling, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) spent $415,000 on single-use water bottles during the 2018-2019 school year. The district purc…
Helmet therapy could help those with OCD
SILVER SPRING – A non-invasive treatment designed to help people deal with obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is available locally after being approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration abo…
MCPS staff can use recreation facilities for free
ROCKVILLE – Teaching and working with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students can be stressful, declared County Councilman At-Large Gabe Albornoz on Sept. 28. To ensure that those educators t…
Volunteer firefighter departments receive federal grants
SILVER SPRING – Volunteer firefighter departments in Montgomery County received about $780,000 of federal grant money to fund and retain their recruits. Most of the money, $536,000, was awarded to the…
County students walk out of school for climate strike protest
SILVER SPRING – One hundred fifty Northwood and Montgomery Blair High School students walked out of their classes and marched down busy Colesville Road on Sept. 20, carrying signs and chanting, “Whose…
FutureFest showcases science to county’s youth
SILVER SPRING – Hundreds of young people created robots, learned about pollution, built wooden cars and made 3D models during a daylong FutureFest at the Silver Spring Civic Building on Sept. 15. The …
