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Finmarc Management sold a building in Gaithersburg for nearly $4.35 million to Identity Inc., a nonprofit that focuses on underserved youth.
The Anna H. Wang Concert Series is hosting Morris & Friends: An Evening of Opera & Gospel in Takoma Park on Saturday, Feb. 3.
A large amount of pasta and a loaded gun, but no driver, were found inside a crashed vehicle in Stafford County, the sheriff's office said.
Fredericksburg police are investigating an armed robbery of the Tobacco Hut and Vape at 1909 Dixon Street on Monday afternoon.
Mental health is the most important health issue to Montgomery County residents and organizations in the county, according to a new report.
Roaming Rooster will be opening a new restaurant in downtown Silver Spring, its third location in Montgomery County, according to reports.
Officials want MCPS to submit a less redacted version of an investigative report into sexual misconduct, according to reports.
The Montgomery County branch of the NAACP is expressing its support for Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Monifa McKnight.
Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones announced Tuesday that he will be retiring later this year after a 38-year career with the MCPD.
Progressions salon spa store in North Bethesda was named by Bethesda Magazine as the 2024 Best Salon in Rockville/North Bethesda.
The Maryland doctor also entered into an Alford plea on other fourth-degree sex offenses based on the accusations of eight other patients.
Spring could start early this year, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac forecast. Take a peek at what is predicted for Maryland.
Police and family are searching for Darius Appiah, a 22-year-old who the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said went missing last Wednesday.
Police are still investigating a two-vehicle crash on Colesville Road in Silver Spring. A passenger in one of the vehicles died Sunday.
A Silver Spring man was found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury on Friday in the fatal shooting of a man in Rockville in 2022.
A jury found a D.C. man guilty of first-degree murder for fatally stabbing a man last April after they got off a Metro bus in Wheaton.
The Montgomery County Board of Elections on Tuesday will be promoting Help America Vote Day as it seeks workers for this year's elections.
Good news in NoVA includes a new Duck Donuts, Year of the Dragon celebration, $1M New Year's lottery winner, and James Beard semifinalists.
School District Uproar | Murder Conviction Out | Chicken Coop Fire | Teens Carjack Rideshare Driver | Navy SEAL Death | Boost Speeding Fines
Megan Hargan was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the 2017 killing of her mother and sister at her mother’s house in McLean.
