Laytonsville News

Keara Wallenmeyer, a fifth-grader at Laytonsville Elementary School, joined a music class in September hoping to play the violin.

Three Laytonsville landowners will go before the Montgomery County Planning Board next month for a public hearing on alleged violations of the county Forest Conservation Law.

From left, Angela Hoffman, of Germantown; her mother Jill Ruspi; her 10-month-old daughter Marissa Hoffman; and her father Jim Ruspi outside the Ruspis' Laytonsville home Monday.

With a budget gap of nearly $240 million more than expected, Montgomery County is facing tough choices.

The first comprehensive update of Montgomery County's road and transit plan in more than 50 years is about to begin.

Time will fly by until the end of the year, so if you want to give your dining room some upgrades, now is the time to do it.

Judith Lamb rode Eloise in her clinic with Jim Wofford. Photo by George Lamb. The Jimmy Wofford clinic at Waredaca in Laytonsville, Md., was terrific.

LAYTONSVILLE, MD Ruppert Landscape has promoted Tommy Dimaio to project manager to its North Carolina Landscape Construction Branch.

Janet Blackburn, sister of Gail Pumphrey, and Diane Sollers, her niece, light candles they bought to remember the slain family - Gail Pumphrey, 43, of Woodbine and children, David, 12, Megan, 10, and Brandon, 6 - who were killed by Pumphrey's ex-husband, David Brockdorff, on Thanksgiving Day 2007.

Kevin Abelmann, 16 of Damascus, sings Monday night at a Young Life of Upper Montgomery County Christian youth group while wearing a shirt dedicated to Ryan Didone, 15.

John Griffin, secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, tours the tree nursery at Stadler Nurseries on Mount Zion Road on Wednesday.

DAMASCUS a ' A man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a head-on collision when the Jeep he was driving struck a Ride On bus on Woodfield Road in Damascus.

A small plane that flew into restricted airspace above the Washington region Tuesday was the same plane that caused mass evacuations around the Capitol and a red alert at the White House in 2005.

Otis Spoon of Rockville tosses a ring toward the bottles and tries to win another toy forgranddaughter Raven McChesney, 6, of New Market at the Montgomery County fair Monday.

Bree Feuillet, 18, of Damascus is the outgoing MontgomeryCounty Agricultural Fair Queen.

A disbarred Laytonsville lawyer has lost another round in his battle with the Attorney Grievance Commission and two debt-collection law firms he accused of abuse of process and conspiracy.

Four students recently received $2,500 scholarships to further their education in agriculture-related fields.

I read with interest recent accounts of the Planning Board's proposal to shift the development patterns in our county in an effort to promote so-called "urban villages." But I think we've been down this road before and I am not convinced that it has worked out as promised.

Silver Spring resident Jim MacMillan , Gaithersburg resident Pat Burke and Germantown resident Steve Chamberlain pose outside Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Aspen Hill with friends and family.

In a contentious hearing before the county Planning Board , residents demanded that the Parks Department keep golf at Sligo Creek Golf Course in Silver Spring after it closes Oct.