Montgomery Village News

Three schools in Montgomery Village-Watkins Mill Elementary, Montgomery Village Middle, and Watkins Mill High-were picked to help pilot a new program from Montgomery County Public Schools that will provide an extra layer of central office support to underperforming schools.

A Germantown elementary school was picked to help pilot a new program from Montgomery County Public Schools that will provide an extra layer of central office support to underperforming schools.

Montgomery County police released a crime summary for April 22 through April 30.

Patch brings you news from across Montgomery County. Catch up on headlines you might have missed this week, including an SUV's fatal crash through an Aspen Hill bus stop, a family displaced by a fire in Montgomery Village, the latest on Wheaton redevelopment and more.

Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger and officers from the 6th District addressed about 60 members of the public at a community meeting in Montgomery Village Tuesday evening.

The body of suspected marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried out of state, according to an official of Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors, where the body has languished for almost a week.

Maryland Sen. Nancy J. King and Dels. Charles Barkley, Kirill Reznik and Shane Robinson are running for re-election as the District 39 Team Slate, the candidates announced last week.

Montgomery County police released a crime summary for April 15 through April 23.

A family of six was unharmed but displaced from its home following a fire in their Montgomery Village town house early Tuesday, a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson told Patch.

An employee at the funeral home trying to find a burial site for the body of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev tells Fox News that his mother has expressed interest in sending it back to Russia, as cemeteries are refusing to accept the remains.

Ruslan Tsarni of Montgomery Village, Md., and three other men met with Worcester funeral home director Peter Stefan .

A Montgomery Village native and Peace Corps volunteer working in Cambodia is working to organize a program providing educational workshops on sexual health, violence against women's bodies, and environmental issues to nearly 100 young women in that country.

A 38-year-old woman and an 18-month-old child were taken to the hospital Thursday after the woman's van flipped over after crashing into a tractor-trailer on Interstate 270.

Department of Public Safety spokesman Terrel Harris said authorities were informed someone would be claiming the 26-year-old's remains Thursday night.

Massachusetts Department of Public Safety spokesman Terrel Harris says a funeral home retained by Tsarnaev's family picked up his body Thursday.

Mary Ruth McGinn's class at Stedwick Elementary School in suburban Maryland has an intriguing second name and unique purpose.

A Montgomery Village pharmacy, the oldest business in the community, quietly closed last week after rumors emerged about the re-development of the area.

New, local stormwater management fees are set to take effect in several jurisdictions July 1, but some state lawmakers want to revisit those charges, which might be bigger than anticipated.

A committee of 12 people will will discuss future plans for the Montgomery Village Golf Course, The Gazette reported .

Gaithersburg's DuFief Elementary School will have a new principal for the 2013-14 school year, according to a report by The Gazette .