For four hours on Jan. 11, more than 400 Montgomery County Public Schools students, parents and educators gathered at Earle B. Wood Middle School for the third annual MCPS Montgomery County Council of PTA (MCCPTA) Mental Health and Wellness Forum…
The City of Gaithersburg’s new community-wide initiative, “Gaithersburg READS!”, will begin with a novel by a native daughter. The plan is for all participants to read “American Dirt,” due out Jan. 21, and for its author, Jeanine Cummins, to return…
Ukrainian Holocaust survivor Maya Krakovsky, 84, was deeply saddened by the recent violent attack on Jews in New York as 2019 drew to a close, and the Jewish Hanukkah eight-day festival of lights ended. Krakovsky has survived so much sadness…
As a part of a Jan. 27 work session, the Gaithersburg Mayor and City Council will be considering opting in to Bill 52-14, the Montgomery County Healthy Lawns Act. In 2015, the Montgomery County Council passed the legislation that aims…
One of Megan Prikhodko’s bucket list items was to edit a book. She achieved this goal several years ago, and the experience led the Lakelands resident to publishing a book of her very own. “Leap” is a collection of 15…
Ice hockey is one of the most popular sports in the DMV. The Washington Capitals, the local professional hockey team, have been in the top half of the NHL in attendance every year since 2008. Since the Caps 2018 Stanley…
With the City elections firmly behind us and as we embark on a new year, I call on the Mayor and City Council to focus 2020 on the pursuit of an economic development strategy that is centered around the advancement…
Quince Orchard boys’ basketball has gotten off to a hot start this 2019-2020 season. After dropping their first game of the season to Walter Johnson, the team’s play has heated up with five wins, including regular season victories against Whitman…
The Chanukah Fire Truck Parade made its fourth stop in Kentlands Market Square on Monday, Dec. 23, bringing live music and singing, fire jugglers and the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department fire truck decorated with a four-foot menorah. This local Chanukah…
Holding a 5-4 record so far, 2-1 in their division, the Quince Orchard Lady Cougars basketball team, coached by Bobby Bishop and led by Senior Captains Paige McNeal and Makayla Wright, along with Junior Captain Alex Boggs, have high expectations…