Montgomery Community Media

Jose Pineda, a former substitute teacher who was recently arrested and charged with having inappropriate contact with several Montgomery County Public Schools students, will continue to be held on $150,000 bond after a bond hearing was held today in Montgomery County District Court. Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Spokesman Ramon Korionoff said the former teacher remains […]

Three people, including two from Silver Spring, died at the scene of in a single car accident Sunday morning. On Monday, police released the names of the following three people who died in the crash: Melissa Roxanna Argueta, 24, of the 8300 block of Navahoe Drive in Silver Spring; Cesar Alarcon Noriega, 21, of the […]

UPDATED, Nov. 23. 12:45 p.m.- Police released the following information in the triple fatal crash in Silver Spring Sunday morning. According to the Montgomery County Police press release: At approximately 3:20 a.m., the Emergency Communications Center (9-1-1) received a call for a collision on East-West Highway in the area of Washington Avenue. Officers responded to […]

Here are the five things you need to know today, Nov. 21 in Montgomery County. 1- MCFRS Pete Piringer describes a fire in Rockville and the man who confessed to the media that he set it. Watch it here. 2- There’s so much to do this weekend, we put together a guide to help you […]

Montgomery County has no plans to allow a school to be built on land it owns off of Route 28 in Gaithersburg, the county’s Deputy Director of General Services told MyMCMedia Thursday. The county acquired the 52-acre parcel which includes the former National Geographic building at 100 Edison Park Drive and relocated county services to […]

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Committee is seeking entries for the literary arts contest by Dec. 12 and the visual arts show by Dec. 5 in observance of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Both contests are open to all elementary, middle and high school students in Montgomery County.

Here are the five things you need to know today, Nov. 20. 1-  A person of interest was arrested in connection with a house fire in Rockville. 2- Catherine Hoggle was found not competent to stand trial in the case of her missing toddlers. 3- Did you catch the State of MCM address? You can […]

Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center has found that Catherine Hoggle is not competent to stand trial, according to a court motion filed by her attorney David Felsen. That psychiatric evaluation on the Clarksburg mom who has been charged in connection with her children’s disappearance, was submitted on Monday, Felsen said. In the filing made on Tuesday, Felsen says Hoggle’s […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education is “meeting expectations” in seven categories including “responsible management of resources” and “community engagement and communication”, according to a self-evaluation published by the board Wednesday. When the Board of Education hired Superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr in 2011, the Board committed to a system of shared governance with the superintendent. […]

One of the self-proclaimed Demon Assassins, Monifa Sanford, appeared in Montgomery County Circuit Court Wednesday as a trial date was set in her case. Sanford, along with her friend Zakieya Avery called themselves “Demon Assassins” in the brutal stabbing of four children to rid them of alleged demons who they told police had invaded the […]