Montgomery Community Media

It seems like Jordan Tropf of Silver Spring cannot stop running. Over three days – Oct. 9 through Oct. 11 – Tropf ran in three major marathons, averaging about two-and-a-half hours to complete each one. The U.S. Naval Academy 2014 graduate and orthopedic surgery resident at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center came in second […]

Montgomery College received a grant from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to help at least 320 lawful permanent residents with citizen preparation classes and other related services. The college was one of two recipients in Maryland of a FY2021 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program that awarded a total of $10 million to 40 organizations. […]

UPDATED Oct. 12 at 3:15 p.m. Montgomery County Police identified the man who was shot as Harry Trueman Powell, 34, of Washington, D.C.  According to police, Powell had been sleeping the basement of the resident for awhile without the homeowner’s permission. Monday morning, a Poolesville homeowner called the Montgomery County Emergency Communication to say that […]

The Olney Theatre, as well as other parts of Montgomery County, lies on unceded land that is the ancestral home of the Piscataway Conoy Tribe. In honor of that as well as National Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, theatre members currently are showing, “The Thanksgiving Play,” which was written by a Native playwriter. The theatre […]

Noah Barnett of Silver Spring was sentenced Oct. 8 to 42 years in prison for his role as an accessory after the fact to first degree murder in the execution style deaths of two men. In January 2020, Barnett, 21, pled guilty to the deaths of 23-year-old Jordan Radway of Laurel and 24-year-old Christian Roberts […]

Saturday’s No Waste, Big Taste competition in Downtown Silver Spring featured such foods as matzah, sundried tomatoes, “ugly” produce and browned beef. In a span of 45 minutes, two teams created an appetizer and main dish using only donated food plus a few mystery ingredients they brought with them. The event marked the culmination of […]

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) awarded a grant of $85,000 for design work on a path for walkers and bikers to get to the Germantown MARC station. This station has the highest ridership in Montgomery County for the MARC train. The grant is for preliminary engineering and short-term consultation services at the Walter […]

The Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education (BOE) seeks candidates to fill the District 3 seat, which has been vacant since Patricia O’Neill’s death in September. District 3 includes parts of Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington and Potomac. Applicants cannot work for the school system. Applications are due by Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. and must […]

It took a grand jury one hour to declare that four Gaithersburg police officers should not be charged in the Jan. 8 fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man. According to police, the officers from Gaithersburg Street Crimes Unit approached Kwamena Ocran who was walking on South Frederick Avenue after receiving information he had a handgun. […]

Five billionaires who call Montgomery County home made The Forbes 2021 list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, although the richest county resident only clocked in at 117. Mitchell Rales, 65, was ranked 117 with a net worth of $7.6 billion. The businessman cofounded Danaher Corporation and is chairman of its executive committee. The Potomac resident […]