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Fire That Damaged Apartment Building In Frederick Ruled Accidental
No injuries were reported. Photos from Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services. Frederick, Md (KM) Fire fighters rushed to the scene of an apartment building fire in Frederick Friday afternoon. According to the Frederick Scanner Facebook page, the call went out to the South Street School Apartments at...
New bridge unites Silver Spring neighborhoods once divided into Black and white
A new bridge that opened in Montgomery County, Maryland, Friday unites two neighborhoods that were once divided into Black and white. Patricia Tyson, a lifelong resident of the historically Black Lyttonsville neighborhood in Silver Spring, was among the first to cross the new Talbot Avenue Bridge. “I sure wish my...
Urbana High graduation brings mix of joy, mourning for those lost
Urbana High School graduate Seamus McGee waved the school’s navy flag as students, family and friends cheered in Knott Arena at Mount St. Mary’s University Thursday morning. He roared, throwing his cap up and into the crowd.
City still working to pass inspections, delaying start of pool season
The city of Frederick is still working to pass inspections on two public pools, delaying the opening of the swimming season from the traditional Memorial Day, which is Monday, to June 1. In a press release on Friday, the city characterized it as a “brief delay needed to make necessary...
Community Rallying Around Volunteer FD Robbed Of $200K Earmarked For Ambulances In Rockville
The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department issued an alert earlier this month advising that a group posing as a vendor the agency had been working with in late April robbed them as they continue efforts to recover the cash. According to the department, the Montgomery County Department of Police, US Secret...
Final six determined for school board general election
With results in the May 14 primary election certified, the six candidates advancing to the Frederick County Board of Education general election have been determined. Veronica Lowe, who climbed from seventh place to sixth place as votes were counted after primary day, held on to the final spot in the group of six.
Montgomery County celebrates ‘Older American Month’
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – May is Older American Month and on Friday, Montgomery County hosted an event celebrating older adults who live in the county. Event organizers said this is their way of saying, “thank you” to seniors for all they have contributed to the county through the years. The event took […]
Rowan to develop two more data center projects at Quantum Loophole campus
Rowan Digital Infrastructure has announced two new data center projects it plans to build on Quantum Loophole’s data center campus, in addition to a project for which it’s already received conditional approval from the Frederick County Planning Commission. The company hosted an open house at Camp Shoresh in...
FCPS families lobby school board to save remote learning program
At home during a typical virtual school day, Jackson Medwid sat with his feet tucked up on a swivel chair, lined with a pink blanket adorned with cartoon corgis. On the laptop in front of him, his teacher and fellow students talked about nonviolent protests and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s role in the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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