MCPS is calling for ‘cultural and behavioral change’ at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville after a second anti-Black racist incident in seven months was reported last week, according to an email sent to parents by district officials. [WJLA]
Senior living tower next step for North Bethesda’s Strathmore Square
A 20-story, 250-unit senior independent living building is set to break ground next year at North Bethesda’s Strathmore Square. The construction will mark the third phase of the mixed-use development that also will include about 2,200 residential units when completed. [Washington Business Journal]
Man extradited to MoCo after allegedly shooting wife in Silver Spring in 1997
Twenty-four years after fleeing the country amid accusations that he shot his wife, a man was arrested in El Salvador and has been extradited to Montgomery County, according to county police.
Jose Mauricio Rivera, 58, was extradited to the county on Thursday and faces second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault charges in the 1997 shooting in Silver Spring, police said. [WTOP]
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