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Proud Boys Crash Maryland Bookstore's 'Drag Story Hour' With Protest Proud Boys Crash Maryland Bookstore's 'Drag Story Hour' With Protest
Proud Boys Crash Maryland Bookstore's 'Drag Story Hour' With Protest The Proud Boys made their presence felt this weekend in Montgomery County as they protested a “drag queen story hour” event at a Silver Spring bookstore, officials say. The police had to be called to Loyalty Bookstore early in the afternoon on Saturday, Feb. 18 on Ellsworth Drive, where there was a reported confrontation between multiple groups, including some purported Proud Boys members and the "Parasol Patrol."  TW: hate speech/ anti LGBTQ Yesterday afternoon Loyalty came under attack from hate groups who tried to force their way into our store during a Drag Queen Story Hour with ph…

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by Zak Failla
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Community Leaders Condemn Latest Instance Of Hate Speech At Montgomery County HS Community Leaders Condemn Latest Instance Of Hate Speech At Montgomery County HS
Community Leaders Condemn Latest Instance Of Hate Speech At Montgomery County HS Community leaders in Montgomery County are speaking out after the latest hate-based act that was reported, this time a racial message that was found at Gaithersburg High School. Principal Cary Dimmick issued a statement to the community after hate-based graffiti was found in the boy’s locker room at the high school when a student reportedly etched the “N” word into paint on a locker. It was the second time in the span of a week that hateful imagery was found at the high school, which came following recent reports of anti-Semitic and racist messages in schools and across the community. “We …

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by Zak Failla
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Lawmakers In Maryland Condemn New Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Painted In The Region Lawmakers In Maryland Condemn New Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Painted In The Region
Lawmakers In Maryland Condemn New Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Painted In The Region Some of the top elected officials in Maryland are speaking out after new anti-Semitic graffiti was found spray-painted in a popular area park. For the second time in nearly as many months, anti-Semitic graffiti was found spray-painted along the Bethesda Trolley Trail in the Wildwood neighborhood. County Executive Marc Elrich said on Monday, Nov. 14, that Montgomery County response teams are working to remove the hateful images “as quickly as possible.” While cleaning up the latest incident, Elrich said that teams also located a second location that was tagged with hateful rhetoric on a b…

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by Zak Failla
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Child Among Nearly Dozen Injured In Explosive Silver Spring Apartment Building Blaze (UPDATES) Child Among Nearly Dozen Injured In Explosive Silver Spring Apartment Building Blaze (UPDATES)
Child Among Nearly Dozen Injured In Explosive Silver Spring Apartment Building Blaze (Updates) At least ten people including a small child with burns were hospitalized in a fire that tore through an apartment complex in Silver Spring on Thursday, March 3.  The second-alarm fire broke out at a four-story home at the Friendly Garden Apartments on Lyttonsville Road. The fire was first reported around 10:30 a.m., according to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich. "Montgomery County Fire and Rescue (MCFRS) promptly responded and worked to both contain the fire and assist residents," he said. Three out of the ten people were hospitalized with serious injuries and the remaining seven w…

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by David Cifarelli