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UPDATED, Aug. 21, 12:45 p.m.-  Roads have reopened and the gas leak in under control in Gaithersburg, according to a tweet from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer. ORIGINAL POST-  Montgomery County Fire and Rescue officials are on the scene at about 10:30 a.m. of a gas leak that has some roads shut […]

Here are five things to know today, August 21, in Montgomery County: 1- Find out where you can chose from 15 local wineries, listen to local bands and check out a cooking demonstration here. 2- Councilmember Cherri Branson is asking the Montgomery County Police to publicly release the results of an investigation into alleged excessive […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, some local students and their parents give us their take on if school should start before or after Labor Day. Take a look:

UPDATED, Aug, 20, 6 p.m.- Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer released new photos of a car that slammed into the MetLife office building Wednesday afternoon. 2403 Research Bl, MetLife Bldg at least 2 cars collided in parking lot (1 parked) & came to rest 25' in an office pic.twitter.com/wtELfLrbXv — Pete Piringer […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Cherri Branson is requesting that the Montgomery County Police release publicly the results of an investigation of an allegation of excessive force in the Aug. 11 arrest of a teen in Germantown. In a letter to Montgomery County Police Chief  Thomas Manger dated Aug. 15, Branson wrote: “I am writing in reference to the […]

The performance of Montgomery County Public Schools graduates on the ACT college admissions exam improved for the third consecutive year, according to the county school system. The MCPS Class of 2014 earned an average composite score of 23.7 (out of 36) on the ACT, an increase over both the Class of 2013 (23.5) and the Class […]

Poolesville has a shopping list and tops on it is…well, a place to shop. For years, the  town has been pushing for a full-service grocer to come to town but have had resistance from large chain grocers who say the community is too small. Now, the town is taking matters into its own hands to […]

A gas leak in Clarksburg has nearby Little Bennett Elementary School in a shelter in place order and some homes evacuated. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer reported in a tweet that the leak near Overlook Park Drive has been stopped and that crews are evaluating the scene. Clarksburg Gas leak, backhoe struck […]

As kids try to make the most of the final few days of summer, Comptroller Peter Franchot is working on a plan that would extend their summer break through Labor Day. The campaign called “Let Summer Be Summer,” calls for a statewide mandate that all public schools in Maryland start school after Labor Day, the traditional […]

On Tuesday, Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr got a challenge and stepped up to the plate….err, the ice bucket that is. Lance Dempsey, principal of the Northwest Jaguars in Germantown, challenged Starr to complete the ALS ice bucket challenge, a viral fundraising effort by the nonprofit to raise awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), […]