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  • Six out of 10 Montgomery County high schoolers flunk algebra final

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: Thu, May 2, 2013

    Almost two-thirds of high school students in Montgomery County who took Algebra I last semester failed their final math exam, causing parents and school officials to search for answers as to what went wrong. Data shows 61 percent -- or about 2,700 -- of high school students in the county...

  • Lawmakers slam Montgomery County executives, Metro over transit center

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Wed, May 1, 2013

    Montgomery County Council members lashed out at county officials charged with fixing the beleaguered, $120 million Silver Spring Transit Center for withholding a letter from Metro saying it would not take over the center because of its problems. County officials said Metro has not been...

  • Montgomery County inspector general to investigate Silver Spring Transit Center

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    The Montgomery County inspector general is investigating the Silver Spring Transit Center after council members requested $100,000 be put toward examining the center's construction errors. Inspector General Ed Blansitt responded to a memo from Councilman Hans Riemer, D-at large, asking for the...

  • Montgomery Council approves union raises

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

    The Montgomery County Council approved a trio of pay raises for union employees, which will cost the county almost $32 million in fiscal 2014. The council approved the firefighters, police and county government employees union packages 8-1, with only Councilman Phil Andrews,...

  • More than 1,500 volunteers beautify area

    Kate Jacobson

    Updated: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

    Community members and volunteers joined forces to help improve the D.C. area on Saturday as part of the 12th annual Comcast Cares Day. The day -- sponsored by Comcast and the non-profit City Year Washington D.C. -- brought some 1,500 volunteers out on Saturday to all parts of the area to help...

  • About 500 locks open inside Montgomery County jail

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

    About 500 cell locks opened at Montgomery County's main jail -- the second time in one week locks became unsecured in the facility near Clarksburg. The incident caused officials to declare a security emergency. Just after 12:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, jail workers were alerted that the...

  • Three arrested for robbery in Adams Morgan

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

    Three Maryland men were arrested in connection with an early Saturday morning robbery in Adams Morgan. Police said just after 3 a.m. on Saturday, Sterling Thornton, 22, of Capitol Heights approached an Alexandria man in the 1900 block of Calvert Street NW and demanded his watch. When the man...

  • Fire destroys Largo townhome

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

    A fire that required almost 50 firefighters to control caused about $150,000 in damage to a Largo townhome on Friday. Prince George's County firefighters responded to the fire at about 2:30 p.m. on Friday in the 500 block of Harry S. Truman Drive. The fire started on the second floor of the...

  • Man dies in Fairfax crash

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013

    Police said a 23-year-old Alexandria man died after the car he was driving overturned, causing a three-vehicle crash on I-95 in Fairfax County. Police said Ryan Cox of Alexandria was driving his car south on I-95 near the exit ramp for Backlick Road shortly after 12 a.m. on Saturday when the...

  • Montgomery County union pay raises head to council after committee OK

    Kate Jacobson

    Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013

    A trio of contracts giving three Montgomery County unions two year, double-digit pay raises will head to the County Council intact, after a council committee voted to recommend the increases on Thursday. In total, the contracts would cost about $105.3 million over two years. Members of the...


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