Montgomery Community Media

A Germantown man is being held without bail facing 16 sex and human trafficking charges after a Montgomery County police investigation, court records say. Yixian Ma, 48, of Summer Sweet Circle, has a court date Jan. 2, the records say. Ma was seen delivering supplies and groceries to a Rockville apartment the police Vice and […]

Showers this afternoon. And not much rain expected for the rest of the week. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County for Dec. 2. 1. Recycled Words: Adam Ortiz, director of the county Department of Environmental Protection, will speak at noon at the Montgomery County Planning Department, 8787 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. His […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education approved new boundary lines Tuesday night that will shift between 1,000 to 1,200 students from Clarksburg High School to Seneca Valley High School in Germantown. Seneca Valley is nearing completion of a whole new building that will have a capacity of 2,581 students, the largest school facility in the […]

A Maryland task force meets for the first time Tuesday in College Park to examine the public health and safety implications of electronic smoking devices. Created by Comptroller Peter Franchot, the state’s chief regulator of tobacco, the “e-facts Task Force” will produce a final report in early 2020, in time for the Maryland General Assembly […]

Metal debris crashed through a minivan’s windshield and impaled the woman driving on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway, a fire and rescue spokesman said. About a dozen rescuers needed 15 minutes to carefully remove the woman from the car and she was taken to a local trauma center, said Pete Piringer, spokesman for […]

Anyone planning on flying out of the D.C. area Wednesday could be sweating the weather forecasts. The National Weather Service is calling for rain that day, with a chance of precipitation at 60 percent. The highs will be in the 60s. However, winds could gust to as high as 43 mph. Travelers face issues up […]

Partly cloudy today. And not much rain expected for the rest of the week.. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County for Nov. 25. 1. Youth Council: Takoma Park’s Youth Council meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Hydrangea Room, Takoma Park Community Center, 7500 Maple Ave. 2. What to Do About the Electoral […]

A three-vehicle collision in Frederick killed one person on I-270 early Sunday. The wreck occurred about 7:45 a.m. at Md. 85 and the interstate, at one point closing both northbound lanes, Maryland State Police said. State police said more information would be forthcoming.

For 20 years, families have turned to the Lancaster County Dutch Market – or Amish Market as some call it – in Germantown for tasty additions to their holiday tables. The market is in the Germantown Square shopping center at Great Seneca Highway and Wisteria Drive.

Kayla DiCello, the Northwest High School sophomore who is also the U.S. Junior Women’s Gymnastics champ, was acknowledged by the Montgomery County Council. “This is a young lady who has truly dedicated herself to her sport,” Councilmember Craig Rice said. Introduced to gymnastics at 2, she was added to the Junior National Team in 2018. […]