Maryam is a reporter with Montgomery Community Media. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. Previously, she was an intern with myMCM. She can be reached at mshahzad@mymcmedia.org or on Twitter @maryam_mcm.
Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) detectives charged three people with the Jan. 5 shooting on Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring. Elias Salmeron, 16, Bryan Santos, 20, and Brayan Josue Villatoro,… Read More
Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) officers arrested four people on drug offenses, including possession of crystal meth. Anastasia M. Colucci, 28, of Gaithersburg, Kelyne Patrica Moore, 29, of North Bethesda,… Read More
Former Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee was honored Feb. 5 at NASA Headquarters during a Black History Month program about the general. McGee was recently appointed to Brigadier General by President… Read More
The Montgomery County Council held a public hearing Feb. 4 for the Bodyworks Establishments bill. First introduced on Jan. 14, Bill 1-20 would require all bodyworks practitioners, like massage therapists… Read More
A Rockville man who killed three people in a 2011 drunk-driving crash was sentenced to an additional seven years in prison on Feb. 3 for violating probation. Kevin Coffay, 28,… Read More
Olney mother Mannie Wong was reunited with two retired fire and rescue officials who saved her life Feb. 1 at an automated external defibrillator (AED) and CPR training session hosted… Read More
Col. Charles McGee, 100-year-old former Tuskegee Airman and Bethesda resident, participated in the 54th Super Bowl coin toss on Feb. 2. The @49ers win the toss and elect to defer.… Read More
Leadership Montgomery honored several local businesses for their volunteerism in the county at the annual Corporate Volunteer Awards Luncheon in Potomac. Rob Scheer, the master of ceremonies for the event,… Read More
Jean Jinho Kim is a Korean-American artist, whose exhibition “The Big Leap” is on display until April 19 at the 355 Pod Space in Rockville Town Square. Kim said she… Read More
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich did not include any funding in his capital budget proposal for the Capital Crescent Trail Tunnel, which was supposed to be included in the Capital… Read More
Suburban Hospital in Bethesda held an opening ceremony Friday for its new north building. The opening marks the end of a two-phase reconstruction project that began in 2015. Patients are… Read More
Winston Churchill High School alumnus and former football star Jonathan Holloway has been named the first black president of Rutgers University in its 254 year history. He is also the… Read More