MCPS Says Less Fucking During Pandemic Than Expected

ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County Public Schools officials announced Monday that a significant decline in student enrollment is directly attributed to lower-than-anticipated levels of fucking during t...

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Jawando’s Debate Double Standard — Montgomery Fix

In the American election system, candidate debates force leaders to defend their records and platforms under public scrutiny. In Montgomery County, the Democratic establishment limits that scrutiny by...

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2026 MoCo Traffic Deaths Already Top 2025 Total — Montgomery Fix

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...

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Don't Ignore The Canary in the Coal Mine: Oppose Bill 33-26 — Montgomery Fix

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 ...

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How Many Emails Does It Take to Get a MoCo Pothole Fixed? — Montgomery Fix

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...

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Montgomery Fix Interview: Brenda Diaz, At-Large Board of Education — Montgomery Fix

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...

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GCAAR to GOP Candidates: Disavow Party if You Want Endorsement — Montgomery Fix

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...

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The Resurrection of Glenmont, The Montgomery County Elephant — Montgomery Fix

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...

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As Montgomery County Disbands DUI Unit, Arrests Have Been Rising — Montgomery Fix

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 ...

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Montgomery County on Pace to Set 20-Year Traffic Fatality Record — Montgomery Fix

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...

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Vision Zero Isn’t Working — Montgomery Fix

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...

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Practical Governance Over Immigration Theater in Gaithersburg — Montgomery Fix

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...

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The Price of Principle in MoCo’s Gun Lawsuits — Montgomery Fix

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...

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Montgomery County’s East Gude Shelter Fiasco — Montgomery Fix

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 ...

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How Rockville Is Like Mardelva — Montgomery Fix

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 ...

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Montgomery County Expands Plastic Ban to All Flexible Polymers

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...

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A Look at the Bottom 10 Salaries of MCPS Employees — Montgomery Fix

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...

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Council Enacts 18-Month Moratorium on New Silver Spring Coffee Shops

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

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Montgomery County Approves $49.8 Billion Metro 'Aqua Line'

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

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The White's Ferry Acquisition is a Sinking Ship — Montgomery Fix

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...

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Awakened by a Bombing: MoCo’s Antisemitism Evolution — Montgomery Fix

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 ...

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Montgomery County Little League Clinches Thrilling State Title; Heads to Regionals — Montgomery Fix

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...

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PR Crop Failure at Olney Farmers Market — Montgomery Fix

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 ...

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Lost Knife Road: Transit, Demolition, and Violence in Gaithersburg — Montgomery Fix

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...

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Fixing Fractured Glenmont — Montgomery Fix

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

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I Hate Politics Podcast Announces End After Five-and-a-Half-Year Run — Montgomery Fix

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...

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