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.
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) is investigating a crash that resulted in the death of a pedestrian at 3:20 a.m. Tuesday. According to MDTA, officers responding to a crash on… Read More
Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing Nov. 30 on a special appropriation of $252 million in federal funding to hire new teachers and social workers, allow more students… Read More
At least two staff members at the Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Transportation are under investigation by the Montgomery County Police Department concerning “allegations of possible financial improprieties,” according… Read More
Montgomery County Council President Tom Hucker and Councilmember Andrew Friedson will introduce a bill Tuesday designed to enable more commercial property owners to fix up their buildings and make them… Read More
The median sale price of a house in Montgomery County was $540,000 during October. That is a 5.9% increase from from the previous month and an 8% increase over October… Read More
During an interview on Friday’s The Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi on WAMU, Council President Tom Hucker said he will run for County Executive. “I am planning to run, but… Read More
Following the public outcry from a January 2020 incident in which two Montgomery County Police officers can be seen on video berating and verbally abusing a five year old boy… Read More
At a time when local boards of education nationwide seem under siege from angry parents, our county residents appear eager to take up the gauntlet. 18 county residents submitted applications… Read More
Montgomery County’s population now stands at 1,062,000, according to the U.S. 2020 Census. A decade ago, it was 971,177. Staff at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments reviewed data from… Read More
When Bev Whitfield joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1977, women and minorities were neither welcomed nor valued. “My first early years, I wasn’t treated as an equal,” she recalled… Read More
Students who are the first in their family to attend college gathered at the Universities of Shady Grove Tuesday to network and learn ways to help them succeed. For 90… Read More
Following a stabbing at Montgomery Blair High School on Monday, a relative of the 16-year old suspect has also been arrested. The relative, also a juvenile, was taken into police… Read More