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MCFRS Respond to House Fire Saturday Morning
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a house fire in the 2900 block of Beaverwood Lane, near Bel Pre Road in Silver Spring at approximately 8:53 a.m. on Saturday. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, firefighters arrived to the two-story single-family house to find smoke...
7News talks 1-on-1 with the Lieutenant Roshawnda Drake on Camp Spark
WASHINGTON (7News) — Happening in the district this weekend is an event that allows girls to explore a career they might not have otherwise considered. Camp Spark is a 2-day firefighting and EMS training camp put on by the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. Lieutenant Roshawnda Drake joins 7News' Kellye Lynn to discuss the camp and how it can impact young women's lives.
Police and Hyundai to Host Free Free Steering Wheel Lock and Anti-Theft Software Upgrade Event
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) and Hyundai will host a free anti-theft software upgrade event August 2-4 at Paint Branch High School (14121 Old Columbia) in Burtonsville. This event is open to 2011-2021 Hyundai vehicle owners and lessees, and will offer free software solutions to help prevent a method...
Pro-Palestinian encampment removed from Secretary Blinken’s Arlington home by police
The pro-Palestinian encampment outside of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Arlington, Virginia, home is no more. The encampment along the 400 block of Chain Bridge Road (Route 123) in McLean had been lined with protesters holding signs with phrases such as “Let Gaza Live” and “Full Ceasefire in Gaza now,” since January.
Local art organizations face budget cuts after Maryland approval
Maryland approved a 1% budget cut to local art organizations, for the fiscal year, with the cut of the Maryland State Arts Council, which gives grant money to many organizations across the state. Local groups and advocates alike are not pleased with the new changes. The Art League of Ocean...
Competition Times for Alexandria, Virginia’s Olympians
ALEXANDRIA, VA – T.C. Williams High School (now Alexandria City High School) alum Noah Lyles will compete in the 100-meter preliminaries on August 3 at 5:45 am ET on NBC, Peacock, and NBCOlympics.com. The semifinals will take place on Sunday, August 4, at 2 pm ET on the same networks, and the 100-meter finals will take place at 3:50 on August 4. He will compete in the 200-meter preliminaries on Monday, August 5, at 1:55 pm, the semis on Wednesday, August 7, at 2:02 pm, and the final on Thursday, August 8, at 2:30 p.m. on the same networks.
This D.C. Incubator Is Ushering in a New Black Wall Street
Learn how a D.C. incubator is empowering and creating opportunities for Black-owned businesses, ushering in a new era of Black Wall Street. Sycamore & Oak, an incubator for Black-owned businesses in Washington, D.C.’s Congress Heights neighborhood, keeps the Black dollar in the community. In 2015, Josei Harris started a...
Maryland is unfairly suspending driver’s licenses over child support, Legal Aid alleges
On July 28, 2023, Donte Peoples was working as a truck driver and making a delivery at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Indiana when he encountered a problem. A security guard, he said, informed him that his driver’s license was suspended for unpaid child support. The development set off a chain of events that “totally […] The post Maryland is unfairly suspending driver’s licenses over child support, Legal Aid alleges appeared first on 92 Q.
Event Aims to Construct an Interest in STEM
Turns out that getting members of Gen Z to put down their phones doesn’t take even more whizbang technology. Sometimes a rubber band, cardboard, wood and a handful of pennies is enough. Those were the basic ingredients for a competition Thursday at Ritchie Coliseum that brought together hundreds of...
Signage Installed as MOM’s Organic Market Nears Downtown Silver Spring Opening
Exterior signage has been installed at the future MOM’s Organic Market as the Rockville-based natural and organic grocery store chain prepares to open at the Atwell on Spring mixed-use complex in downtown Silver Spring. We previously reported that construction was underway at the Atwell on Spring complex, formerly known...
Boyle, Stabler honored at Commodity Classic
CENTREVILLE, Md. — The Maryland Grain Producers Association honored two stalwarts in the grain industry during the Maryland Commodity Classic. Gene Boyle received the Dr. James R.Miller Award for outstanding service to state’s grain industry and Drew Stabler was handed the inaugural Lawrence E. Meeks Farmer Lifetime of Service Award July 25 at the Queen Anne’s 4-H Park.
Maryland and Rutgers benefit from Big Ten expansion in 2024 season, while Purdue faces a daunting climb
INDIANAPOLIS -- When the Big Ten was considering how to adjust its schedule for the pandemic-impacted 2020 season, Mike Locksley suggested ditching divisions and moving to a conference tournament-style approach. The Maryland coach didn't get his wish at the time, but he's thrilled that the Big Ten has dropped divisions...
Frederick distillery wins Maryland’s best whiskey, Hagerstown’s Meinelschmidt crafts 3rd best cocktail in state
26 July 2024- In its first year, the Maryland Grain Producers Association and Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Maryland’s Best program, have named Frederick’s McClintock Distilling the winner of the 2024 Maryland’s Best Whiskey competition. It is for whiskeys produced in the state, made with at least 50 percent or more local grain.
Power line project would cut through Baltimore region’s preserved land, farms
Central Maryland residents in growing numbers are vowing to stop a proposed upgrade to the region's energy grid involving a 500,000-volt overhead transmission line that would cut across farms, parks, neighborhoods, wetlands and forests in three counties. The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project would carve a 70-mile path through largely rural...
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