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Newly-crowned Miss Maryland USA is first Asian American and transgender woman to win pageant
BALTIMORE -- The newly-crowned Miss Maryland USA made history on June 1 by becoming the first Asian American to win the crown in the annual pageant and the first transgender woman to attain the title of Miss Maryland. Competing in her first pageant, 31-year-old Montgomery County-raised Bailey Anne Kennedy now holds the crown and represents Maryland in the Miss USA pageant. Transgender women have been able to compete in the pageants since 2013 but a rule was eliminated this year that forbade anybody from entering the competition if they were older than 28. Kennedy says the last two weeks have been a whirlwind...
Montgomery County holds memorial for 61 homeless individuals who have died
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Montgomery County officials and community members held a memorial for homeless people who have died in the last year. The vigil listed the names of 61 unhoused people who have died between 2023 and 2024. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, County Council President Andrew...
JOOLAH faces multimillion dollar lawsuit
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Rockville-based pickleball paddle company, JOOLA, was facing a contentious lawsuit in Florida after a plaintiff in Fort Lauderdale accused the company of making paddles that were not approved by USA Pickle Ball. The news disappointed many retailers and coaches in the DMV as the paddles made were a […]
PHOTOS: Car hits auto repair shop in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A car hit an auto repair shop Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The crash happened at around 3:30 p.m. at the Precision Auto Care shop, located in the 19300 block of Montgomery Village Ave. Crews from the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue System responded to the crash. They said […]
Substitute teacher files lawsuit against MCPS for allegedly denying religious accommodation
A former Montgomery County Public Schools substitute teacher has filed a lawsuit against the district and the school board, alleging she was denied a religious accommodation that would have kept her from having to follow the district’s gender identity guidelines concerning students. The lawsuit filed by Kimberly Ann Polk...
Maryland state workers demand safer protocols following parole agent’s death
The union representing state workers issued a list of demands to improve the safety protocol at the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services on Tuesday following the killing last month of a parole and probation agent who was performing a home visit. “We’re here today because people did not listen, and one of our brothers has fallen,” Patrick Moran, the president of the Maryland ...
About 1,200 properties delinquent in paying Carroll taxes risk being auctioned June 26
Carroll County residents delinquent on their fiscal 2024 property tax bills have until June 26 to pay, or their property will be auctioned during a tax sale two days later. The fiscal year runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Property taxes make up 32.42% of the county’s $250,583,849 operating budget for fiscal 2024, according to a news release from Carroll County’s Department of the ...
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