This Week in MOCO ROOT
This week's local news was dominated by stories of crime, politics, and community issues in Montgomery County. A fatal stabbing in Wheaton led to the revelation that the perpetrator was in the US illegally, while a road rage incident in Montgomery County left an off-duty ICE agent pepper-sprayed. On the political front, the county council gave preliminary approval to a 7% rate hike for WSSC, and the Supreme Court announced it would hear a case related to magnet school admissions. In education, MCPS showed marked improvement on the state report card, and community members spoke out about the district's aging school buildings. Meanwhile, the county's growing data center industry was highlighted, and a local couple won a $30,000 lottery prize.
AI-generated overview
- TEDCO Announces Awarding $4.3 Million Across Nine Equitech Growth Fund Awardees (moco-root-feed)
- Rockville man charged in fatal Wheaton stabbing is in U.S. illegally, officials say (moco-root-feed)
- Competing visions: Montgomery County executive candidates on housing, taxes and schools (moco-root-feed)
- Aerospace firm chooses Virginia over Maryland for 2nd headquarters (moco-root-feed)
- 3 wanted after August shooting in Montgomery County (moco-root-feed)
- New public safety center opens in Montgomery County (moco-root-feed)
- Toolkits help educators across the country empower students on voting rights (moco-root-feed)
- Off-duty ICE agent pepper-sprayed by driver during road rage incident in Montgomery County: Officials (moco-root-feed)
- From Bethesda Magazine: Where in MoCo do houses cost the most, sell the fastest? (moco-root-feed)
- Montgomery Planning briefs Planning Board on the North Bethesda Implementation Study Scope of Work (moco-root-feed)
- County Councilors Contemplate the Fate of the Dickerson Trash Incinerator (moco-root-feed)
- MCPS shows marked improvement on state report card (moco-root-feed)
- County Council gives preliminary approval to 7% WSSC rate hike (moco-root-feed)
- Gaithersburg boys soccer advances to regional semifinals with a 1-0 win over Bethesda-Chevy Chase (moco-root-feed)
- Rep. Raskin goes on the road to help Democrats nationwide (moco-root-feed)
- Teenager hospitalized after being hit by vehicle (moco-root-feed)
- Don't Close The Dickerson Incinerator (moco-root-feed)
- Montgomery County seeks dismissal from DOJ lawsuit over ICE mask bans (moco-root-feed)
- Read all about it: Literary events in Montgomery County to check out in November (moco-root-feed)
- Turnout surging in Maryland, as ‘jacked up’ voters head to the polls for early voting (moco-root-feed)
- CORRECTION: Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich's Weekly Media Briefing at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28: Long-Term Disposal of Solid Waste (moco-root-feed)
- Westbard Sector Plan wins Best Master Plan from the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (moco-root-feed)
- Judge sentences Silver Spring man to 10 years in teen brother-in-law’s beating death (moco-root-feed)
- MCPS spent nearly $6M on retiree incentives following position cuts (moco-root-feed)
- Week 9 preview: Three high school football games to watch (moco-root-feed)
- Wired Maryland 10/26/26 (moco-root-feed)
- Officials Call on Census Bureau to Withdraw Rule That Would Leave Residents Out of the 2030 Count and Erase Race and Ethnicity Data | Montgomery County, MD (moco-root-feed)
- Aging Montgomery County schools face billions in repairs as budget decisions loom (moco-root-feed)
- Senate President Bill Ferguson Names Sen. Brian Feldman Maryland’s Senate Economic Development Chief at TEDCO Entrepreneur Expo (moco-root-feed)
- Supreme Court to Hear Montgomery County Magnet School Admissions Case (moco-root-feed)
- Police searching for man who allegedly exposed himself in Silver Spring store (moco-root-feed)
- How data centers came to dominate politics in Maryland’s purplest county (moco-root-feed)
- Montgomery County couple claims $30,000 lottery prize in Halloween masks (moco-root-feed)
- ‘Unthinkable’: Elected officials, advocates decry proposed changes to 2030 census (moco-root-feed)
- From Bethesda Magazine: Plan now for holiday happenings, Veterans Day ceremonies and films at a firehouse (moco-root-feed)
- MD school board candidates view AI with trepidation (moco-root-feed)
- 5 things to know today, Oct. 26, in Montgomery County (moco-root-feed)
- 4 in custody after gunshots reported near Montgomery County high school: Police (moco-root-feed)
- Three Maryland school board candidates have had tax liens, including one from MoCo (moco-root-feed)
- ‘Band-Aid on a bullet wound’: MCPS community members decry building woes (moco-root-feed)