Brookeville News

Maryland health advocates urged religious leaders on Tuesday to learn more about how federal health care reform will be implemented in the state so they can pass information on to uninsured congregants.

The town of Brookeville's annual meeting ended in celebration Monday night, when residents and commissioners gathered on the grounds of the Brookeville Academy to ceremonially burn a copy of the building's mortgage.

Sen. Karen S. Montgomery and Dels. Anne R. Kaiser, Eric G. Luedtke, and Craig J. Zucker announced the formation of the District 14 Team slate, after each filed for re-election April 9. “We all started talking, and decided to file the first day that we could to show solidarity,” said Kaiser of Calverton.

Nearly two months after a broken sewer main caused more than two million gallons of wastewater to flow into the Reddy Branch Creek in Olney, the cause of the break still is unknown.

Isaiah Tinsley, 16, working in the wood shop of Our House, a local residential job training program for at-risk young males, on April 29.

Joe's Ride was established as a way to keep the memory of Joe Sanford, along with all the children of the local community, who have passed away, in our hearts and minds.

The Montgomery County Board of Education last week made principal appointments that will mean changes at Rockville and Northwood high schools and several elementary schools countywide.