Montgomery Community Media

A mail truck struck and killed a woman about 6:46 p.m. Monday trying to cross University Boulevard West, a Montgomery County police statement said. The mail truck, a 1990 Chevrolet USPS mail truck, was driven by Thanh Van Cao, 57, of Gaithersburg, police said. He was traveling westbound on University Boulevard when the truck hit […]

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss: Sidney Katz’s election as the next president of the County Council. Whether boundary changes are the best way to ensure equal opportunity for all MCPS students. Former Governor Martin O’Malley is back in the news. This […]

Firefighters were sent to the wrong address for a house fire Friday night, going to a Rockville address instead of where they should have gone in Wheaton, about 10 miles away. The correct address was on Pritchard Road. Firefighters were sent to Piccard Drive. “We have a human element and there’s always a chance for […]

A family resource fair has been scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 7, at the Wheaton Recreation Center, 11701 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. The fair will provide free flu shots, medical screenings, a pop-up food pantry and resource tables on child care vouchers, utility bill assistance, aging and disability services, youth development programs, voter […]

Update, 11 a.m. Dec. 6: Asucenia Martinez-Benitez has been located safe and unharmed. Original post: Montgomery County police are asking the public’s help in finding a missing Aspen Hill girl. Asucenia Martinez-Benitez, 13, of Arctic Avenue, was reported as missing by her family on Nov. 22. She has contacted her family since that time but […]

A Washington, D.C., man has been charged with the Aug. 30 burglary of a Silver Spring coin store, a Montgomery County police statement said. Tony Arrington, 49, is being held at the Montgomery County Detention Center in lieu of $1,000 bail, according to online court records. The burglar took about $6,500 worth of coins and […]

Barely two weeks after the Montgomery County Council passed a new economic development platform, the nonprofit corporation in charge of attracting and retaining new businesses in the county has a new leader. Benjamin H. Wu, who is the current deputy secretary and chief operating officer of the Maryland Department of Commerce, will take over Montgomery […]

The Olney Ale House has closed after a fire, a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman said. The cause of the fire was combustibles that overheated, according to a tweet from Pete Piringer. Damages were estimated at $250,000. ICYMI (12/3) Olney Ale House CLOSED for business https://t.co/OlFFjGr0M6 — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) December 4, 2019 The […]

Sixty-nine members of the House of Delegates have asked the Board of Public Works to postpone action on the I-495/I-270 widening project. The project is scheduled to be up for a preliminary vote at the board’s Wednesday meeting. The Board of Public Works is a three-member body consisting of Gov. Larry Hogan, Comptroller Peter Franchot […]

A Silver Spring man faces 22 counts of animal cruelty charges after Animal Services Division officers seized 100 chickens on his Burtonsville property, a Montgomery County police statement said. Raymond Romig, 59, of Clement Place in Silver Spring, was arrested Monday and was released after posting a $10,000 bond, online court records say. Specifically, Romig […]