Lauren Markoe

News Editor, The Banner in Montgomery
Formerly of the Forward, WAMU, Religion News Service, McClatchy and The Patriot Ledger

[Antonio Planas @AntonioPlanas1]

One county firefighter took home more than $315K in overtime last year, substantially more than the department's fire chief.

https://t.co/rNFgxMMkSG

[Julie Scharper @Juliemore]

As a deadly fungus descended on Panama’s cloud forests in the early 2000s, scientists sent dozens of golden frogs to the @marylandzoo where they have flourished in captivity.
Now some 🐸 🐸 are heading back…
https://t.co/CxrzISNURC https://t.co/CxrzISNURC

[Alex Mann @alex_mann10]

Is Maryland local law enforcement ready for expected ICE surge? For @BaltimoreBanner: https://t.co/S4BcNv9JAU

[Ginny Bixby @Ginny_Bixby]

“I really feel like I kind of tapped into this need for community. Especially in your 20s, it’s pretty difficult to make friends, no matter where you live.”

https://t.co/N0TsPE57Ib

[Ben Conarck @conarck]

Breaking: Maryland's corrections department has released a safety report on a since-evacuated jail facility downtown that revealed the building had become so decrepit, human waste was dripping from the ceiling and detainees were able to dig through walls. https://t.co/t18XxXznPP

[Lauren Markoe @lmarkoe]

A respected center for the treatment of ADHD with a national reputation closed suddenly last week. Dozens of clinicians and their patients are scrambling. Kudos to the JackHogan of @BannerMoco for bringing some clarity to the chaos. https://t.co/itV9Sk99M4

[Jack Hogan @jckhogan]

Scoop: Potomac mansion where former Commanders owner Dan Snyder lived sold at auction for $13.3 million today. @bannermoco

https://t.co/v5m7mGqgkN

[Liz Bowie @lizbowie]

In journalism we’re used to pointing out problems, not solving them. This was a chance to think differently and offer Baltimore kids and parents solutions.

Take a look and tell us what you think. https://t.co/SaBqSVY2Rp

[Hannah Yasharoff @HannahYasharoff]

Call Your Mother, a popular locally-founded bagel shop, is suing New Jersey’s Bubbi Bagels over its “Call Your Bubbi” tagline

https://t.co/h9UAPjThvZ

[Hannah Yasharoff @HannahYasharoff]

Today was my first day as a Food, Arts & Culture Reporter in Montgomery County for the @baltimorebanner / @bannermoco). I was born & raised in MoCo & getting to write about my two favorite things (food & entertainment) in the community that taught me to love them is such a dream.

[Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz]

NEW: A Hagerstown mother and nail salon owner was set to be deported to Vietnam as soon as Monday,
story via @SapnaBansil @BaltimoreBanner
https://t.co/wF5RcirJnf

[Lee Sanderlin @LeeOSanderlin]

Scoop: Reps for Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank have been lobbying Gov. Wes Moore’s office in an effort to persuade Maryland to buy Plank’s horse farm, email show. https://t.co/717QXGXbVr

[Alex Mann @alex_mann10]

Why rent is up more in Anne Arundel than anywhere in Maryland, with @SapnaBansil for @BaltimoreBanner: https://t.co/a84Ue11eXr

[Lauren Markoe @lmarkoe]

Adamn Killa and Father perform at Bethesda Theater https://t.co/VN0EhuUiSM via @YouTube

[Adam Willis @adampwillis]

Had fun thinking out loud about the Baltimore harbor's huge pistachio tide with Lindsay Smith Rogers at Johns Hopkins

A year ago, Lindsay did a deep dive into Baltimore's progress toward a swimmable harbor. Things have felt different the last few weeks...
https://t.co/9QvRXq6tCz

[Ginny Bixby @Ginny_Bixby]

Breaking from me: Councilmember Gabe Albornoz will be leaving the Montgomery County Council on Dec. 1. A process to fill his seat for the last year of his term will follow:
https://t.co/1M41oDzMHd

[Lauren Markoe @lmarkoe]

Breaking Montgomery County news . . . https://t.co/ATJvipMTVg

[The Banner Montgomery @bannermoco]

A rocky economy drives overcrowding at Montgomery County’s animal shelter — and beyond https://t.co/63wjcj4TnG

[The Banner Montgomery @bannermoco]

5 years before her son died there, a mother tried to make an intersection safer https://t.co/MBhAMS5Aoi

[Carol Leonnig @CarolLeonnig]

🚨🚨A top prosecutor fired by Trump DOJ warns of the danger to Americans' security from all the veteran prosecutors and agents fired without cause @MSNBC