6th Fear Haunted Trail opens tonight in North Potomac
The 6th Fear Haunted Trail opens tonight in North Potomac. This year’s theme is Camp Z, a camp overrun by zombies, and organizers are inviting visitors to “bring your friends and build up the courage to journey through the zombie infected Camp Z.” Scare nights: Friday, Oct. 30, and Sunday,Continue Reading
Tax Credits Clear Committee 3-0 With New Cost Estimates; Bodywork Bill Splits 3-2
The Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee voted 3-0 Thursday, Oct. 29, to recommend three property tax credit bills to the full Council, after a Department of Finance official gave the panel cost estimates higher than the figure in one bill’s written fiscal note. In aContinue Reading
A Montgomery County Fifth Grader’s Petition Asks Leaders to Extend the Data Center Pause
Eden, a 10-year-old Montgomery County fifth grader, has started a petition asking county leaders to keep the county’s pause on large data centers in place longer than 18 months, until there has been a long-term study of how they affect people, animals and the environment. Her parents asked that onlyContinue Reading
Montgomery Early Voting Finishes Up 66.6% Over 2022, 40% Below 2024’s Presidential Turnout
Montgomery County voters cast 93,190 early ballots in this year’s general election, according to final turnout data posted by the Maryland State Board of Elections. That is up 66.6% from the 55,942 ballots the county cast during early voting in 2022, the state’s last gubernatorial general election. Both totals coverContinue Reading
Montgomery County Puts Its Medicaid Loss Estimate at 1,082 Residents as Open Enrollment Opens
Montgomery County health officials gave the County Council a new figure Oct. 29 for how many residents are affected by a federal law that narrowed Medicaid eligibility for noncitizens starting Oct. 1: 1,082. Officials described the number in two ways. A slide shown to the Council’s Health and Human ServicesContinue Reading
Strathmore and Washington Performing Arts Team Up to Bring Jazz Greats to the Stage in 2026-27
Strathmore and Washington Performing Arts are teaming up to bring three jazz programs to North Bethesda during the 2026–27 season, featuring Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane, Matthew Whitaker, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.Continue Reading
Appeals Court Upholds Conviction in Wootton ‘Manuscript’ Threat Case
Maryland’s Appellate Court has upheld the conviction of a former Wootton High School student over a book describing a plan to shoot up his school, in a published opinion that for the first time interprets the state’s threat-of-mass-violence law. The court filed its decision, Ye v. State, on Oct. 28,Continue Reading
MCPS Says Every Bus Depot Is Over Capacity. Next Year, Some Buses Will Park at Its Own Properties.
Montgomery County Public Schools says it is running out of places to park its school buses, and that next school year it will park some of them at its own properties that will not be operating as schools. “ALL current transportation depots are operating exceeding capacity,” according to a slideContinue Reading
A Voter’s Guide to Super PACs in Montgomery County: Affordable Maryland PAC
This is Part 3 of a series on Super PACs in Montgomery County. Part 1 looked at CASA in Action PAC, and Part 2 looked at County Place PAC. Affordable Maryland PAC: Maryland Committee No. 13014854 In Montgomery County’s 2026 Democratic primary, Affordable Maryland PAC reported nearly $1.9 million inContinue Reading
MCPS’s Own Estimate to Replace a High School’s HVAC System Jumped Up to 57% in a Year
Replacing a single high school’s heating and cooling system now costs Montgomery County Public Schools $45 million to $55 million, up from the $30 million to $35 million the district projected a year ago, a 50% to 57% jump, according to a capital budget presentation MCPS administration gave the BoardContinue Reading