Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery Police are investigating the allegations of sexual offenses involving a former aikido karate teacher and several of his former students and are concerned there may be more victims. Police arrested Jorge Raul Allica, also known as George Paul Allica, 56, of the 3700 block of 13th Street NE in Washington D.C., on Jan. 29 […]

If you see a plume of smoke near the Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring over the next couple of weeks, don’t be alarmed. Over the next two weeks the hospital will be testing three new boilers that have been installed in the New Holy Cross Hospital Tower, visible near I-495 and Georgia Avenue. The […]

The Gaithersburg City Police Department might have new digs within the next few days. The City Council this week approved the authority to buy the building at 16 Summit Ave, owned by DANAC Corp. just steps away from the department’s home at 14 Fulks Corner Ave. The price tag is $5 million. At 42,000 square […]

The Montgomery County Public Schools are expected to release a new, interactive online Annual Report to the Community. The report on the 2013-2014 school year provides an update to the community with stories and examples of how the school system says it is fulfilling the vision and mission of MCPS as delineated in the Strategic […]

It’s a Palooza! At least it is for those who are in to reading through the Montgomery County Public Schools’ $2.4 billion budget line by line. The Montgomery County Civic Federation, the Taxpayers League of Montgomery County, and the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County are inviting anyone interested to this year’s Budgetpalooza! It’s the third […]

One Gaithersburg elementary school community is so concerned about overcrowding at the school it is making an unusual request to the county to allow developers nearby to submit plans that call for more housing to be built there. The petition being circulated by the Rachel Carson Elementary Capacity discussion group, including members of the school’s PTA, actually […]

UPDATED – Unique Myesha Carter has returned home, according to police. ORIGINAL – Police are asking for help finding a missing Germantown teen. Unique Myesha Carter, 14, of the 13000 block of Meander Cove Drive in Germantown, was last known to be at her home  at approximately 2 a.m. Monday morning. Unique is described as […]

A broken sprinkler head at  Montgomery Blair High School caused a frozen waterfall at the school Monday. According to Montgomery County Public Schools spokesman Dana Tofig, the sprinkler head in the greenhouse of the school broke. Because there are drains on the floor, he said, there was no serious damage to the school building. The water […]

The Town of Chevy Chase won’t be going underground to power up its homes. Town officials recently release a report that took a look at ways to improve power reliability in the area. One option was to bury Pepco’s power lines. The quote came in at more than $60 million. The town’s Reliability Task Force recommended against […]

The proposal to limit the use of non-essential pesticides on lawns, certain athletic playing fields, and county-owned public grass areas continues to be a hot topic as about 350 people showed up for a public hearing on the legislation before the Montgomery County Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee Thursday night. According to Montgomery […]