Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Police are investigating a burglary at the Idara Jaferia Islamic Center in Burtonsville. Surveillance video shows that a male suspect entered the building, located on the 3000 block of Spencerville Road, shortly before 8:00 p.m. on August 12 using a ladder to climb into an open second floor window. Police say the suspect […]

MCPS students brought in their first day of school with lots of excitement. Superintendent Dr.Jack Smith, and School Board members say they are also looking forward to this year and all the new things it has to offer. Some County Councilmembers also showed up for the big day. Watch the video for more details.   […]

New this school year, all students under the age of 18 will be able to take Ride On and Metro buses for free. Councilmember Evan Glass who spearheaded this initiative during the last budgeting session says this is a game changer for the environment and will hopefully encourage more use of public transit for kids. […]

School bells will be ringing for Montgomery County Public School Students on Tuesday. Yolanda Allen, who is the Principal of the newly opened Snowden Farm Elementary School in Clarksburg says they expect about 650 students this year. The school will come with a lot of cool features, all of them geared towards encouraging students to […]

Today is Thursday, Aug. 29. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1.Board of Education to Meet: This meeting will be held at the Carver Educational Services Center [850 Hungerford Drive] in Rockville and will begin at 9 a.m. – with public agenda items beginning at noon. The public portion of the meeting […]

The Montgomery County Police Department is investigating a robbery that took place Monday at the Navy Federal Credit Union in Gaithersburg. Officers responded to the bank located on the 100 block of Ellington Boulevard, and after further investigation found that the suspect approached a teller with a note announcing the robbery. After demanding cash and […]

A support dog has finally been reunited with his best friend. Macks, a therapy dog for a four-year-old disabled boy, went missing in the area of Cold Spring Road in Potomac in May. After an extensive search and help from MCPD’s 4th District Special Assignment Team, members of the Special Operations Division K9 Unit and […]

Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s expansion of the dockless vehicle pilot program is underway. The pilot program now includes e-bikes and e-scooters and has been expanded to include two service areas, East and West County.  This expansion includes Bird scooters, which are now available in certain parts of the county. Additional areas of the county will […]

It was the double the fun for attendees of the 16th annual Silver Spring Jazz Festival. This year for the first time, the festival featured two performance stages and people really responded. The lineup included a variety of phenomenal jazz artists and ensembles including several local artists.

Perfect weather, a popular outdoor venue and great music set the stage for the 16th annual Silver Spring Jazz Festival. Jazz legend and multiple Grammy Award winner Arturo Sandoval headlines this year’s festival at Veterans Plaza. The lineup includes more phenomenal jazz artists and ensembles including accomplished local muicians Marcus Johnson; Lenda Seikaly; Paul Carr and the Real […]