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Wheaton Encampment Secured After Outreach Efforts and County Coordination — Montgomery Fix WHEATON, Md. — An underground encampment beneath the former Ambassador Apartment property in Wheaton has now been secured following coordinated action by Montgomery County agencies, housing partners, ...

Wheaton Encampment Secured After Outreach Efforts and County Coordination

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Homelessness rose 30% in Montgomery County in the last census. It spills into our neighborhoods as encampments in the woods of Gaithersburg and tents on the sidewalks of Rockville.

Twinbrook Decries Loss of Only Dunkin’, Demands DD Equity Disappearing Dunkin' leaves void as cavernous as the dead duckpin bowling alley beneath it

𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻’, 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗗𝗗 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆
Residents of Rockville’s Twinbrook neighborhood were left stunned last week after their only Dunkin’ closed its doors forever, plunging the community into what local activists call a textbook case of systemic DD inequity. Full Story 👇

MoCo Rent Control Assessment Based on GFS Modeling Policy wonks and political junkies across Montgomery County were scratching their heads last week after County Executive Mark Elrich and County Council President Natalie Fani-Gonzalez held a press con...

MoCo Rent Control Assessment Based on GFS Modeling

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No clapping? Only at Takoma Torch's Party The Takoma Torch publisher is warning guests not to clap for karaoke performers at its 7th Anniversary Party on Saturday night because it might make the really bad singers feel reluctant to perform. ...

𝗡𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗵'𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆
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BOE Adopts Magruder and Wootton Parent Proposals ROCKVILLE, Md. — The Montgomery County Board of Education announced today it will acquiesce to parent demands and initiate major renovations at both Thomas S. Wootton High School and Colonel Zadok Mag...

𝗕𝗢𝗘 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗿𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀
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Council President Responds to Report of Underground Homeless Encampment — Montgomery Fix Montgomery County Council President Natali Fani-González responded to a Montgomery Fix report published on February 14, 2026, detailing an underground homeless encampment beneath the former Ambassador...

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

Fellman told The Patch that, as of publication, none of the contacted officials had responded.

Hidden in Plain Sight: Wheaton’s Underground Homeless Encampment — Montgomery Fix At one of Montgomery County’s busiest intersections, hidden just below street level, a multi-level homeless encampment has quietly taken shape beneath a major redevelopment site in downtown Wheaton. ...

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Meet Your Local Pedorthist: Interview with JoAnn Epps — Montgomery Fix There are things that we don’t mention to our partners, or that we “forget” to mention. In my case it was flat feet. Maybe I thought it wasn’t important, or that she would reject me if she knew. Two c...

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Why Bill 8-26 Risks Making MoCo’s Housing Crisis Worse — Montgomery Fix Montgomery County's ongoing and, arguably, self-inflicted housing challenges may get another shot in the foot. On February 10, Councilmember Will Jawando introduced the Anti-Algorithmic Price Fixing A...

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Rockville Science Center Launches Funding Drive for New Home — Montgomery Fix The Rockville Science Center (RSC) is looking ahead to its next chapter: securing a new, potentially larger facility that can meet growing demand and expand hands-on science education for children and...

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What Would Governor Moore Say About Rockville’s Flag? — Montgomery Fix Governor Wes Moore's comments this week about Maryland's revered flag sparked a tsunami of negative backlash. Moore described the state's flag as a “contradiction,” pointing out how it merges the red ...

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Wootton Celebrates Victory in Battle for Crown GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Rockville leaders and members of the Wootton High School community took a ceremonial victory lap around a snow-covered construction site at the soon-to-be-complete Crown facility ...

𝗪𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻

Wall of Silence Surrounds MoCo Press Rules — Montgomery Fix Publisher’s Note: This article is reprinted from the October 1, 2024 post on Montgomery Leek Montgomery County adopted its first formal policy restricting who may ask questions at Council Presi...

Until you reveal the who, how, when where and why behind the secret Council press access rules you approved when Council President, you have NO place in this discussion. You've destroyed your street cred as a former CNN reporter.
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Let’s Remove Our Own Snow — Montgomery Fix It was five days after the January 24–25 snowstorm before I was finally able to get my car out and search for food, drink, entertainment, and the other necessities a modern hunter-gatherer requires to...

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Interview: Jim McNulty’s Workforce Housing Down Payment Assistance Proposal — Montgomery Fix At-Large Montgomery County Council candidate Jim McNulty has proposed a countywide workforce housing down payment assistance fund aimed at helping long-term renters and essential workers purchase th...

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A Stark Snow Divide Between Rockville and MoCo — Montgomery Fix Following the snowstorm eight days ago, Montgomery Fix visited two adjacent neighborhoods in central Montgomery County to examine how snow removal compared on streets separated by jurisdiction. On on...

𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗖𝗼
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Sidewalks, Narrow Roads May FORCE Monday MCPS Closures — Montgomery Fix Site visits today by Montgomery Fix to schools in the Rockville High School cluster found school campuses themselves in excellent condition following last weekend’s snow and ice storm, but access ro...

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Who is the Winner in the War on Gas Appliances? — Montgomery Fix The County Council, along with state and federal government policy makers, is conducting a war on gas appliances. In 2022, the County Council passed Bill 13-22, directing the County Executive to adopt...

Who is the Winner in the War on Gas Appliances?

APRE Opposes Relocating Wootton High School Group petitions Board of Education to keep school at current location

𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹

MCDOT Concierge Class Snow Plow Service Announced Amid Winter Storm Frustrations Participating households will receive priority routing for snow plows

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Virginia Exploits Storm to Build Light Pollution Barrier Northern Virginia officials scrambled overnight to redeploy snow removal assets and secure additional contract crews after recognizing that an epic winter storm pummeling the region provided a decenni...

Virginia Exploits Storm to Build Light Pollution Barrier

Bill Introduced to Study Environmental and Community Impacts of Spheres Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass today announced legislation to create a formal, transparent review process for Sphere entertainment center applications in the county. The proposal responds ...

Bill Introduced to Study Environmental and Community Impacts of Spheres

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MCPS Announces “Option O,” the Cladosporium Consortium Schools to share one massive campus at former COMSAT Lab

MCPS Announces “Option O,” the Cladosporium Consortium

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Baby Delivered on I-270 Misses Kindergarten Enrollment Deadline A baby delivered on southbound I-270 near the Montrose Road exit ramp in Rockville will have to wait a year to enroll in kindergarten thanks to traffic gridlock. Parents Miles and Sienna Parker and...

Baby Delivered on I-270 Misses Kindergarten Enrollment Deadline