Montgomery Community Media

It will surprise no one that many of the top stories in MyMCMedia’s web traffic over the past week revolved around public safety, particularly at schools. Three stories are directly related to Rockville High School. Two, however, are older stories. One involves a Wheaton home invasion March 1. The other describes how police are still looking […]

A thief took a pair of designer shoes, according to this week’s Rockville Police crime summary. The theft occurred March 21 in the 1600 block of Rockville Pike. The complainant reported a person, who entered the business between 1:25 p.m. and 1:33 p.m., walked directly to the men’s shoe department. The person removed a pair […]

Here are five things to know today, March 31, in Montgomery County: 1. Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford is scheduled to deliver remarks at the Capital Region Minority Supplier Diversity Council’s Super Matchmaking Conference at the Silver Spring Civic Center. 2. The Germantown Library hosts a Job Search Strategies Workshop at 11 a.m. The workshops help […]

A District Court judge Thursday denied a request to set bail for a 17-year-old facing rape charges for a March 16 incident that took place in a Rockville High School bathroom. The teen has been held in lieu of bail since his arrest March 17. MyMCMedia does not generally name juveniles charged as adults. The […]

Montgomery County police arrested Jose Coreas Ventura for the homicide of an 18-year-old in Malcolm King Park in Gaithersburg, police said. Ventura, 20, was arrested as a fugitive from justice on Tuesday, in Bedford County, Virginia, police said. Coreas Ventura is also known as Josue Corea. He was wanted for the death of Cristan Antonio Villagran-Morales, […]

Montgomery County was ranked as the healthiest county in Maryland, a county statement said Wednesday. The ranking, completed by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, compared counties within each state on more than 30 factors including education, jobs, housing, exercise and commuting times. According to the 2017 ranking, […]

A Gaithersburg man received an “Everyday Citizen Hero” award from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services for his quick-thinking and calm composure for applying CPR and using an automatic electronic defibrillator to save a man who had a heart attack. Kevin Owens, 47, said he was leading a cycling class at the Rockville Life Time […]

Here are five things to know today, March 29, in Montgomery County: 1. Gaithersburg’s “Council in the Community” meets from 7 to 9 p.m. at Watkins Mill Elementary School. Among the presentations will be crime prevention programs, code enforcement, public works projects and services, community and youth services, and recreational opportunities. 2. The second public […]

Nine candidates have so far filed paperwork to take advantage of a Montgomery County fund that will contribute to next year’s County Council and county executive races. The fund now stands at $10 million, thanks to a $2 million appropriation in County Executive Ike Leggett’s fiscal 2018 budget proposal. Ukiah Busch of Silver Spring and […]

The Montgomery County Council is contemplating increasing the security at its Rockville offices on Maryland Avenue, Council President Roger Berliner said Monday at his weekly meeting with reporters. The added security will include limiting public entrances and adding scanning equipment similar to what is used at the county courthouse or the state’s legislative offices in […]