Fatima is a writing and reporting intern with Montgomery Community Media. She is a student at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she studies journalism and government and politics on a pre-law track. Reach out to her via email at fyazdi@mymcmedia.org or on Twitter @FatimaYazdi.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Dr. Monifa B. McKnight announced Wednesday that County schools are facing a “new beginning” this month with the 2022-2023 operating budget going into effect… Read More
Gov. Larry Hogan directed Maryland State Police Tuesday to suspend the ‘good and substantial reason’ standard used to review applications for Wear and Carry permits in the state, lowering Maryland’s… Read More
A rising junior at Winston Churchill High School (WCHS) has died, Principal John Taylor wrote in a letter to the school community Tuesday. He did not give a cause of death. … Read More
A fire at a two-story townhouse in Gaithersburg displaced five adults and three children Monday morning, causing approximately $125,000 in damages, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS)… Read More
Student Member of the Board of Education (SMOB) elect Arvin Kim will be sworn in as the 45th SMOB next Friday, July 8. The rising Walt Whitman High School senior… Read More
Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday expanded leave incentives for state employees to serve as local election judges for primary and general elections. For the first time, state contractual employees will… Read More
The Board of Education unanimously approved on Tuesday revised social studies frameworks for fourth and fifth grades, introducing a new learning standard for elementary students to be implemented starting the… Read More
A Nike Unite store will open this year in downtown Silver Spring at 910 Ellsworth Drive, the former location of DSW. The store will open “sometime this year,” an on-site… Read More
Montgomery County’s minimum wage for large employers will increase from $15 to $15.65 per hour on Friday. Minimum wage for mid-sized employers (11 to 50 employees) will increase from $14.00… Read More
There are three presumed cases of Monkeypox in the state, the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) announced Wednesday. All three presumed cases are recovering at home in isolation, MDH said.… Read More
Stand-up comedian and actor Dave Chappelle surprised the audience at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, his alma mater, when he declined the theater be named after him. His… Read More
The Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee voted unanimously Thursday to adopt regulations for an action plan that aims to improve racial equity and social justice… Read More