Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County’s Silver Spring police district released surveillance footage showing a man wanted in connection with a commercial burglary incident and an attempted burglary that occurred Sept. 17 in downtown Silver Spring. Police say the first incident happened at 12:15 a.m. at the National Ready Mixed Concrete office, located at 900 Spring Street. A man […]

Officers from Montgomery County Police Department and Gaithersburg Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Saturday evening starting 10 p.m., weather permitting. The enforcement is intended to curb impaired driving and underage drinking. Police will not disclose the location of the checkpoint in advance. MCPD encourages county residents to drive responsibly and ride with a […]

Update, Oct. 20, noon: Deborah Anne Celmer has been located safe and unharmed, according to a Montgomery County police statement. Original post: An English teacher from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School has been reported missing by her family. Deborah Anne Celmer, 41, of Rockville, was last seen by her family on Oct. 12 at 11 p.m., […]

Amy Tan won the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival at Glenview Mansion in Rockville on Saturday. Tan is the 24th to be honored at the festival. During the festival, Tan was interviewed by her friend and fellow writer, Mark Childress. Childress told MyMCMedia that […]

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 16. and it’s National Boss’s Day and National Feral Cat Day. Consider celebrating both holidays by adopting a feral cat for your boss. What could go wrong? Here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1.PG County Dept. of Corrections Recruitment Event: WorkSource Montgomery is hosting a recruitment event at 11002 […]

Montgomery County Police Department released a statement Tuesday evening, stating Officer Thomas J. Bomba’s death has been ruled a suicide. On Monday morning, police were dispatched to a parking garage located at Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in Silver Spring after reports that Bomba, 37, encountered “disorderly” subjects on the top floor. When police arrived at the […]

On Monday, the City of Gaithersburg’s council approved plans to build a 5,000 square foot Wawa store at 405 S. Frederick Ave, across the street from Gaithersburg High School. Speaking to MyMCMedia on Friday, Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman outlined the next steps Wawa has to take: Wawa was approved by the council with three conditions […]

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., is attending two private campaign fundraisers in Chevy Chase on Saturday, Oct. 19. The first event is a private reception in Chevy Chase at 1:30 p.m. According to Buttigieg’s campaign website, it’s hosted by David Adelman, Nuala O’Connor and Peter Bass, Congressman Don Beyer (D-Va.), […]

The City of Gaithersburg might be getting the first-ever Royal Farms in Montgomery County. MyMCMedia caught up with Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman who confirmed the proposal. Ashman said the plan is to build a Royal Farms around North Frederick Avenue and MD 335 at Watkins Mill as part of the new Spectrum community plan. There […]

Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week with news and information for Montgomery County. This episode includes: County Executive Marc Elrich hosts the first of five Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget forums throughout the county. Department of Transportation completes work on the first “protected intersection” in downtown Silver Spring. County Council […]