Silver Spring News

Only in Montgomery County do elected officials study how to get people to have fun.

Abt SRBI, the survey research arm of Abt Associates, is one of the nation's largest public policy survey firms.

Montgomery County residents are raising concerns about the county's proposed bus rapid transit system after planners revealed a scaled-back system that would center around Route 355 from Clarksburg to Bethesda.

In this May 16, 2013, photo, Abdulah Salim, Jr. hold the photograph of his father Dr.

The Montgomery County Council will enhance services and reduce energy taxes through its fiscal year 2014 operating budget unanimously agreed to Thursday morning.

Henry Levi Sanders could spend the next 60 years incarcerated - if he lives that long - pondering his crimes against the three men he carjacked in Montgomery County in November 2011.

A poll released by Public Policy Polling shows that a large percentage of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of "hipsters," a group of men and women "unusually aware of and interested in new and unconventional patterns," according to Merriam Webster.

The suspect, 59-year-old Ronnie Lee Rainey, was taken into custody after briefly barricading himself in his home.

Two patients in Maryland go to the hospital for an identical procedure. If they both go to the same hospital, they will face the same charges.

When Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro summarized the fiscal 2014 county budget, naturally, the words "county," "budget" and "Montgomery" featured prominently in her statement.

Screening is May 21 at 7pm at Regal Majestic in Silver Spring, MD. Log onto www.gofobo.com/rsvp and input the following code to download your ticket: NEWS8U8YM And catch a special screening of "Back to the Future" starring Michael J. Fox.

As the number of pedestrian deaths and injuries in Wheaton and Montgomery County continues to increase, local police and officials have announced measures to improve public safety.

Only in Montgomery County do elected officials study how to get people to have fun.

Among the hundreds of Montgomery County commuters who will take to their bikes this Friday for Bike to Work Day will be Montgomery County Council members Roger Berliner, Valerie Ervin, George Leventhal and Hans Riemer.

Authorities say a man high on PCP shot another man in Calverton before stripping off his clothes and climbing onto a fire truck.

A 47-year-old man shot in his estranged wife and then took his own life in Prince George's County, police said.

The Great Gatsby is showing in theaters, and it's inspiring people to delve deeper into the story's history, culture, music, food and drink.

Metro investigators said Wednesday that they do not yet know the root cause of the fire that led to the evacuation of the Silver Spring Metro station Tuesday evening , but that they have ruled out the track conditions and are focusing instead on the Red Line rail car involved.

A former Montgomery County school employee was sentenced to five years of supervised probation Wednesday for grabbing the buttocks of two teenage students and exposing his buttocks to a third.

Since February 2012, there have been 11 pedestrians killed by cars in Montgomery County.