Construction for a 26-story multi-use building is expected to begin this fall at the former site of Progress Place in Silver Spring. Planned at the lot that borders the railroad tracks and the Metropo…
CASA granted $1 million grant to train organizations
CASA, which assists immigrants and individuals with low incomes, received a $1-million grant to start a training institute to help similar organizations throughout the country. CASA is one of 10 organ…
Gaithersburg-based printing company to use 3D printing for drug development
A Gaithersburg company agreed to collaborate with a startup company to develop 3D bioprinted tissues that will enable drug companies to develop and test new drugs. Medimmune, the biologics research an…
WSSC agrees to spend $2 million to upgrade Potomac plant in Montgomery County
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission voted to upgrade its Potomac Water Filtration Plant over the next two years at a cost of $2 million. Last week, WSSC agreed to award a contract to William Schol…
Rockville biotech company plans to double work force in five years
A Rockville biotech company specializing in gene therapy announced plans to expand, with the goal of doubling its work force within five years. Regenxbio started in 2015 with 12 employees. It currentl…
Musician speaks at local synagogue on race relations and hate crimes
OLNEY— Additional police or extra security won’t stop hate crimes in America, claimed Daryl Davis, a self-appointed activist who has befriended many Ku Klux Klansmen, enabling some of them to eventual…
Bethesda church offers sanctuary to undocumented immigrant
By Suzanne Pollak @SuzannePollak BETHESDA — A 40-year-old mother of three from El Salvador now resides in a Bethesda church, refusing to return to her native El Salvador although ordered to do so b…
Local resident receives humanitarian award for volunteer work with hospice
By Suzanne Pollak @SuzannePollak When Judy Davis visited her dying friend, a former kindergarten teacher, Davis said that her friend talked about the profound effect that her hospice volunteer work…
Gold Star parent Khizr Khan speaks at Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase
By Suzanne Pollak @SuzannePollak CHEVY CHASE — Khizr Khan, the Gold Star parent who gave an impassioned speech at the 2016 Democratic convention denouncing then-presidential candidate Donald Trump …
A pastor and hero of the Flower Branch fire won’t be deported
By Suzanne Pollak @SuzannePollak BALTIMORE — A pastor who fled his Flower Branch apartment two years ago during a gas explosion that killed seven people only to turn around and head back into the f…