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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...
Frederick Transit expands bus service around county
FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — Getting around Frederick County is about to get a little faster as the Transit Services of Frederick County are increasing services along the 51 connector route starting July 1. “We’re modifying our Route 51 Connector to better serve our riders and people using our service from 9:15 a.m. to […]
Buddhist monks stop in Frederick along 2,000-mile peace journey
About a dozen Thai Buddhist monks sat with their eyes closed and hands folded to their chests in prayer around a table in Bloom Asian Haus in Frederick, chanting before they ate their meal on Tuesday. The stop at the Asian fusion restaurant on Market Street marked mile 1,523 of...
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...
Buddhist monks walk for peace along Maryland countryside
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A group of Buddhist monks are waking along the Maryland countryside for a mission: To promote world peace. For local resident Lucinda Stauffer it was just another sleepy weekday afternoon in her quiet rural community when she spotted them across from her front yard. “I just noticed they […]
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 […]
McKay introduces long-awaited bill to establish criteria for growth moratorium
Nearly a year after Frederick County Councilmember Steve McKay floated the idea of a pause on residential development, a bill establishing criteria for a temporary growth moratorium has come before Frederick County lawmakers. The moratorium bill, which has been in the works since September 2023, was introduced to the council...
School board rejects Twin Ridge Elementary design proposals due to lack of funds
The Frederick County Board of Education on Wednesday rejected all proposals for designing the limited renovation of Twin Ridge Elementary School due to a lack of funding for the project from either the county or the state. Twin Ridge Elementary in Mount Airy was originally built in 1992 and has...
County to turn former Middletown library into senior citizen hub
Frederick County will convert a former library building in Middletown into a center for active adults and seniors. County Executive Jessica Fitzwater announced the plans for the Middletown Active Adult Community Center at a press conference Tuesday.
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 ...
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