Mark Hand covers Montgomery County, Maryland and Fredericksburg, Virginia for Patch.com.
Mark is a graduate of the University of Virginia. Don't hesitate to reach out to him at mark.hand@patch.com with story ideas or news tips.
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Good news in NoVA includes a celebration of local leaders, grand prize goes to local writer, and teens organize care packages for military.
A new report named 13 Virginia hospitals among the best in the world. Researchers evaluated 2,400 hospitals across 30 countries.
A former Montgomery County school teacher pleaded guilty Friday to multiple counts of sexual abuse of students between 2001 and 2016.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger introduced legislation Thursday to rename a Fredericksburg post office after civil rights leader Gladys P. Todd.
The Bethesda Urban Partnership will host the Local Writer’s Showcase March 14 and 15, celebrating writers from D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Montgomery County officers determined the same juvenile also made bombs threats against schools in Howard County and several other states.
A Gaithersburg man was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a minor and second-degree rape.
A motorcyclist died from injuries sustained in a crash Thursday afternoon in Gaithersburg, according to the Montgomery County police.
Two men were shot in a Sheetz parking lot in Spotsylvania County Wednesday night in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime.
On Super Tuesday in Virginia and other states, voters will choose presidential candidates in the Democratic and Republican primaries.
Upon completion, the Olney theater will be renamed the Bernard Family Theatre, in recognition of a $1 million gift from Cathy Bernard.
Montgomery County police released surveillance video of a suspect in the armed robbery of a Chipotle in downtown Bethesda.
Montgomery County police are asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects in a Feb. 22 burglary in the Silver Spring area.
The Fredericksburg Parks, Recreation & Events Department is holding a 20th Anniversary Earth Day Festival on April 20.
Two teenage brothers from Kensington were sentenced Tuesday for the 2022 murder in Germantown of 20-year-old Taon Lamont Cline of Frederick.
The City of Fredericksburg is holding a Ghana Friendship Day Celebration from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6.
Montgomery County police released surveillance video of the suspect in an armed robbery of a Dunkin’ in Bethesda on Feb. 17.
A jury in a civil trial ruled Steven Krawatsky, a rabbi from Baltimore, committed assault against one child and battery against another.
A driver was charged with driving under the influence in Fredericksburg after getting pulled over for driving 85 mph in a 35-mph zone.
