The Board of Elections counted 9,698 valid signatures, short of the 10,000 required; the committee says at least 325 more should count, putting it at 10,023 or more

The group behind the “Stop the Spend” charter amendment is asking a judge to put the measure on the November ballot, arguing the Montgomery County Board of Elections wrongly rejected hundreds of valid signatures. The Committee to Control Montgomery County Spending filed a Petition for Judicial Review against the BoardContinue Reading

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

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

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

 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

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