Suzanne is a freelance reporter with Montgomery Community Media. She has over 35 years professional experience writing for newspapers, magazines, non-profit newsletters and the web.
Shawndel Arnez Weems of Columbia was sentenced to 50 years in prison Friday in the shooting death of Richard Montgomery High School student Simeon Mukuna, 18. The two did not… Read More
Due to predicted rain Saturday, the Taste of Bethesda has been cancelled. It will not be rescheduled, according to the Bethesda Urban Partnership, the downtown management organization that markets downtown… Read More
About 100 people gathered outside the Brigadier General Charles McGee Library in Silver Spring where the Purple Line will traverse to learn how to ensure that the light rail line… Read More
The 31st Taste of Bethesda features five stages of entertainment and food, beer and wine from local restaurants on Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “We’re thrilled to… Read More
As part of the National Faith and Blue Weekend, Takoma Park is inviting area faith-based organizations to come together Oct. 8 and watch the movie, Coco. Faith and Blue Weekend… Read More
Updated Sept. 27 at 1:30 p.m. Washington Gas was notified of damage to a two-inch service line caused by a backhoe. Gas was shut off at 10:48 a.m. ————————————– Nearby… Read More
The percentage of students who met literacy achievement goals set by Montgomery County Public Schools increased since the previous school year but the results in math, especially at the secondary… Read More
A Poolesville man now holds the state record after catching a 77-pound albacore on Sept. 20. Thomas “Tad” Bodmer was recognized by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources as the… Read More
Multicolored fentanyl pills that are designed to tempt young people has been found in Maryland. Called rainbow fentanyl, the drugs look like candy but are so potent that teens have… Read More
The president of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School parent teacher association criticized a lack of proper communications and safety failures that occurred when that school went into lockdown Sept. 14… Read More
A Hickory Horned Devil was sighted during a soccer match in Gaithersburg this weekend by nature lover Carol Lightfoot, according to the Audubon Naturalist Society in Chevy Chase, which called… Read More
John “Jay” Kenney, the county’s first chief of Aging and Disability Services, died Thursday morning. He had been diagnosed in the summer of 2019 with ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. “Jay… Read More