ROCKVILLE – State Sen. William Smith Jr. (D-20), who chairs the senate’s Veterans Caucus, is being deployed to Afghanistan in about six weeks. He expects to miss the last 10 days of the current legisl…
Fight to memorialize Moses Cemetery continues
KENSINGTON – The best way to memorialize Moses Cemetery, the historically black cemetery that lies beneath the parking area of the Westwood Tower apartments in Bethesda, continues to be hotly debated,…
It is over, but the memories linger
SILVER SPRING – Most of the 100 federal employees and contractors who feasted on Chinese food, turkey legs, pizza and baked goods at the Feb. 8 community dinner have received all the back pay they ar…
Health care sign up increases slightly
ROCKVILLE – Despite the federal government’s efforts to kill the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more county residents enrolled in the Maryland Health Connection for 2019 than they did the previous y…
Families remain apart as Muslim Ban enters third year
SILVER SPRING – It’s been two years since President Donald Trump issued an executive order to greatly reduce the number of refugees from certain countries who are allowed to enter the United States. K…
New Watkins Mill interchange will delay traffic
ROCKVILLE – Prepare for evening road delays this month on I-270 in Gaithersburg. Work to create a new interchange at Watkins Mill Road and I-270 will cause lane closures and total stoppages during Feb…
Elrich seeks ways to balance proposed budget
BETHESDA – Calling his proposed Fiscal Year 2020 operating budget “really, really constrained,” County Executive Marc Elrich said he still must pare $182 million from the $5.6-billion budget before re…
Woman sentenced for driving over, dragging pedestrian
ROCKVILLE – Bianca Machuca was sentenced to 18 months in the county detention center for negligent homicide, following a night of drinking, after which she drove over a pedestrian and continued drivin…
County leaders join together to lend a hand for all women
ROCKVILLE – The 39th annual Women’s Legislative Briefing held at The Universities at Shady Grove on Jan. 27 brought together more than 700 people, mostly female, who were eager to celebrate recent el…
Silver Spring students create mural of community highlighting unity
SILVER SPRING – Nine-hundred-and-seventy-three unique squares and triangles now grace the walls of Eastern Middle School in a large wall mural that involved every student at the Silver Spring school. …