Boyds News

The following is a summary of incidents in the upcounty to which the Montgomery County Police responded recently.

Mary Craca of Damascus with Maxie, a 9-year-old female pit bull at a Germantown pet store where Tia's Promise held an event to raise awareness about the breed.

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jerry D. Weast is recommending that Monocacy Elementary School be consolidated with Poolesville Elementary School.

Sienna Ni, 3, of Boyds paints her pumpkin during the The Agricultural History Farm Park's annual Harvest Festival in Derwood.

POOLESVILLE, Md. - Police and residents are searching for a 27-year-old missing horse that leaped a fence days ago in Poolesville and has not been seen since.

St. Martin's Church pantry, which distributes 200 bags of groceries to needy families and individuals on Mondays, is seeking donations of nonperishable foods and supplies to meet an increased demand.

As a result of needing its own space, International Systems Management Corp. opened a new office at 660 Pennsylvania Ave.

The following is a summary of incidents in the upcounty to which the Montgomery County Police responded recently.

A "goodwill ambassador" whose job it was to assist visitors to downtown Bethesda with directions and other help, has been charged with a sex offense allegedly involving an underage teen in a hotel bathroom.

A 16-year old Boyds, Maryland teenager is being hailed a hero for trying to save his father's life along the Ocean City coastline.

OCEAN CITY , Md.- The Ocean City Beach Patrol says recent storms created shifts in sandbars causing strong rip currents Tuesday night, leading to the drowning of a Maryland man.

A Montgomery County man drowned Monday evening while trying to rescue his teenage son from a rip current off an Ocean City beach, authorities said.

Two minimum-security inmates escaped while working with other inmates and a contractor on a perimeter fence at a state prison complex near Hagerstown, authorities said Friday.

The family of a Montgomery County man killed by a falling tree limb while riding his motorbike is now suing the county.

Bill Thompson Jr., 70, of Germantown and sister Bertie Thompson Abrecht, 63, of Middletown at the old farm property in Boyds in front of the wagon shed.

Lilah Colbert of Boyds jumps onto the hayride tractor at Butler's Orchard in Germantown during the annual Montgomery County Farm Tour.

Five maintained mountain bike trails from 1 to 7.4 miles, including the 2-mile Green Ash Trail, kept up by the Frederick bike shop Wheel Base.

Marlow Blankenship, left, and Barbara Bartolomeo, friends who live in Boyds, train at Washington Sports Club.

Aquatic biologist Rachel Gauza collects a fish at Ten Mile Creek in Boyds. Concern about construction's impact on water quality in the watershed is leading planners to ask Montgomery County to look for an alternate site for a bus maintenance depot.

The following is a summary of incidents in the upcounty to which the Montgomery County Police responded recently.