Montgomery County reached a grim milestone Wednesday, September 30, when a 62-year-old woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Aspen Hill. Her death brought the county’s 2026 traffi...

ROCKVILLE, MD — For generations, miners carried canaries into coal mines as an early warning of poisonous gases. Today, the “canary in the coal mine” is an idiom understood to mean a sentinel warning ...

In the iconic television commercial, the boy asks Mr. Owl, “How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?” The answer: The world may never know. For one Montgom...

Montgomery Fix only dedicates interview space to political figures we find genuinely interesting, sometimes because of their policy platform, sometimes because of their persona. We find Brenda Diaz i...

A dispute between the Montgomery County Republican Party and the Greater Capital Area Association of REALTORS® has erupted over a question GCAAR is asking Republican candidates seeking its endorsement...

In 2002, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities conducted the “Party Animals” project, the largest public art exhibit in Washington, D.C. history. It decorated the city with 200 whimsically pa...

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) announced Friday that it was disbanding the unit specifically responsible for getting impaired drivers off the road. The next night, a suspected drunken ...

Last week we published Why Vision Zero Isn’t Working , a deep dive into why Montgomery County’s Vision Zero initiative is failing to deliver on its promise to eliminate severe and fatal traffic a...

In February 2016, Montgomery County became one of the first local governments in the United States to adopt “Vision Zero,” an ambitious plan to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries on loca...

In response to an incident involving ICE enforcement activity in the Bohrer Park parking lot earlier this month, activists focused on the City of Gaithersburg are calling for the city to “respond,” “p...

Whatever one’s perspective on gun control, every resident of Montgomery County shares a common stake in how local tax dollars are managed. As county leaders prepare to defend newly enacted firearm res...

As part of our Hidden Spaces series about homelessness in Montgomery County, we chronicled an encampment in the woods just off East Gude Drive in Rockville for five months, recording its occupation ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - During the debate over Maryland's congressional districts this week, Delegate Tom Hutchinson introduced an amendment proposing an Eastern Shore secession referendum by waving a large ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. – Building on the success of its carryout bag policies, the Montgomery County Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to enact Bill 34-26, extending the ban on plastic bags to cover all re...

This week Bethesda Magazine revealed who makes up the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) district's top 100 earners. At the top is Superintendent Thomas Taylor, earning a whopping $406,253 sala...

New third-wave coffee houses, artisanal pour-over lounges, and multi-concept restobars are strictly barred.

New line will connect White's Ferry, MD to Rosslyn, VA

Montgomery County is holding a press conference this morning where, according to WTOP News and the Washington Business Journal , officials will announce a deal with the owner of White’s Ferry to ac...

A few hours before dawn on July 25, 1977, a thunderous boom jolted Rockville’s Flower Valley neighborhood awake, bringing terror and unparalleled destruction to the bucolic community. A powerful bomb ...

There is some major news brewing on the local diamonds! Our very own Montgomery County Little League (MCLL) 9-11 team has officially been crowned the Maryland State Champions after an unforgettable, g...

Yesterday the Olney Farmers and Artists Market managed to alienate its community and ignite a firestorm of public backlash with a thirteen-word, politely framed directive: "When at the market, please ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A violent 48-hour stretch on a single, highly transient block has exposed a localized public safety crisis that defies broader regional trends. The escalation peaked on Sunday, Ju...

The CVS pothole saga is a case study on Glenmont Shopping Center dysfunction

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Sunil Dasgupta, the host and creator of the local public affairs podcast " I Hate Politics ," announced the conclusion of the show at the end of his June 30, 2026 broadcast, marking t...

In front of the Safeway on Connecticut Avenue in Kensington, MD, a homeless group with two elderly adults, a disabled adult, and occasionally a few others, has spent the better part of six months livi...

In 2025, the publisher of Montgomery Fix was at the center of a dispute over press access in Montgomery County government. As we challenged policies that restricted our ability to participate alon...

In 2025, the publisher of Montgomery Fix was at the center of a dispute over press access in Montgomery County government. As we challenged policies that restricted our ability to participate alon...

Montgomery County's "Case of the Century" began today in Circuit Court

PNC Bank filed suit in Montgomery County Circuit Court on May 22 to foreclose on the principal residence of County Executive candidate Mithun Banerjee.¹ According to the filing, Banerjee defaulted on ...

In our zeal to memorialize fallen American soldiers, naturally we glorify their greatness and ultimate sacrifice, forgiving and forgetting their human frailties. They deserve the honor and the grace. ...

Last August, we broke the news that Montgomery County had officially dipped its toes into the high-stakes world of Glenmont real estate by purchasing a 12,179-square-foot gravel lot located at 2301 ...

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor took to video on Friday to lament the county council’s FY27 budget straw votes as a “mixed bag” and “frustrating.” The council’s prelimi...

In a bid to stem an appeal filed over the decision to close Rockville's Wootton High School and relocate students to Gaithersburg's Crown High School, MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor has announc...

On February 28, 2025, a Montgomery County legislative analyst sent a briefing to the Council’s Public Safety Committee under the title, “Police: Holiday Traffic Safety Task Force (and Impaired Driving...

SILVER SPRING, Md. — County Council at-large candidate Scott Goldberg suffered a sudden setback this week after a campaign video intended to answer voter questions instead triggered fast-moving backla...

For 115 years, the little Montrose School on the crest above the intersection of Rockville Pike and Randolph Road in North Bethesda withstood the test of time, witnessing the growth of a sleepy farmin...

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A newsroom that demands accountability shouldn’t need a legislative deadline to stop exploiting its own readers

The so-called ‘crack hippos’ got their name because they were brought over to Washington by drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III.

In the shadow of luxury high-rises lies a 15-acre "no-man's land" of junked cars, violence, and environmental decay. Montgomery Fix investigates the forest the county forgot.

Followers of Moderately MOCO, the popular Montgomery County news and discussion website, lashed out at the media giant this week after it posted an interview with Montgomery County Public School Super...