Sandy Spring News

At the CommunityAction Board Community Services Award Program last week, County Executive Isiah Leggett honored individuals and organizations for their service.

B-SHARP's office looks very much like a classroom-groups of teenagers huddled over papers at small tables, a couple of adults roaming the room helping students.A Housed in Liberty Grove United Methodist Church in Burtonsville, the program serves students on suspension from middle and high schools in East County.

Brian Lewis/The Gazette Dee Hawkins, the recipient of the 2012 Athena Award for Greater Olney-Sandy Spring, and her husband, Paul Hawkins, enjoy the Friday afternoon tea ceremony to honor this year's award winner at the Brooke Grove Retirement Village in Sandy Spring.

TimberTrek, the newest attraction at Adventures On The Gorge in Fayette County, is now open and many people tell MetroNews they're excited.

A woman faces forgery and theft charges after police said she fraudulently cashed business checks and stole belongings from a man who took her and her family in when they were homeless.