Over the long Fourth of July weekend, the family took an entertaining trip to the small Indiana town of Hawkins. Hawkins is very much like Germantown; it boasts a hardworking populace, a brave and dedicated police department, curious and smart youth, and a rather large Department of Energy installat...

Many drivers were dreading the trip back to work this morning after a long July Fourth Weekend of fireworks, fun, and freedom, and this morning’s weather made that trip ever more frightful. Many drivers in Germantown were met with more challenges than usual on their first trip back to work on Monday...

The Washington Spirit suffered their first defeat in over two months in a 2-1 loss to the defending champion North Carolina Courage.

   The Spirit played a strong first half highlighted by multiple highlight saves by Aubrey Bledsoe. Among them was a deflection over the bar following a well-hit shot f...

Montgomery County will again host an Independence Day fireworks displays on July 4 -- Germantown Glory at the Maryland SoccerPlex in the South Germantown Recreational Park in Germantown will start at approximately 9:15 pm on Thursday, July 4.

    Germantown Glory will kick off at 7:00 pm with a conce...

The Washington Spirit, the team which was at, or near, the bottom of the standings for the entire 2018 season, are currently the top team in the NWSL and are riding a seven game unbeaten streak. The Spirit are 5-1-3 and have not lost a game since week two of the season.

   The Spirit will host defend...

For the ninth year in a row, Germantown resident Juliet Lee will the participants in the women’s competition of Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest.

   The 2019 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest will take place in Coney Island from 11:...

Three teenage girls needed to be taken to the Emergency Room after they were beaten by a group of individuals last Friday evening outside of a public pool in Germantown.

   Montgomery County Police confirmed to Germantown Pulse that the attack occurred on Friday, June 21 at about 6:30 pm at the Germa...

The Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control is changing its name to Alcohol Beverage Services as of July 1.

   The new name is designed to reflect recent changes at the department, including an emphasis on customer service.

    “Over the past two years, we have worked tirelessly to improve...

Casey Anderson was reappointed as chairman and a new member was appointed to the Planning Board by the Montgomery County Council this week.

   On Tuesday, June 25, the Montgomery County Council voted unanimously to reappoint Casey Anderson as the chair of the five-member Montgomery County Planning Bo...

The free pizza and bagels have ended, at least temporarily, for members of the five Montgomery County locations of Planet Fitness including the Germantown location, after the County’s health department put the kibosh on the free carb-load this week.

   Planet Fitness notified members that Pizza Night...

A 30-year-old Germantown man faces up to 30 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and setting her car on fire back in March of 2018.

   “I am not a violent individual,” said Lunningham to the judge at his bond hearing back in March of 2018. He made that statement moments after the prosecutor fin...

Last week, Maryland Natural Resources Police charged the Lotte Plaza Market in Germantown with selling three bushels of egg-bearing female blue crabs — known as sponge crags — in violation of Maryland’s conservation laws.

   After receiving a tip, Maryland Natural Resources Police officers conducted...