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This Massachusetts native developed her passion for community news when she moved to the Washington, DC, metropolitan area in 2004.
After dreaming about being a journalist for several years, she enrolled in journalism school at the University of Maryland, College Park, and received a master’s degree in online journalism in 2010.
She has freelanced for The Current Newspapers, a weekly community newspaper in Washington, DC, and has written for the Capital News Service, a news wire service run by the University of Maryland, as an environment reporter.
She also has a master’s degree in architectural history from the University of Virginia, and she received her bachelor’s degree in architecture and music from Wellesley College in 2001.
The county school board's most recent capital improvement program calls for a significant amount of money, but it's still not the ideal amount.
Here are the top seven reasons—and a few less-common ones, too—for why people called the countywide call center from Silver Spring during the first week of October.
Here are the top seven reasons—and a few less-common ones, too—for why people called the countywide call center from Bethesda and Chevy Chase during the first week of October.
Crimes in Silver Spring included in the county police department's most recent crime summary.
Crimes in Bethesda and Chevy Chase included in the county police department's most recent crime summary.
The performance evaluation of the county's only urban district corporation takes place—by law—every five years.
Nighttime road work begins Nov. 18.
Here's what's happening on the Red Line this weekend.
Here's what's happening on the Red Line this weekend.
Recent obituaries of Bethesda and Chevy Chase residents.
Recent obituaries of Silver Spring residents.
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
Restaurant news from around Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods.
The suspect's 2-year-old daughter remained in the vehicle during the incident, police said.
"Nose-to-tail" dining, coming soon to Silver Spring!
"Nose-to-tail" dining, coming soon to Silver Spring!