A Montgomery County Public Schools bus off the roadway against a utility pole on Central Avenue in Gaithersburg, with fire apparatus on scene

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A school bus driver was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon after the bus left Central Avenue near Frederick Road in Gaithersburg and struck a utility pole. No students were on board. The driver “likely experienced a medical emergency” before the bus veered into trees and hit the pole, Montgomery County FireContinue Reading

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Written by Rachel Migone, August 22, 2026 Emotions are contagious. As the audience settled into their seats at the Strathmore Music Center, there was a buzz of excitement and camaraderie throughout the hall. Everywhere I looked, people were hugging each other in greeting and laughing in anticipation of hearing LedisiContinue Reading

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 The show, from Seattle Children’s Theatre, runs September 26-October 18 Originally Published by Imagination Stage, August 20, 2026 BETHESDA, MD (August 20, 2026). Imagination Stage™, the metro DC region’s largest professional theatre for young audiences and leader in positive youth development through the arts, is thrilled to welcome Chicka Chicka BoomContinue Reading

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In: 2026 Elections, County Council, Elections, Local Government

Submitted by Robert Stubblefield and Mike Puskar. As the Board of Elections finished tabulating votes in Montgomery County’s Democratic primary for County Council At-Large, perhaps the most intriguing story is not simply who won the race, but who may have emerged as its most consequential new political figure. That distinctionContinue Reading

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Montgomery County Public Schools is holding six back-to-school fairs on Saturday, August 22, replacing its single countywide event with regional sites designed to improve access for families across the county. The fairs will run at different times at Albert Einstein, Paint Branch, Wheaton, Richard Montgomery, Gaithersburg, and Seneca Valley highContinue Reading

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Amanda Levin founded NeuroSpice Girls to create what she couldn’t find when her family first began navigating neurodivergence: a community built around friendship, humor, and real-time support for moms raising neurodivergent kids in the DMV area. In the fourth episode of Moderately Mic’d, Levin shares the personal path that ledContinue Reading