Montgomery Community Media

Students attending Montgomery County public high schools scored three points higher on the 2019 ACT standardized test than the national average.   The MCPS Class of 2019 averaged a composite score of 25.3 out of 36 on the test, surpassing the state average of 22.3. That’s 1.3 points lower (a drop of 4.89%) than the 2017 average, according to MCPS.   The test is designed to measure students’ […]

The Montgomery County police department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect involved in an armed robbery in Wheaton. Police released surveillance photos of a man entering a Shell gas station at 12401 Georgia Avenue on Monday, November 25.       Officials said the suspect entered the gas station and approached the employee who […]

Six adults and four children were injured, and 45 people were temporarily displaced in a fire at a Montgomery Village apartment building on Friday morning.  Officials said the fire happened around 5:30 a.m. at Cedar Mills Apartment in the 18000 block of Lost Knife Circle.  Approximately 75 firefighters responded to the scene and were able to get the blaze under […]

A woman claimed a $1 million scratch-off prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters last week. The 77-year-old stylist, whose name was not identified by the Maryland Lottery, purchased the $20 Gold Rush X100 scratch-off ticket at the Shell gas station located at 18040 Georgia Ave. in Olney. She told Maryland Lottery that her career has always […]

A 24-year-old man was arrested and charged with second-degree rape and robbery after an early morning incident Friday in Silver Spring.   Around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, in an apartment at the 8500 block of 16th Street, Demitrious Harriott pushed a woman against a stairwell, and sexually and physically assaulted her, according to the police. He reportedly slammed the victim’s face into a concrete wall, stole […]

Update, 3:50 p.m.: Two people suffered gunshot wounds early Monday morning during a home invasion robbery, a Montgomery County police statement said. About 4 a.m., Bethesda police district officers found the man and a woman at an apartment building in the 8400 block of Chevy Chase Lake Terrace, police said. They were taken to local hospitals […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating an alleged sexual assault case of a woman in a wooded area near a Gaithersburg lake.   At approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday, 6th District officers and Gaithersburg Police Department officers were called to Longdraft Road near Clopper Lake.   Police said that the victim was on the footpath when the suspect […]

Maryland student artists can compete in the “I Voted” Sticker-state Elections competition and have their original artwork printed on voting stickers in 2020. The Maryland State Board of Elections partnered with the Fine Art Competition of the Maryland State Department of Education for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade to submit designs for a chance to […]

Forever 21 and F.Y.E will be closing at Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg.   Forever 21 is expected to close 111 locations in the U.S. after filing for bankruptcy in September. The fast-fashion retailer released a revised list of possible store closings. The Lakeforest location is one of the few in Montgomery County that was planned to continue operating but […]

Student Member of the Board (SMOB) Nate Tinbite will be hosting his first town hall meeting of the year from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 6, at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown.  Chief Operating Officer for MCPS, Andrew Zuckerman, will be discussing Seneca Valley’s boundary recommendation and new programs, the Capital Improvement Plan (MCPS’ infrastructure […]