Germantown News

This past week, Montgomery officials declared that their future relies on finding a better way of moving people around the county.

A The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for parts of Montgomery County until 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29.

May 29, 2012 - Credit unions talking to lawmakers this week about the need for more member business lending authority are encouraged to discuss the full range of their efforts - lending as well as education - to provide member small businesses the tools they need to survive during tough economic times.

Kimberly Jimenez, 17, left, Erickalen Estrada, 13, and Veronica Mestre, 13, all of Germantown, Md., shop at the Santacruzan and Flores de Mayo festival, hosted by the Catholic Action of Mary and Pan American Concerned Citizens Action League, in downtown Jersey City on Sunday, May 27, 2012.

A coalition of health care organizations and major land owners in Germantown have proposed their own version of the Corridor Cities Transitway, saying the first leg of the proposed 15-mile public transit system could be built earlier and $310 million cheaper than currently planned.

A 24-year-old Gaithersburg man was arrested following reports of an aggravated assault at Montrose Automotive, 19560 Frederick Rd., at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 15.

A four-mile race has been planned in honor of a college football player from Germantown who died last year from a brain injury.

This poem, one of 11 winners from our Third Annual Found Poem Contest , comes from Florence , who is 13 and lives in Germantown, Md.

Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 , schools in the fourth year of improvement are required to develop a two-year alternative governance plan to address student and teacher needs.

A jewelry store owner convicted of fencing stolen goods at Lakeforest Mall is scheduled for sentencing Thursday in Montgomery County Circuit Court.

The Upcounty Regional Advisory Board elected new officers Monday during its regular meeting in Germantown.

Two men are charged in connection with an attempted daytime burglary of a home in the 1500 block of West Kersey Lane on Tuesday.A Joshua R. Evans, 18, of Gaithersburg, and Alexander Patrick Jeffrey, 24, of Germantown, are charged with attempted first-degree burglary and conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary, according toA a city news release .

It was one thing for anti-abortion protesters to shift their focus from Dr. LeRoy Carhart -one of the few doctors in the country to openly perform late-term abortions-to the landlord of his Germantown clinic, said Todd Stave, the man who leases to the doctor.

An attempted armed robbery was reported in the parking lot of Walmart, 20910 Frederick Road, a Montgomery County Police spokesperson said.

GERMANTOWN, Md. -- -- Following the devastating impact of last August's Hurricane Irene, which caused at least 45 deaths and more than $7 billion in damages, communities along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast are preparing for the June 1 start of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

Our Lady of the Visitation Parish members made last weekend a time for celebration for the Rev.

A Two different youth work programs are before the Montgomery County Council for possible funding in next year's budget.

The next wave of automated traffic control in Montgomery County will take a different approach -- it's fluid, not fixed -- and that may mean expanded ways to catch you speeding.

The Kennedy Center presented the 17th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival and Faith Harris of Germantown, Maryland was in attendance.

The Sheriff's Office responded on April 12th, 2012 to several reports of stolen keys at the Fitness Club on Westview Drive.