Damascus News

Every corner of Rockville Town Center moved to a different beat as music played on eight stages set up between East Montgomery and Beall avenues Saturday.

ArtSpace Herndon and the Herndon Foundation for the Cultural Arts announced the winners of the 2012 Fine Art Photography Competition this week.

In this May 19, 2012 photo, Trevor Keen waves to family members during Salisbury University's spring 2012 commencement Saturday morning.

Police say Diane Whitman, 48, of Montgomery Village, was headed eastbound on Olney Laytonsville Road near Zion Road at about 6:30 a.m. Thursday when she was hit by a Toyota Camry going the same direction.

I am Lisa Lowe, founder of Heroin Action Coalition of Montgomery County. A I am here to urge you to fund prevention and treatment for an epidemic that is rampant.A There has been a funeral in Damascus approximately every three months for the past three years for kids under 24 years of age.A Opiate addiction is Montgomery County's hidden epidemic; ... (more)

An evening and weekend social program for youth in East Montgomery County may become the model for an expanded recreation program in other parts of the county.A The Teen Escape Club currently offers monthly events for teens at the East County Community Center.

On top of the 74 roads designated as protected under the county's speed camera enforcement program, county police are adding 18 locations where cameras may be placed: - 10400 Block of Tenbrook Drive in Silver Spring - 10900 Block of Kingstead Road in Damascus - 13500 Block of Layhill Road in Silver Spring - 14600 Block of Homecrest Road in Aspen ... (more)