Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things to know today, October 2, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. Breast Cancer Awareness: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Interfaith Works and the Brem Foundation are holding a ‘re-bra” event for women who have fought breast cancer. The event starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Interfaith Works Clothing Center, 751 […]

Public safety news dominated our Top 10 last week.

A man was found dead inside a car at the White Flint Plaza shopping center, a Montgomery County police statement said. The man was identified as Joseph Sylvester Ndyamukama, 51, police said. He has an unconfirmed address. He was found about 2 p.m. Monday at the shopping center, at 5110 Nicholson Lane in Kensington, near […]

An expanded I-270 has been on the minds of state and county officials lately, but while that project is years away, commuters are still inching along the highway while the State Highway Administration continues a milling and paving project. The $6.7 million project improves a 4-mile section in Clarksburg. Crews will grind off the top […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYvoCEScjRY Millionaire congressional candidate David Trone has released two videos that will appear on cable television, supporting individuals who are in the country who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival status, the so-called Dreamers. Trone is running for the 6th Congressional District seat being vacated by Rep. John Delaney of Potomac, who is sitting out […]

Someone left hate fliers in the 600 block of Great Falls Road, according to a recent Rockville city police crime summary. The fliers were left behind between 3:15 p.m. and 4 p.m., police said. The neighborhood includes Julius West Middle School, a Jehovah’s Witnesses Hall and the Montgomery-Cornerstone Masonic lodge. Arrests On July 20, a […]

Workers in the disability community will receive 125 percent of the minimum wage, even if Montgomery County approves an increase of the wage to $15 an hour, Council President Roger Berliner said Tuesday night. The County Council heard from about 40 people about a proposal to increase the minimum wage gradually from $11.50 an hour […]

Dawson’s Market in Rockville Town Square is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week. Bart Yablonsky is the store’s director of operations. In this MyMCMedia Extra, he describes his store and its staff: In this MyMCMedia Extra, Yablonsky describes Dawson’s Market focus on local produce and products: Previous Post: Rockville’s Dawson’s Market Kicks off Week of […]

Council President Roger Berliner told reporters Monday that Gov. Larry Hogan’s plans for I-270 and the Capital Beltway had three major flaws: Four new lanes on I-270 aren’t needed. Two reversible lanes would be sufficient. There’s no room for four new lanes on the Capital Beltway through Montgomery County. Adding the lanes would mean taking […]

Violent crime across the United States increased for the second year in a row, and the homicide rate jumped 7.9 percent, according to statistics released this week by the federal government. The statistics show violent crime increased 3.4 percent nationwide in 2016 after increasing 3.3 percent the year before. Suburban areas posted a slower increase […]