New Vaping Laws Aim to Protect Teens
Kellen Leeson, 21, recalls how the proximity of certain stores made buying tobacco products easy when he was a high school student. New laws, introduced today by Councilmembers Gabe Albornoz… Read More
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High School Athletes Not Immune to Ill Effects of Vaping
Vaping has quickly become an epidemic according to the Centers for Disease Control. Montgomery County has certainly not been immune to this nationwide trend. Dr. Philip Corcoran, who works out… Read More
Road Closures in Downtown Rockville Friday for Political Demonstrations
Police are warning motorists that there will be road closures in downtown Rockville on Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in anticipation of planned political demonstrations both supporting and… Read More
Community Conversation to Discuss Austrian City’s Social Housing Model
Austria’s capital city of Vienna will be the subject of a community conversation on Saturday morning at the County Council’s office building in Rockville. Vienna is internationally recognized to be… Read More
Sobriety Checkpoint Scheduled for Friday Night
Maryland State Police troopers from the Rockville Barrack will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint Friday night. A state police statement says the goal will be to find impaired drivers and… Read More
Vaping vs Smoking: What’s the Difference?
There’s a big difference between smoking and vaping says Philip Corcoran, a surgeon in the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Clinic at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. Find out more on September 16,… Read More
Flags Fly at Half-Staff on Patriot Day
President Donald Trump has ordered the United States flag and Maryland State flag flown at half-staff on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 from sunrise to sunset. This is in honor of… Read More
Update: Germantown Man Arrested for First-Degree Murder; Police Identify Victim
Update (Sept. 12, 10 a.m.): Montgomery County police say the victim in Monday’s homicide is 39-year old Jennifer Sparks. Montgomery County police say a body found along Great Seneca Highway… Read More
Rockville Rally Supporting ICE Set for Friday
A group calling itself the Concerned Citizens Coalition of Montgomery County is holding a rally Friday to support federal immigration agents in downtown Rockville. WMAL’s Larry O’Connor and conservative talk… Read More
The FDA, Vaping, and You
Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of disease and death in the United States, according to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Since 2009, FDA has regulated… Read More
Police Search for Suspect Following Early Morning Stolen Car Pursuit
Montgomery County police are searching for a suspect on foot following a car chase that ended in a crash. This happened in the area of the Beltway (I 495) and… Read More
MCPS to Add Gender ‘X’ Option on Official Student Records
Montgomery County Public Schools will accommodate several requests received from some students and their parents seeking to designate gender in their official student records as non-binary or unspecified according to… Read More