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Street Fest to Combine Activities and Advocacy Tomorrow
Attendees can combine activities and advocacy at the second Montgomery Hills Street Fest scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21 from 3–7 p.m. The festival will be held on Columbia Boulevard, between Seminary Road and 16th Street, and feature local artisans who specialize in pottery, painting, fused class, jewelry and clay pendants, along with food and entertainment.
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County Launches Shutdown Portal; Groups Offering Meals, Food Distribution
The Montgomery County website has a new portal where the county’s federal workers and contractors affected by the government shutdown can find information about assistance available to them. The portal […]
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Elrich Transition Underway, Focus is on Outcomes, Personnel
The transition to County Executive-elect Marc Elrich’s administration is well underway, as his team focuses on seven broad “priority outcomes” and potential candidates for government positions. While Elrich has announced […]
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County Receives Second Federal Grant for Electric Busses
The county’s Department of Transportation has received a second grant from the Federal Transit Administration to replace diesel busses with 10 new electric busses. The grant for $4.365 million follows […]
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Montgomery Hills Residents to Hold First Street Festival Saturday
Residents of six neighborhoods along the Georgia Avenue corridor have joined together to plan the first Montgomery Hills Street Fest, which will be held Saturday, Sept. 29 from 3-7 p.m.
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Chess Center Moving Headquarters to Silver Spring
The U.S. Chess Center is moving to new headquarters at 8560 Second Ave. in Silver Spring and is celebrating its grand opening with three free events tomorrow (Sept. 8).
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Yellow Line Rush Hour Service to Fort Totten to be Extended
The Yellow Line’s rush hour service will be extended this summer as two Red Line stations are closed for maintenance, according to an announcement from Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-8th District) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-District of Columbia).
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County Council At-Large Candidate: Chris Wilhelm
Photo of the candidate courtesy Chris Wilhelm. Why are you running for County Council? I am running for office because I hope to address some of the misconceptions about Montgomery […]
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Local students stage walkout, march to Washington for gun control
Students head down Colesville Road for a march on Washginton. Several hundred Montgomery Blair High School students joined others from the area yesterday to march on Washington to demand new […]