Montgomery Community Media

A 54-year-old Chevy Chase man has been charged with conducting visual surveillance of an individual in a private place without consent and with prurient intent, a Montgomery County police statement said. Jonathan Oldale of Greystone Court in Chevy Chase was released on $25,000 bail, according to online court records. On May 5, police officers responded […]

Public safety news dominates our Top 10 for the week. Some politics, and a remembrance of the D.C. snipers. Pedestrian Struck, Killed on Shady Grove Road   Guidance Counselor Charged With Committing Sex Offenses Against Two Women   Man, Woman Killed in Single-Car Wreck   Police Release Surveillance Video of Kensington Burglary   Bethesda Apartment […]

What do you need to know for Oct. 27? Here are five things: 1. Hate Classical Music?: Or do you just think you hate classical music? A session from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the North Potomac Senior Center, 13850 Travilah Road, Rockville. Center director TeAnna Abraham will explore the works of Mozart, Bach, […]

Montgomery County needs to start a conversation about the next steps in combating the opioid epidemic, a conversation that includes needle exchanges and “safe houses” where addicts can take drugs under supervision. The comment comes from the point person on the opioid epidemic in the county health department. Dr. Raymond Crowel said he knew the […]

Amie Hoeber, a Potomac Republican, said Tuesday she was running for the 6th Congressional District seat promising to work on the district’s transportation issues as well as addressing the opioid crisis. Hoeber ran for the seat in 2016, winning the Republican nomination, and then losing to Democrat Rep. John Delaney by a more than 2-to-1 […]

I'm running for Gov. of Maryland so my daughter has the opportunity to realize her own American Dream. #mdpolitics https://t.co/MgLoVWwBhv — Krish O'Mara Vignarajah (@KrishVignarajah) August 9, 2017 A former policy director for first lady Michelle Obama has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for Maryland governor. Krishanti Vignarajah, who lives in Gaithersburg, was […]

Here are five things to know today, Oct. 23, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. Be Your Own Boss: Learn about the programs and services available to entrepreneurs at a session from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the East County Regional Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring. Learn about small businesses in Montgomery County, […]

Public safety news once again dominated our Top 10 stories, based on web traffic, for the past week. But we also have a football game, Montgomery County Board of Education mulling a new calendar, gubernatorial candidates and the County Council’s thoughts on the merger of two gas companies. Guidance Counselor Charged With Committing Sex Offenses […]

A 10-day jury trial has been scheduled for Tyler Tessier, the Montgomery County man who has been accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend and burying her in a shallow grave outside Damascus. According to online court records, Judge Michael D. Mason will convene the trial April 9, 2018. Laura Wallen, 31, was believed missing over […]

A guidance counselor at Albert Einstein High School has been charged with committing sexual offenses against two women he met on the social media app, “Tinder.” Colin Sime Black, 33, of Clemson Court in Rockville, was arrested Thursday with a criminal warrant that charged him with two counts of second-degree sexual offense and one count […]