Montgomery Community Media

A former chief operating official with Montgomery County’s Department of Economic Development was sentenced to four years Friday for an embezzlement scheme that stole $6.7 million from the county, according to a Justice Department statement. Byung Il “Peter” Bang, 59, who lives in Germantown, had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt to the […]

The vehicle recovery section of the Montgomery County Police Department hosts a monthly auction in order to sell abandoned or seized vehicles. Gates open at 7:30 a.m. and then the auction starts at 9 a.m. The location of the auction is 305 Metropolitan Grove Road in Gaithersburg. The vehicle recovery section removes abandoned, unregistered, and […]

Residents with library cards from Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) have access to stream videos in the Great Courses Collection. The collection includes more than 3,500 video lectures from top professors. The collection, previously available on tapes, CDs, and DVDs, has been popular with library patrons for years. MCPL now offers streaming access to the Collection on the […]

Movie critic Arch Campbell on this episode of MoCo’s Most Famous with Joe Yasharoff. Arch makes his Oscar predictions, reminisces about the good old days of broadcasting at NBC4 and reveals the back story of that infectious laugh.    

The Universities at Shady Grove will offer a master’s program in applied health physiology from Salisbury University in the fall. The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) offers approximately 80 degree programs from nine Maryland public universities on its campus in Rockville. The addition of Salisbury University’s (SU) applied health physiology program this fall coincides with […]

Update: The Snow Emergency Plan was lifted Thursday, February 21 at 10 a.m. A Snow Emergency Plan was issued for Montgomery County at 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 20. This plan is to assist the State Highway Administration in snow clearing operations throughout the County. Parking is prohibited on roads and streets designated as snow emergency […]

Montgomery County police Tuesday released composite sketches of a man found dead near Lake Bernard Frank earlier this month in hopes someone can identify him. Investigators have not been able to identify the man. The sketches are based on what the man might have looked like, police said. Wheaton police district officers found the man […]

Montgomery Community Media is featuring power couple David and Mikel Blair at home with their family for Valentine’s Day. David, 49, is the chairman of Accountable Health Inc. and a former candidate for Montgomery County Executive. Mikel, 40, is the founder and CEO of Badlands Playspace. The Blairs were kind enough to open up their […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Transportation and Environment (T&E) Committee will host a town hall at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, focusing on service improvements to Metro. It takes place in the Silver Spring Civic Building at 1 Veterans Plaza. Representatives of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will present an overview of a new […]

Montgomery County police hope the public can help identify a dead man found in a Rockville creek. Detectives released photographs Tuesday of a watch and a plastic ring that were found with the man in the hope that someone will recognize the items. On Saturday, Feb. 2, Wheaton police district officers responded to a call […]