Bethesda

Marriott, a major employer headquartered in Bethesda, plans to cut more than 800 jobs.

A notice on the Maryland Department of Labor website says Marriott, based in Bethesda, will cut 833 jobs. Here’s what Marriott said about why and what’s next.

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is held on the third Sunday in November annually. Rife for Your Life spreads awareness about road safety for cyclists. News4’s Derrick Ward talks to Dan Langenkamp whose wife Sarah died two years ago while riding a bike in Maryland. 

“I know I have to do what I have to do to survive,” said Markus Forrester, a patient at the National Institutes of Health. Forrester was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder in 2013, but did not believe his complications would continue for more than a decade. His lungs collapsed seven times, and he’s still recovering from a double lung…

The Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health will renovate their existing building and create a new one with more patients beds in a new project. News4’s Aimee Cho reports. 

Strathmore in Montgomery County is celebrating its 20th anniversary of its flagship program called Artist in Residence (AIR) where they help artists transition into a professional career. News4’s Melissa Mollet talks to President and CEO Monica Jeffries Hazangeles, and musician and mentor Josanne Francis about the program. 

Police are asking for the public’s help to find a man who sexually assaulted a woman on a trail in Bethesda, Maryland. A woman was walking along the Rock Creek Stream Valley Trail near the Jones Mill Road playground the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 8, when a man came up to her and touched her inappropriately, Maryland-National Capital Park Police…

A woman was walking on a trail when a man touched her inappropriately, police say.

For two decades, a school in the suburbs of Washington, D.C, has helped save lives by donating stem cells and bone marrow after leukemia touched a teacher’s family. Andy Katz has taught at Landon School in Bethesda for more than 30 years. As senior dean, wrestling coach and mentor, he tries to give students tools to grapple with problems...

For two decades, a school in the suburbs of Washington, D.C, has helped save lives by donating stem cells and bone marrow after leukemia touched a teacher’s family. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A man from Indiana was arrested and charged with killing his sister at an apartment in Bethesda, Maryland, Monday night, police say. Devon Miller, 30, was arrested after Montgomery County police officers found his sister, 37-year-old Shanon Marie Barnett, dead at a home in the 10500 block of Westlake Drive near the Montgomery Mall, police said. Barnett’s friends were on…

The Bethesda Row Arts Festival is happening almost a month early this year. Tommy McFly was joined by one of the local artists worth checking out and a preview of the festival. 

A new bus route for the Fairfax Connector will link Tysons, Virginia, to Bethesda, Maryland, providing an alternate to Metro’s long train ride between the two locations.

Commuters around the DMV know that traveling between Bethesda, Maryland, and Tysons, Virginia, can seem like an impossible task. A new bus service will soon do most of the hard work. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

If a teacher says that a child is struggling to pay attention in class, the quick conclusion might be to get them tested for ADHD. A Bethesda-based neuro-optometrist says it might be something else: vision problems. Margaret Barry and her daughter Sasha started looking for solutions after Sasha wasn’t progressing in school like she should. ‘We actually hired a...

If your child is distracted easily or lose their place when they’re reading, you might be quick to get an ADHD diagnosis. Dr. Bryce Appelbaum, a neuro-optometrist, says that it might be vision issues instead. News4’s Joseph Olmo talks to Appelbaum about how ADHD-like symptoms are similar to problems with vision. 

Several businesses saw windows or doors smashed in a series of possible break-ins overnight in Montgomery County, Maryland. Brooks Brothers on Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase had its glass door smashed. Police were on the scene at 4 a.m. to help cover the storefront with cardboard. A window was smashed at Parkway Deli’s front door in Silver Spring located...

A series of break-ins happened overnight in Chevy Chase, Silver Spring and Bethesda. In Bethesda, several businesses were hit including a pharmacy and gas station. Broken glass was found on the streets outside of the businesses. It hasn’t been reported if there was anything taken from the businesses. 

The Bethesda Historical Society held a celebration in honor of the Bethesda Metro Station’s 40th anniversary. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Drivers who use River Road in Bethesda, Maryland, should brace for weeks or months of delays and detours, including during rush hour, as long-term utility work begins. Beginning Friday, June 28, work will impact the flow of traffic on River Road (Maryland Route 190) between Wilson Lane and the D.C. border at Western Avenue, according to a press release. The…