MoCo residents arrested in illegal green card marriage benefit scheme

Plus: Documentary tells story of Glen Echo Amusement Park integration; Winston Churchill High grad stars in Strathmore concerts

April 29, 2025 6:00 a.m. | Updated: April 29, 2025 9:54 a.m.

Some Montgomery County foreign nationals have been arrested for participation in a scheme in which United States citizens would commit marriage fraud to help undocumented immigrants receive green cards. [WTOP]

Documentary tells story of Glen Echo Amusement Park integration

A new documentary tells the story about how the Glen Echo Amusement Park was racially integrated following protests in 1960. Some people who participated in the protests still live in Montgomery County and are featured in the documentary. [The Washington Post]

Winston Churchill High grad stars in Strathmore concerts

Trombonist Marcel Penzes, a Potomac native and Winston Churchill High School graduate, will be featured in three concerts at the Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda next month. Penzes was selected as part of Strathmore’s prestigious Artist in Residence program. [Montgomery Community Media]

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