One of the intersections which creates some of the longest backups for commuters will become a little easier to navigate next month. The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration plans to complete construct and begin the operations of a new traffic light at the west end of Clopper Road, where it intersects with Clarksburg Road in Boyds and the nearby intersection of Clarksburg Road and Barnesville Road. According to Charlie Gischlar, public informat

Prepare to be amazed as your child gains ninja coding skills and confidence along their journey from white to black belt at Germantown’s newest spot to code for kids. The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce supported Code Ninjas and celebrated the grand opening of their new location by conducting a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 27. They are located at 12974 Middlebrook Road in Germantown. At Code Ninjas, kids (ages 7-14) can have fun building video games

Montgomery County Police don’t know exactly how a 16-year-old boy with autism walked from Rockville to Damascus, but they know he was found walking by himself along Ridge Road at about 2:00 pm on Monday. Police announced that a Montgomery County Public Schools paraeducator, Alfredo Lopez, has been arrested and charged with two counts of neglect of a minor after two teenage students with Autism and an Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) separately walked away from

Two local Germantown House of Delegate representatives were among the 11 Maryland Delegates to pen a letter to Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger and Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy requesting that local police officials conduct an investigation into sexual abuse claims made by Christine Blasey Ford and others leveled against Supreme Court Justice Nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The letter was dated September 25 and signed by District 39 Delegates Kirill R

Have you ever wanted to check out a fire truck, ambulance, or police cruiser? Do you know someone who aspires to be a firefighter, paramedic, EMT, or police officer? Don’t miss the Germantown Public Safety Open House this Saturday in Germantown. The Germantown Volunteer Fire Department will host its annual Public Safety Open House this Saturday, Sept. 29 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Tour the vehicles, meet your local first responders and fire celebrity, “Sparky,” play games, ju

The Montgomery County Council is seeking applicants for a four-year term on the County Board of Appeals. The term of Edwin Rosado (Unaffiliated) will expire in September 2018. He does not plan to apply for reappointment. Applications for the position must be received no later than 5:00 pm on Wednesday, October 10. By law, no more than three members of the Board shall be from the same political party. This position can only be filled by a Republican, a voter who is unaffiliate

The Montgomery County Planning Department, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is offering free trees to qualifying property owners in Montgomery County’s urban districts. The Shades of Green program, which was launched in 2012 as a pilot program, is now expanding to all urban road code areas of the County in an effort to enhance the tree canopy cover within the most impervious areas of the county. The Shades of Green program is now offering fr

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice has selected ten Montgomery County Public School students as finalists for his Councilmember for a Day challenge. The winner of this challenge will be selected at a reception starting at 6:00 pm on Oct. 24, immediately before the Council’s youth town hall meeting, which will take place the same evening beginning at 7 p.m. Both the reception and the Council’s youth town hall meeting will take place at the Montgomery County Council Bui

The Northwest Lady Jaguars volleyball team has accumulated a record of 94-1 since 2015. The Lady Jags have not lost a match since October 19, 2016, all on the way to winning three Maryland State 4A Championships. The Lady Jags are a juggernaut, and they are on hoping to claim their fourth-straight title. Northwest and Head Coach Stephanie Blake have an unblemished 6-0 record thus far in 2018 and have not lost a game or match. The Lady Jags continued their unbeaten streak with

The Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes, a leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding the lives of severely wounded veterans of the War on Terror, presented a $25,000 grant to the Rockville-based Madison House Autism Foundation to fund Commercial Greenhouse Project at the foundation’s Madison Fields farm located in Dickerson. The presentation was made during a ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Madison Fields, located at 21355 Big Woods Road in Dickerson. The

If Robin Ficker is elected County Executive, he would fire Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas J. Manger and replace him with a Deputy Commander from the 5th District in Germantown, according to reports. According to MyMCMedia, Ficker made the remarks at Monday night’s County Executive Candidates Debate in Rockville. The event was sponsored by the Rockville-based The Sentinel newspaper. Ficker said he would replace Chief Manger with Jae Hwang, who is the Republican candidat

To cap off an exciting pre-season, BlackRock presents Keyon Harrold, a Grammy Award-winning talent, who Wynton Marsalis proclaimed as “the future of the trumpet” and Rolling Stone cited as “10 New Artists You Need To Know Now.” Harrold will take the stage on Friday, September 28, at 8:00 pm as part of BlackRock’s new Friday Night Series. Harrold is known for pushing musical boundaries through his compositions and improvisational style and pulls elements of jazz, R&B, pop, gos