Cabin John News

A driver and a cyclist navigate MacArthur Boulevard in Cabin John on Monday. Plans for one segment of a hiker/biker path and on-road cycling lanes along the road are in final design phases.

After much discussion and work, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett has recommended that $8.63 million be designated as part of the fiscal year 2011-2016 Capital Improvements Program budget to complete design of the first segment of the MacArthur Avenue bikeway and to begin construction in spring 2011.

Nearly one year after River Road in Cabin John, Md., lived up to its name, the utility responsible for water service in suburban Maryland introduced new technology to identify water main problems.

The Montgomery County Department of Recreation will host award-winning author and motivational speaker Dawayne Williams, author of "Reputations Fade Away" at the Scotland Community Center, on Thursday, Dec.

Friday the 13th was a perfect day for vampires to come out at night and in the rain.

The American novelist Louis Bromfield wrote "Bread is the king of the table and all else is merely the court that surrounds the king." A new king has been crowned with the grand opening of Breadsmith in Cabin John Shopping Center.

Montgomery County fire officials say that the Cabin John Plaza shopping center is now open after parts of it were evacuated due to a possible hazardous situation.

The Giant Food Store in the Cabin John Shopping Center was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after several employees and customers reported feeling sick after smelling gas.

A Giant Food grocery store has been evacuated in Bethesda after 14 people fell ill and complained of a strange odor in the store.

Horses lead the Potomac parade each year, including horses from the Potomac Hiking and Bridle Trails Association.

On October 30th, 2009, the Locust Grove Nature Center is putting on a lecture about why people associate bats with Halloween.

Many of the 2,000 participants who took part in a three-day breast cancer walk around the Washington region camped out at Avenel Local Park in Potomac.

Pet owners can lose the leash at Cabin John, where a new dog park opened last Wednesday.

First, Ferris, a shepherd and husky mix, bounded after one of his four tennis balls.

Jim Seavey, Chief of the Cabin John Park Volunteer Fire Department, was recently honored as Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year.

It's finally arrived! A dog park in Bethesda ! No more risking getting a ticket by letting your best friend play with other dogs at fields with "dogs not allowed" signs posted.

The burglaries have been going on since March. They've happened in the parking lot across from Angler's Inn on Macarthur Boulevard.

Montgomery County and Sandy Spring Builders have a unique opportunity to advance stormwater control and prevent further damage to Cabin John Creek when plans are approved for three new homes on a hilltop site in Bethesda's Greenwich Forest neighborhood.

With a new high-tech choice of radar-detector applications, GPS users have more systems new options to beat the growing number of red-light cameras and speed cameras being installed across the United States.

Simmering resentment against traffic cameras is being expressed in acts of civil disobedience in suburban Montgomery County, where vandals are striking back at automated traffic enforcement.