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.
Members of the Montgomery County Board of Education unanimously agreed to spend $455,000 to hire an anti-racist audit consultant for one year. Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium of Bethesda was awarded the… Read More
Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents continued to drop. During the week that ended Nov. 7, 1,641 Montgomery County residents filed initial claims. The prior week, which… Read More
Four managers with the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services allowed their inspectors to be paid COVID hazardous pay even though they were not out in the field or meeting… Read More
Overriding The Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School’s renaming committee recommendation, Montgomery County Public School Board of Education (BOE) Tuesday night unanimously voted to change the school’s name to the… Read More
Montgomery County Councilmembers unanimously voted to end alcohol sales in restaurants and bars after 10 p.m. and to reduce gathering sizes from 50 to 25 people, citing increasing cases of… Read More
The two United States Democratic senators from Maryland hailed the results of the presidential election, predicting it foretold good things for the state’s residents. Under a President-Elect Joe Biden’s administration,… Read More
After Monday, the numbers of those all-too-familiar political signs will diminish in public places. The Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services will be removing all political signs Monday that are… Read More
It is that time of year again. Grab those rakes and leaf blowers. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation begins its annual leaf vacuuming program Nov. 9. The county is… Read More
Maryland voters set a record for same day registration and neared the record high for same day address changes, according to the state Board of Elections. During early voting, 12,728… Read More
The Olney Liquor and Wine store, which is part of Montgomery County’s Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS), temporarily shut down after a store employee tested positive for COVID-19 virus. ABS learned… Read More
Former Montgomery County School Board member Jill Ortman-Fouse traveled to North Carolina, where she was raised and attended school, to help make sure that anyone whose mail in ballot was… Read More
The Maryland Open Meetings Compliance Board ruled Nov. 2 that the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County is subject to the open meetings act and that the commissioners have violated… Read More