Silver Spring MD

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Salisbury, Maryland — A major winter storm is expected to significantly impact the Delmarva Peninsula this weekend, bringing heavy snowfall, strong winds, and hazardous travel conditions from Saturday night...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — The takeover of a $2.3 million Bethesda home has renewed scrutiny in Annapolis, where lawmakers from both parties now acknowledge that Maryland law provides limited tools to remove squatters, leaving homeowners, financial institutions, and communities exposed for months or years. The property,...

Afro-fusion fine dining concept VIBE Restaurant and Lounge is set to open this weekend in downtown Silver Spring, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for 12 p.m. on Friday, January 30. The restaurant is billed as an “upscale dining experience where culture, flavor, creativity, and innovation collide” and is...

A man is in the hospital after a stabbing in the District on Thursday.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a collision involving a trash truck on Thursday afternoon on Woodfield Road near Watkins Road in Gaithersburg. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the collision involved a rollover, and EMS evaluated the driver at the scene. No...

The A.V. Sandusky uses its weight and reinforced steel hull to ride up on the ice, then crush it below and break apart the thick, frozen slabs.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — WSSC Water has continued its directive to limit water use to essential purposes only for its 1.9 million customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. The essential-water-use-only request was initially issued at 11:15 a.m. on Jan. 27. WSSC Water emphasizes that the water...

A Silver Spring man recently purchased a $50,000-winning lottery scratch-off ticket at the Sunoco gas station at 10550 Connecticut Avenue in Kensington. According to MD Lottery, the win follows a previous $250,000 scratch-off prize he claimed in June 2024. The winner, who owns a home remodeling business, said he has...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Only 7News, uncleared ice trapped a 60-year-old Frances Stokes in her apartment, stopping her from making it to her dialysis appointments. 7News went to the Unity Place Apartments in Southeast D.C. and revealed that unplowed roads and walkways across the district are putting families at risk.

It made it to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert devoted part of his monologue to the ongoing sewage overflow impacting Maryland, DC, and Virginia, joking that a “small geyser of poop water is flooding into the Potomac River,” a line he credited to “Little Richie Dom, age eight,” before pausing for applause...