Montgomery Community Media

Business owners in Rockville could crank up sales by getting a free bike rack near their shop. Business owners who lack bicycle parking near their shop or office could qualify for a rack –provided and installed for free by the City of Rockville — under the city’s Bike Rack Grant Program, according to a release […]

There are an estimated 1,000 black bears in Allegany and Garrett counties, but it is the one spotted in Poolesville that has residents there concerned. They’re concerned enough that they have called in the state’s top bear expert to talk to them about it. On Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Izaak Walton League in […]

To help navigate the Gaithersburg Book Festival this weekend there is a free smartphone app. Available from the Apple and Android app stores, the Festival app lets you explore the presentation schedule to find your favorite authors and learn about new ones, with easy access to author bios. Use the map to plot your course, […]

Montgomery County Police say the couple slain at their Rockville home had returned from an outing in Charles Town, West Virginia with friends May 9. Their bodies were found the next day by relatives. The deaths of Richard and Julianne Vilardo, of Ridge Road in Rockville are being ruled homicides by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner […]

Montgomery County Police executed another search warrant Tuesday at the Hyattsville home of Richard Welch looking for more clues to solve the missing Lyon sisters case. Capt. Darren Francke, commander of Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division,  said officers conducted the search today and recovered a “few items of significance.” “We seized some items that were […]

A Silver Spring home being renovated collapsed Tuesday with only the porch and the basement remaining intact. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, the home in the 800 block of Easley Street was being renovated when it collapsed. The four workers working on the job escaped without being injured, Piringer said. […]

UPDATED, May 12, 1 p.m. – The Montgomery County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers’ recommendation to colocate Tilden Middle and Rock Terrace schools. ORIGINAL – The Montgomery County School Board is expected to make a decision today on whether to combine the Rock Terrace and the Tilden Middle schools into […]

UPDATED, May 14:Andrea Lourdes Mejia-Sauceda, age 13, of the 9300 block of Piney Branch in Silver Spring, has been located safe and unharmed. ORIGINAL: Montgomery County Police are asking for your help to find a missing Silver Spring teen. According to police, Andrea Lourdes Mejia-Sauceda, 13, of the 9300 block of Piney Branch Road in […]

Two Montgomery County Councilmembers are urging hospitals in the county to voluntarily stop using pesticides. Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal, who chairs the Council’s Health and Human Services Committee, and Councilmember Roger Berliner, who chairs the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, wrote to the leaders of the five organizations that operate hospitals […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue workers are on the scene of a large home heating oil spill at a home in North Potomac. According to MCFRS Spokesman Pete Piringer more than 100 gallons of home heating oil spilled from an interior tank in the basement of a home on Winesap Terrace. Update – Winesap Te, […]