Montgomery Community Media

Larry Joseph Pagliai, 71, whose Willow Lane home in Rockville was destroyed by fire March 2, died from smoke inhalation, according to an autopsy completed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Montgomery County police say. The manner of death was ruled as accidental, police said. Pagliai could not be accounted for during the fire, […]

MdBio Foundation on Tuesday displayed its new $750,000 mobile laboratory that provides high school students with science and technology activities to get them involved in STEM careers. STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — is where high-paying jobs will be, said Brian Gaines, MdBio’s CEO. “Kids get out of their classrooms and into the […]

A bill designed to let an urban farmer in Silver Spring to resist development pressure passed Tuesday by the Montgomery County Council. The measure provides an “Urban Agricultural Tax Credit,” which will help 96-year-old Charlie Koiner and his daughter Lynn to keep their one-acre farm within sight of Silver Spring high rises. The tax credit […]

Here are five things to know today, March 8, in Montgomery County: 1. It’s International Women’s Day as well as “A Day Without a Woman.” Prince George’s County has closed schools, but Montgomery County Public Schools are open. 2. For International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, distinguished social theorist Patricia Hill Collins presents “Black Feminism, […]

Montgomery County police are asking the public to help identify an armed man who robbed a Silver Spring Exxon station. The robbery took place about 12:30 a.m. Jan. 25 at 8384 Colesville Road, police said. Police said an unknown man entered the gas station, brandished a knife and approached the employee working behind the counter. […]

Arrests A 29-year-old man was arrested for second-degree assault, after an incident that occurred between 6:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the 600 block of Ivy League Lane. A 36-year-old woman was arrested for aggressive panhandling, failure to identify herself to a police officer, and obstructing and hindering a police investigation, after an incident that […]

Tom Ferleman, the Germantown Republican who has filed for the District 2 County Council seat, criticized the council Monday for the hefty increases to the property and recordation taxes passed last year. “Who does that? That’s counter to caring for people,” Ferleman said. “When people are struggling to make ends meet, the last thing you want to do […]

Here are five things to know today, March 7, in Montgomery County: 1. County Council meets starting at 11 a.m. Among the topics on the agenda is legislation that would provide tax credits to urban farms. 2. County Executive Ike Leggett seeks funding to increase security at Jewish community centers. 3. More than 80 people testified Monday on […]

Council President Roger Berliner covered a wide array of topics in his Monday meeting with reporters, including a proposed food security plan, the Bethesda Downtown Plan, and a microloans proposal.

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is proposing the county spend $225,000 to beef up security at a Jewish facilities in the wake of recent bomb threats. In a memo sent to the County Council on Monday, Leggett is asking for security improvements at the Bender Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington in Rockville, the Charles […]