SILVER SPRING – Adventist HealthCare’s new medical center in East County will begin serving patients on Aug. 25. “White Oak Medical Center will allow us to provide high-quality, high-touch care in a p…
Councilman Jawando urges nonprofit to work for police reform, racial equality
BETHESDA – Councilman Will Jawando urged members of Jews United for Justice (JU4J) to work for police reform and racial equality during an Aug. 5 meeting at Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation …
Local leaders react to Elrich’s immigration executive order
SILVER SPRING — County Executive Marc Elrich has not been contacted by the federal government since he announced his executive order on July 22 to bar any communication or collaboration between county…
SS college student wins award
SILVER SPRING – Hope Thomas of Silver Spring recently earned a prestigious advertising award, which helped her obtain her dream job as a copywriter at an advertising agency in Richmond, Va. Thomas att…
Musicians offer way to save National Philharmonic
TAKOMA PARK – A National Philharmonic violist announced that he had raised more than half-a-million dollars to allow the orchestra that plays at The Music Center at Strathmore to hold its 2020-2021 se…
Jewish Community protest movie screening
ROCKVILLE – A movie that the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington (JCRC) described as “a full frontal assault on Israel’s legitimacy” will be shown July 2…
MCP officer charged with using excessive force in Aspen Hill
ROCKVILLE – Montgomery County prosecutors have charged police officer Kevin Moris with second-degree assault and misconduct in office following a July 3 incident where he was seen kneeing a handcuffed…
Panel on police policies debated
ROCKVILLE – A proposed Policing Advisory Commission designed to study police department practices, and whose members would be chosen by councilmembers and the county executive, was both praised as a g…
Quick acting teen lifeguard saves child
SILVER SPRING – A recent Quince Orchard High School graduate helped save a four-year-old child from nearly drowning at Stoneridge Community Pool and Tennis on Muddy Branch Road in Gaithersburg. Around…
Minimum wage will jump to $13 an hour in July
SILVER SPRING – On July 1, the county’s minimum wage will rise to $13 an hour, with the goal of becoming $15 an hour on July 1, 2021. The rate jumps to $13 an hour for businesses with 51 or more emplo…