Saturday, January 5, 2013
Get caught up on the latest headlines in Montgomery County.
Catch up on this week's Montgomery County headlines, including a Clarksburg man found dead in Washington, a group of teens charged with a New Year's attempted armed robbery and a local woman who will make history with the Cartoon Network. Police: Masked Man Robs Potomac M&T Bank With Hand Gun POTOMAC—Police are looking for a masked suspect who robbed the M&T bank in the Cabin John Shopping Center. Read more on Potomac Patch. Silver Spring Cartoon Creator Named to Forbes '30 Under 30' SILVER SPRING—Rebecca Sugar will become the first woman to create a show for Cartoon Network. Sugar graduated from Blair High School in 2005 and participated in the Visual Arts Center at Einstein High School. Read more on Wheaton Patch. UPDATE: Body Of …
Saturday, October 13, 2012
This week's top Montgomery County news.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Whitney Teal
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
No Death Penalty Sought in Germantown Double-Murder GERMANTOWN—Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a Germantown mother and her 11-year-old son, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office told Patch. Defense attorneys referenced the decision during a pre-trial hearing. Curtis Lopez, 46, is accused of killing his estranged wife, Jane McQuain, and her son, William, who was found beaten to death. Read more at Germantown Patch. Man Shot by Police Had Fake Gun SILVER SPRING—Police shot and fatally wounded a 22-year-old man staked outside of the home where his girlfriend was baby-sitting children. The suspect appeared to have a gun and after an altercation with police, he was shot. Detectives later …
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Top headlines of the week from around Montgomery County.
With more than a dozen websites across Montgomery County, Patch brings you news from every corner of our community. Catch up on headlines you may have missed this week, including a murder suspect's apparent suicide attempt, a spate of Potomac River rescues and tumult over tree removal in Rockville's Town Square. Police Say Suspect in Wheaton Killing Jumped from Roof in Miami WHEATON—Martire Puente-Fulcar, charged in the Sept. 22 homicide of a 37-year-old mother in Wheaton, is in critical condition in Miami after an apparent suicide attempt, police say. Read the full story at Wheaton Patch. More Than 20 Saved in Water Rescues This Year POTOMAC—Rescue workers have saved 23 people in water rescue calls this year, including a victim swept down…
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Top headlines of the week from around Montgomery County.
With more than a dozen websites across Montgomery County, Patch brings you news from every corner of our community. Catch up on headlines you may have missed this week, including the death of a family of four from Gaithersburg, the search for a Wheaton stun gun attacker and more. Report: Gaithersburg Family of 4 Killed Sunday in Nebraska Car Crash GAITHERSBURG – A fiery, multi-vehicle collision in Potter, NE, Sunday killed four members of a family from Gaithersburg, the Sun Telegraph reported. Read the full story on Gaithersburg Patch. Girl Attacked With Stun Gun in Wheaton WHEATON – Montgomery County Police are still searching for a suspect in the case of a girl who was attacked with a stun gun Monday afternoon in a Wheaton neighborhood. …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The week's top Montgomery County news headlines.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Greg Cohen
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Catch up on news you might have missed this week, including the latest in North Potomac’s Belward Farm controversy, the charging of a Gaithersburg man in the death of his son and a challenge to Pepco tree cutting in Bethesda. Father Charged With Son's Murder, Denied Bond GAITHERSBURG – Wayne Price, 55, was denied bond by a Montgomery County District Court Judge Monday, May 7 after being charged with the murder of his 23-year-old son in their Gaithersburg apartment Saturday, May 5. Read the full story on Gaithersburg Patch. Gaithersburg Man Charged With Multiple Sex Offenses GAITHERSBURG – Aaron William Murray Lemere, of the 25400 block of Jarl Drive, was arrested Monday for several sex-related offenses. Lamere was previously a faculty …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
This week's top Montgomery County news.
Catch up on the news you missed this week including a budget proposal for a larger police force in Gaithersburg, what Potomac looked like 400 million years ago and a Twitter gun threat at Quince Orchard High School. QO Administrators Investigated Twitter Gun Threat Tuesday NORTH POTOMAC—Early Tuesday morning, a student notified the Quince Orchard High School administration of a Twitter post suggesting a student might bring a gun to school. After an investigation, it was determined there was no credible threat, according to a letter sent home to parents by principal Carole Working. Young Heroin Overdose Survivor Warns Peers GERMANTOWN—Lea Edgecomb never regained the ability to walk after she overdosed on heroin her freshman year in high …
Saturday, March 31, 2012
The week's top Montgomery County news headlines.
Catch up on news you may have missed this week including county schools making a decision on the controversial 'pink slime' meat, a manslaughter conviction, a congressman caught up in a divorce controversy and an update on Nick's Organic Farm on Brickyard Road in Potomac. MCPS To Ditch 'Pink Slime' For 2012-13 School Year Montgomery County Public Schools will join many other companies and organizations in ceasing the use of Lean Finely Textured Beef—also known as "pink slime"—in its school lunches for the 2012-13 school year, MCPS spokesman Dana Tofig said. Read more on North Potomac-Darnestown Patch. Somerset Resident Runs for School Board Morris Panner, a father of four children—all enrolled in the county school system, is running for an…
Saturday, March 24, 2012
The week's top Montgomery County news headlines.
Catch up on news you may have missed this week including an Internet safety forum hosted by the Maryland Attorney General, dual plans for Wheaton redevelopment, a new Rockville city clerk and the pending closure of Lots 31 and 31A in downtown Bethesda as a major construction project begins. Dual Wheaton Redevelopment Plans Debated During March WRAC Meeting With two plans for Wheaton redevelopment on the table, representatives from the county's executive and legislative branch say that, rather than pitting one plan against the other, they are working together to come to a collaborative solution for Wheaton's downtown. Read more on Wheaton Patch. Attorney General Holds Community Forum On Internet Safety And Privacy Maryland Attorney General …
Saturday, March 10, 2012
The week's top Montgomery County news headlines.
Catch up on news you may have missed this week including an involuntary manslaughter conviction for a Germantown man, a new recommendation to route a Bethesda trail above ground once the Purple Line is built and news on a family’s pleading for information on a traffic accident that killed a Wheaton woman this week. Germantown Man Convicted of Killing Friend A Germantown man was convicted Tuesday of beating his friend to death during a Fourth of July weekend cookout. Brenden Lamont "BJ" Dashiell, 25, was found guilty of killing Justin Eugene Carter on July 2, 2011, during a fistfight at Carter’s home in Gaithersburg. According to court testimony, the men, who had been drinking, started off “play wrestling” but the rough housing devolved …
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Get caught up on this week's headlines from in and around Montgomery County.
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With more than a dozen websites across Montgomery County, Patch brings you news from every corner of our community. Catch up on this week's headlines, including North Potomac residents looking for answers after attempted burglaries and Wheaton businesses backing a county bill to protect them from ill effects of redevelopment. County Organizations Speak Out Against Pension Shift In characteristic union flair, a sea of yellow United Food and Commercial Workers Union t-shirts took over the Montgomery County Council meeting room in Rockville on Tuesday as county employees from the UFCW and five other organizations spoke out against a measure that would shift pension costs for teachers from the state to the county. Read more on Takoma Park …
