Montgomery Community Media

More than a dozen roads and two parking garages in Silver Spring will be closed on Nov. 20 due to the Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade. From 6 a.m. until about 1 p.m., the following roads will be closed: North and Southbound Georgia Ave. between East-West Highway and Colesville Road Cedar Avenue between Colesville Road and […]

Montgomery County Police released surveillance video of a suspect they believe is responsible for a Nov. 8 armed carjacking in Silver Spring. At about 6:05 p.m. on Nov. 8, police say the suspect approached a 29-year-old male inside of his vehicle at a parking lot at the 13900 block of Castle Boulevard in Silver Spring. […]

Montgomery County Police released the identity of a pedestrian killed crossing a road in Gaithersburg last week. 75-year-old Elliot Neal Ginsburg was struck and killed by a water-delivery truck as he was crossing Asbury Road in Gaithersburg on Nov 9. Police say at around 3 p.m., the truck driver was turning left onto Odendhal Avenue […]

A 75-year-old man in Gaithersburg is dead after a water-delivery truck struck and killed him as he was crossing the street. Montgomery County Police say the incident happened at around 3 p.m. at Fellowship Circle in Asbury Methodist Village on Tuesday. According to police, the water-truck driver was turning left onto Odendhal Avenue from Fellowship […]

Seeing a frenzy of pink flowers along the Tidal Basin in the nation’s capital will no longer be just a virtual, 2D experience. Organizers for the National Cherry Blossom Festival announced Tuesday that next year’s festival will be in-person. “DC is open and that means that the National Cherry Blossom Festival is back in person,” […]

What qualities do you believe make a good leader? What about an excellent teacher? Montgomery County Public Schools wants to know what traits it should look for as it searches for its next superintendent. In partnership with the search firm Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates, MCPS released this survey asking the community what qualities they […]

After more than five years of planning, construction on a new park in Gaithersburg has begun and is expected to be completed by early 2023. Pleasant View Park is a planned 9.84-acre park located on Route 28 at the former site of the Consumer Product Safety Commission campus. Patriot Construction LLC is handling the Park’s […]

Philanthropist Kimmy Duong has donated $1 million to Montgomery College to fund scholarships for minority students. To show its appreciation to Duong and her husband Dr. Long Nguyen, the college renamed its new student services center at the Rockville campus, the Kimmy Duong and Long Nguyen Student Services Center, on Oct. 28. “Without support of […]

No one likes roadwork construction delays especially if it clogs up the arteries in the heart of a city like the Baltimore Road closure in Rockville. And it appears Metro construction is not immune to delays either as the Rockville and Shady Grove Metro stations will now be closed an additional month until Jan. 11, […]

Children are more likely to be hit by a car and killed on Oct. 31 than any other day of the year, according to the National Safety Council. That’s why Montgomery County Department of Transportation is offering trick-or-treaters tips on how to stay safe by handing out prizes and promoting it’s Safe Routes to School […]