Montgomery Community Media

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss: County Council proposal to install surveillance cameras throughout the County. Tensions rise at a public hearing on the school boundary issue. Do school board members deserve a raise? Why does the County face a budget shortfall […]

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a dense fog advisory for Montgomery County until midnight Friday. Areas of dense fog will reduce visibility making driving dangerous. Motorists should be aware that when encountering a patch of dense fog visibility will be reduced to less than one-quarter mile. The NWS advises motorists to slow down, […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue responded to a house fire in the 9200 block of Whitney Street in Silver Spring early Friday morning. The fire displaced the family of five and one adult was transported to a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation, according to Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer. The fire started in […]

All except one local lane of northbound I-270 between Montrose Road and Route 28 were closed Thursday evening as police and fire rescue services responded to an accident involving multiple vehicles. According to Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Piringer, one driver had to be extricated from their vechicle and multiple persons were evaluated and transported […]

A 9-year-old girl died Thursday after she was hit by a Montgomery County Public School bus. A Montgomery County police statement said the girl, whom police have not named, attended Bradley Hills Elementary School and had just gotten off the bus. The collision happened about 3:48 p.m. at Millwood Road and Tanglewood Drive. The bus, […]

A 9-year-old girl died after getting off her school bus, a Montgomery County police statement said. The girl was struck about 3:49 p.m. at Tanglewood Drive and Millwood Road in Bethesda, police said. Police have not released the identity of the girl. She was a student at Bradley Hills Elementary School, 8701 Hartsdale Ave, Bethesda. […]

The discussion at Wednesday’s night meeting at Julius West Middle School in Rockville on the Montgomery County Public Schools boundary study got heated, as this video posted on Twitter. https://twitter.com/brianrkramer/status/1204977139013033984?s=20 For more information on the boundary study, click here for the MCPS webpage. The next meetings for the study are Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 […]

Bibi Berry, a family division magistrate for Montgomery County Circuit Court, and attorney Michael McAuliffe have been appointed to circuit court judgeships, according to a statement by Gov. Larry Hogan’s office. Before her appointment as magistrate, Berry was a domestic litigation associate, then equity shareholder, at Paley Rothman. She also worked as a litigation associate […]

A Silver Spring woman will spend 41 months in prison for a federal wire fraud charge for submitting fraudulent and inflated invoices to two separate companies over 10 years totaling at least $855,000, a U.S. Attorney’s Office statement said. Rebecca Jelfo, 47, also must serve three years of supervised release, according to her sentencing. U.S. […]

A Bethesda resident who was one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II could be promoted to brigadier general in the next Defense Department budget, after a request by U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Anthony Brown. Charles E. McGee retired as a colonel after a 30-year career. Now 100, McGee completed […]