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Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones spoke Monday evening about the death of MCPD Lt. Daniel Friz. Friz died shortly after midnight Monday in a collision with a 2018 Freightliner on I-70 in Lisbon. He was off duty at the time of his death. Maryland State Police continue investigating the incident. Friz started working for […]

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 2 and it is Election Day. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Council in Session: Montgomery County Council meets virtually at 9 a.m. The meeting starts with a proclamation recognizing Carbon Monoxide Awareness Month. Click here to see the agenda in its entirety. The meeting will be televised […]

Maryland State Police Crash Team is investigating a crash on I-70 in Lisbon Monday morning that left Montgomery County Police Lieutenant Daniel John Friz dead. According to an MCPD statement, at around 12:13 a.m., Maryland State Police responded to reports of a serious collision on I-70 in the area of Maryland Route 94. Maryland State […]

Award-winning author John Edgar Wideman will receive the Award for Achievement in American Literature at the 25th annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival on Saturday. For the second year in a row, due to the pandemic, the festival will be streamed virtually from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival started in 1996, in honor of […]

A former Washington Football Team (WFT) employee from Silver Spring, who participated in the NFL’s investigation into the team’s alleged widespread harassment and sexual misconduct, is calling for transparency. Ana Nuñez worked for the WFT from 2015 to 2019 and she told MyMCM that “pretty much [every employee’s] mentality was survival mode.” Here’s the letter Ana […]

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 26, and it is National Pumpkin Day. Here’s your opportunity to do some last-minute Halloween decorating. In the meantime, here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Council in Session: Montgomery County Council meets virtually at 9 a.m. At the start of the meeting, Councilmembers Evan Glass, Gabe Albornoz and […]

Gov. Larry Hogan said at a press briefing Monday that about 1.4 million Marylanders are now eligible for a new dose of the vaccine since the CDC officially approved COVID-19 boosters for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. So far, 280,000 booster shots have been administered in Maryland. Maryland Department of Health Secretary Dennis Schrader reiterated that […]

Gov. Larry Hogan announced that he will provide a COVID-19 update at 2 p.m. The briefing will be streamed live on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The press briefing comes after the CDC expanded its coronavirus vaccine booster recommendations. It also comes after the White House announced a plan to vaccinate children ages 5 to 11 […]

Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education announced that they have begun a national search for a new MCPS superintendent. The new superintendent would officially begin on July 1, 2022. The Board of Education will start reviewing a slate of candidates in January. The Board of Education is partnering with the search board Hazard, Young, Attea […]

A three-vehicle crash in Silver Spring Thursday, at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Dexter Avenue, left four hospitalized and one child dead. Officers from Montgomery County Police Department’s Silver Spring District and first responders from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to reports of the collision after 10 p.m. According to an MCPD […]