Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED on July 21 at 2:29 p.m. Police have located John William Vere, Jr. of Silver Spring deceased. Police said no foul play is suspected in the death. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding a missing Silver Spring man. John William Vere, Jr, 62, of the 1200 block […]

UPDATED, July 16, 2 p.m. The Montgomery County School board was quick to dispel  suggestions of any imminent plans for a boundary study as a way of eliminating the achievement gap after county council members on Monday suggested redistricting could be used in the effort. School officials and the council’s Education Committee got a briefing […]

Police say they have arrested the man who used a gun to rob a woman in Silver Spring July 16. Maurice Markell Felder, 43, of an unconfirmed address, is charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, first-degree assault, using a firearm during a violent felony, and firearm possession by a prohibited person. According to police, at about […]

What’s great about Poolesville? The community can tell you because they just voted on a slogan to sum it up. Poolesville’s new tagline- “Small Town Character, Down Home Charm.” “It is a community that builds its own character.  A lot of our character is growing families from the young to the elderly. We bring families in, […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigations Division are asking the public for help to find a missing teenager from Silver Spring. Teresa Pacheco, 15, of  the 3500 block of Pear Tree Court, was last seen on June 28.  Police and family members are concerned for her welfare because it is uncharacteristic for them […]

UPDATED, 9:30 a.m., July 15 Two teens from Germantown face burglary charges for allegedly breaking into a home in Boyds. Kevin Curtis, 19, of the 13600 block of Demetrias Way in Germantown, and Kellen Hoerauf-Staton,18, of the 19700 block of Teakwood Circle in Germantown, were allegedly caught on the home’s surveillance camera. Curtis was arrested at his home on July […]

As Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) officials touted programs and plans for closing the achievement gap between the county’s students Monday, some members of the County Council suggested redistricting as a way to make that happen. The Monday meeting was to be a briefing for the County Council’s Education Committee, but almost every Councilmember turned […]

A $15 million technology initiative in Montgomery County schools will have 40,000 laptops and tablets headed to the county’s students this school year. Montgomery County Public Schools is beginning a multi-year effort to provide all students with access to mobile computers and a cloud-based learning platform.  On July 15, Superintendent of Schools Joshua P. Starr […]

The County telephone system serving extensions (240) 777 and (240) 773 will experience outages required for a maintenance upgrade beginning at 10 p.m. on July 11 until 2 a.m. on July 12. The outages will be intermittent during these four hours and will affect both inbound and outbound calls. This includes calls to police district stations, […]

UPDATED at 12:30 p.m., July 10: A Silver Spring woman has died after being involved in a what police say was a hit-and-run accident at Route 29 and Fairland Road Wednesday (July 9) afternoon. Marcelina Maria Cordoba,  22, of the 14100 block of Castle Boulevard in Silver Spring, was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening […]