Gaithersburg

Fears surrounding U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement have led to the cancellation of a large annual festival in Maryland celebrating the people and culture of El Salvador. This year’s Salvadoreñisimo Festival was set to take place in Gaithersburg in September at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds. It was supposed to be filled with music, food and thousands of people....

Fears surrounding ICE and immigration enforcement has led to the cancellation of the Salvadoreñisimo Festival in Maryland.

Neighbors in Gaithersburg are coming together to end homelessness. News4’s Molette Green reports on the “paint it forward” event helping more than three dozen families who receive housing support.

Black Marriage Week is a retreat-style conference to help married couples through hardships through conversation, trust and workshops. The event is facilitated by the Relationship Boosters, a group of licensed therapists. News4’s Molette Green reports. 

The death of a man in police custody in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is under investigation by the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, according to a news release.

Earlier this summer, neighbors complained to News4 about a noisy pool party on a quiet Gaithersburg cul-de-sac. The News4 I-Team’s Ted Oberg went back to the scene of the party, where neighbors are talking about more than lewd and rude behavior.

The host of large pool parties on a quiet Gaithersburg cul-de-sac turned out to be leader, advocate and supporter of a long-simmering, sometimes violent separatist fight to break off English speaking portions of Cameroon. The News4 I-Team reports.

This past Sunday, 6-year-old boy Fawzan Hassan was found dead in a pond at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland, near the playground where the boy went missing on Saturday, Montgomery County police said. Hassan was nonverbal and had autism and was last seen at Bohrer Park on Saturday at 3 p.m.  Sunday afternoon, members of the community spotted his...

The death of a 6-year-old boy whose body was found in a pond in Gaithersburg brings attention to the high risk drowning poses to children with autism. Yetta Myrick, head of DC Autism Parents, told News4’s Darcy Spencer, “More resources are needed … like swim classes for youth with autism to help them fully be included in society.”

The body of Fawzan Hassan was recovered from a pond in Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A body was recovered from a pond in Bohrer Park after a six-year-old went missing there. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports. 

The body of 6-year-old Fawzan Hassan has been found in a pond at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland, near the playground where the boy went missing on Saturday, Montgomery County Police said. Hassan, who was also nonverbal and had autism, was last seen at about 3 p.m. Saturday at Bohrer Park. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause…

Police are searching for missing 6-year-old Fawzan Hassan, who was last seen Bohrer Park around 3 p.m. News4’s Dominique Moody reports. 

Investigators believe a house fire in Gaithersburg started with a hot tub on a wooden deck. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

A group of homeowners in Gaithersburg, Maryland, say their neighbor is throwing wild pool parties with hundreds of guests on their quiet street, and some say they feel unsafe. They said they’ve called police but are told there’s not much they can do because the parties wrap up before 9 p.m. “We want peace and quiet,” said Ashley, one...

Neighbors in a Gaithersburg community say they feel unsafe after consecutive large house parties. News4’s Walter Morris reports. 

A young Gaithersburg family faces mounting expenses of recovery after a tornado damaged their home Wednesday. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A man decided to skip watching Wednesday’s storm from his home to drive out in the middle of it to pursue his dream of being a tornado chaser. Resident Mark Monis saw the storm happen in real-time while filming from his car in Gaithersburg, Maryland. “I had this dream of chasing tornadoes when I was younger and I took...

In an effort to fulfill his dream of chasing tornadoes, Mark Monis of Gaithersburg, Maryland captures the powerful storm on his phone from his car, risking his life. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A motorist’s dashboard camera captured a moment when a funnel cloud touched down in Gaithersburg. He spoke with News4’s Walter Morris about what he witnessed.