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Montgomery County schools to install $2M in vape detectors
Leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, gave school officials the green light to install vape detectors in high school bathrooms. The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the school system’s plan to use $2 million in funds to install the detectors. Tax-payers won’t be footing the bill for the detectors. The funding came from a settlement reached between Montgomery...
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Grocery delivery program helps Montgomery County families in the ‘SNAP gap'
Montgomery County has launched a new program to help families in need pay for their groceries and get them delivered straight to their homes.
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Police drones touted for speed, de-esculation abilities. What about privacy?
Montgomery County police are responding to residents’ privacy concerns as they expand a program that deploys drones to emergency situations.
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Montgomery County unveils statue honoring Olympic athlete Dominique Dawes
Olympic legend Dominique Dawes, a three-time Olympian and the first African American to win a gold medal in gymnastics, was honored with a new sculpture at the Silver Spring Recreation and Aquatic Center.
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Community honors Bowie couple who died on pilgrimage to Mecca
A community came together to honor the lives of Alhaji Alieu Dausy and Haja Isatu Wurie, a couple from Bowie, Maryland who died on their Hajj to Mecca amid extreme heat. Hundreds of people attended a memorial service Sunday night to show their family love and support. “It shows there’s strength in numbers and strength in our faith to...
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Fairfax Co. police ask for help identifying car that fatally struck woman in crosswalk after Christmas
Mary Wong was struck by a vehicle near her Springfield home just a few days after Christmas. Left in a coma, she died at the end of January. Fairfax County Police are still looking for the person behind the wheel, who fled the scene after the crash.
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‘Only forward from here': Fairfax County inmates find second chance in addiction recovery program
The Striving to Achieve Recover Program at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center consists of three 18-week phases to heal from addiction.
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Armed thieves steal cyclist's Canada Goose jacket in Northwest DC
A group of armed thieves stole a Canada Goose jacket from a bicyclist in the middle of the day in Northwest D.C., police say. Surveillance video shows the moment a car blocked the cyclist’s path on Belt Street NW on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Three suspects then jumped out, one of them armed with a gun. In a few seconds,...
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‘I was afraid': DC rabbi talks about antisemitic attack outside Georgetown synagogue
New details emerged Monday on a suspected antisemitic assault outside a D.C. synagogue on Sunday. Police responded to Kesher Israel, in Georgetown, just before 9:30 a.m. Sunday after a man allegedly shouted “Gas the Jews” and sprayed people with a foul-smelling substance. Rabbi Hyim Shafner was teaching a class inside the synagogue with a few congregants. One of them...
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Man with gun arrested across from Union Station, Capitol Police say
A man with a gun was arrested Tuesday across from Union Station on Capitol Hill, U.S. Capitol Police say.
