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Montgomery County GOP Announces Election 2026 Karaoke Watch Party

Labeling Esther Wells unviable after months of platforming a bankrupt adjudicated slumlord and an AI-apocalypse theorist is surreal. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/jaw...

Reardon Sullivan, a Republican candidate for the District 1 seat on the Montgomery County Council, says his campaign has been losing as many as 40 signs a week. Police have identified a woman suspected of taking them. Her name is Eileen. More www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/cou...

EXCLUSIVE: 2026 MoCo Traffic Deaths Already Top 2025 Total www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/202...

Kate Stewart wants you to believe that dictating ethics policies, holding as much as 28 percent of board seats, plus holding the purse strings, won't open the door to undue influence. That's a load of crap. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/don...

How Many Emails Does It Take to Get a MoCo Pothole Fixed? Learn the troubling answer ... and how Montgomery Fix got a pothole repaired in 3 weeks. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/how...

This isn't a timid candidate questionnaire. We designed questions to be blunt and challenging, putting Diaz's past actions, policy stances, and political associations under a direct spotlight. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/mon...

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, with the county GOP accusing the association of pressuring candidates to disavow their own party.

Glenmont, The Montgomery County Elephant, will make its revitalized public debut at the Wheaton Arts Parade & Festival on September 27, 2026. After that, Glenmont is likely to roam the county, a symbol of revitalization for a shopping center and neighborhood still waiting for their own resurrection.

The county's traffic fatality prevention plan calls for engineering, education, and enforcement. Three-legged tables are already unstable. Remove one leg, and a crash is inevitable. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/as-...

As of August 18, 2026, Montgomery County has already seen at least 34 traffic fatalities. October consistently the deadliest month. It is possible Montgomery County will meet or exceed the 20-year 2006 high of 58 traffic-related deaths by December 31. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/mon...

Vision Zero Isn't Working: A decade after Montgomery County adopted its zero-fatality goal, the numbers remain stubbornly high. Take a deep dive and learn why: www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/vis...

Within the telltale short declarative sentences, single-line paragraphs, stacked questions, and the “it’s not X, it’s Y” conceit, AI excels at transforming genuine discussion into manufactured ‘gotcha’ lines and performative soundbites. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/pra...

Pixar Studios in association with Disney and Montgomery Fix present: The Glenmont King 🎥

Which is more likely to prevent gun violence: 28 security personnel deployed across elementary schools or Expedited Bill 23-26? Check out The Price of Principle in MoCo’s Gun Lawsuits www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/the...

When the nearest neighbor is a 120-acre field burping 70% methane, there are no NIMBYs. The East Gude Men's Shelter fiasco is a sobering example of how political convenience can lead to a callous disregard for basic human decency. Read the whole story: www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/mon...

How Rockville Is Like Mardelva www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/how...

Montgomery County Expands Plastic Ban to All Flexible Polymers www.montgomeryleek.com/home/montgom...

Last month our non-satirical sister site, Montgomery Fix, posted a video of an abandoned homeless encampment off East Gude Drive in Rockville, showing tons of garbage strewn across an area 25 yards from a Rock Creek tributary. Last week it was cleared after a DHCA violation notice. That's a Fix!

A Look at the Bottom 10 Salaries of MCPS Employees Bethesda Magazine just released the top 100 MCPS earner list. We decided to look at the bottom. Details: www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/a-l...

Council Enacts 18-Month Moratorium on New Silver Spring Coffee Shops www.montgomeryleek.com/home/council...

Montgomery County has approved a $49.8 billion infrastructure project to connect Metro subway service from White's Ferry to Rosslyn MORE: bit.ly/4yLeJ6r

The White's Ferry Acquisition is a Sinking Ship www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/the...

Awakened by a Bombing: MoCo’s Antisemitism Evolution Take a deep dive into the history of Montgomery County's Jewish community and the evolution of local antisemitism. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/awa...

Montgomery County Little League Clinches Thrilling State Title; Heads to Regionals www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/mon...

PR Crop Failure at Olney Farmers Market www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/pr-...

Lost Knife Road: Transit, Demolition, and Violence in Gaithersburg www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/los...

Fixing Fractured Glenmont Patching a pothole took three months, five county inspector visits, two code violation notices, threats of a citation, letters from lawyers, and dozens of emails and phone calls. Click below for full article www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/fix...

I Hate Politics Podcast Announces End After Five-and-a-Half-Year Run www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/i-h...

Gaithersburg Seeks Solutions to Recurring Encampments (Non-satirical) We monitored highway homeless encampments over a five-month span, tracking how government agencies responded. Read our report at www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/gai...

An elderly, disabled couple has lived in a Kensington, MD bus stop shelter for nearly six months. Learn how county policy fails neighborhoods and their most vulnerable people. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/whe...

The Montgomery Fix 'Press Freedom' Ballot (Non-Satirical) www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/the...

The Montgomery Fix 'Press Freedom' Ballot www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/the...

County Executive candidate Mithun Banerjee was in the courtroom once again this week. (satire)

PNC Files for Foreclosure on Banerjee www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/pnc...

𝗔 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗶𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/a-m...

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆: 𝗔𝗻 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹 𝗛 A non-satirical, slow-motion, bureaucratic rendition of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" skit. www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/the...

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿, 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/sup...

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁 www.montgomeryleek.com/home/superin...

When Montgomery County, MD Government purchased Parcel H in the Glenmont Shopping Center last May, we called it "the trashiest lot in the trashiest shopping center in Montgomery County." The shopping center looks better. Parcel H is a disaster.

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗗𝗨𝗜 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/mon...

𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲

𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 From our non-satirical sister site

At least one individual was connected with shelter services before the Maryland State Highway Administration cleared this encampment last week in the City of Gaithersburg. Montgomery Fix reported the site to city, county, and state officials in February.

Subscription Friction: Baltimore Banner Earns an ‘F’ from BBB (From our non-satirical sister site) www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/sub...

Banner Montgomery Milks the Clock and MoCo Wallets (non-satirical from Montgomery Fix) www.montgomeryfix.com/articles/ban...

𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮 ‘𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀’ 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸

Pick almost any #montgomerycountymd RR bridge and this is what it looks like below. Shelters are at or near full capacity. We can do better than dog beds under bridges. #homeless #crisis