Christmas Eve 2025 Happy belated Chanukah, Merry Christmas, and Happy Kwanzaa! It has been a long and supremely challenging year. The hateful, short-sighted, vindictive policies of the Trump Administration have made every day a new nightmare. Where should I begin? Disrespecting our …
Continue ReadingDecember 8, 2025 The MoCoShow Montgomery History, the county’s historical society since 1944, has announced a $1 million gift from publisher and philanthropist Knight Kiplinger to launch its capital campaign for a new Montgomery County History Center in downtown Rockville. …
Continue ReadingDecember 2, 2025 Politico By Brakkton Booker His party is on a cross-country redistricting win streak. But Maryland’s Senate president isn’t ready to go along. When Wes Moore and Bill Ferguson stood together in a Baltimore bar on a sweltering Saturday …
Continue ReadingNovember 20, 2025 Montgomery Perspective Many rumors are circulating about activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Trump administration. Some rumors don’t pan out, but others do. (Check out how ICE agents menaced Council Member Kristin Mink last …
Continue ReadingNovember 17, 2025 WTOP by Kate Ryan More than 6,000 students in the Montgomery County Public Schools system receive a variety of mental health programs and services funded by more than $9 million in Maryland grant money. On Monday, school …
Continue ReadingDecember 23, 2025 The Baltimore Sun by Jean Marbella Fifteen years later, Maryland Sen. Cheryl Kagan said she still thinks of her friend Carl Henn, struck by lightning during a fierce storm that swept through Rockville and whose friends got …
Continue ReadingDecember 8, 2025 Washington Jewish Week Explore some upcoming events in Jewish DMV, from a panel discussion on local women in leadership to community Chanukah festivities. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 YOUNG FAMILY SERVICE FEATURING ARTIST JASON MESCHES Join Temple Rodef Shalom …
Continue ReadingDecember 2, 2025 Maryland Association of Counties by Kevin Kinnally Garrett County bolstered its emergency response system by moving 9-1-1 communications under the Emergency Management Division and relocating operations to the County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC). This shift improves coordination …
Continue ReadingNovember 17, 2025 Baltimore Banner by Talia Richman Maryland Sen. Cheryl Kagan (D-Montgomery County), center right, celebrates the signing of an oversized check for $9 million while at a Monday morning Quince Orchard High School event in Gaithersburg. (Talia Richman/The Banner) …
Continue ReadingNovember 16, 2025 Maryland Matters By: Bryan P. Sears and Christine Condon Ferguson appears to have a solid hold on the votes he needs to block redistricting, but Moore has a narrow path to changing the vote Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson …
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