Montgomery Community Media

Just Puppies of Maryland in Rockville was charged with selling puppies in violation of the No More Puppy Mills Act, Attorney General Brian Frosh announced in a news release June 17. Charges were filed against Just Puppies, which is located in Twinbrook Center on Veirs Mill Road, as well as another of its locations in […]

Montgomery County councilmembers updated wording on a bill designed to rid the county of indoor mercury service regulators, which were ruled the cause of a deadly fire at the Flower Branch Apartments in Silver Spring in April 2016. Monday morning, members of the Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee changed the bill’s wording to include […]

Tres calles en Potomac que llevan los nombres de oficiales confederados serán renombradas para honrar a figuras históricas afroamericanas, anunció el Departamento de Planificación del Condado de Montgomery, un día antes del 16 de junio. Las calles actualmente llamadas J.E.B Stuart Road y J.E.B. Stuart Court pasará a llamarse Geneva Mason Road y Geneva Mason […]

Three streets in Potomac that bear the names of Confederate officers will be renamed to honor African American historical figures, the Montgomery County Planning Department announced one day before Juneteenth. The streets currently named J.E.B Stuart Road and J.E.B. Stuart Court will be renamed Geneva Mason Road and Geneva Mason Court respectively. The street now […]

El Concejo del Condado de Montgomery emitió la siguiente declaración en reconocimiento y celebración de ‘Juneteenth’ el sábado 19 de junio y su designación como feriado nacional: El Concejo elogia al presidente Biden y al Congreso por designar el día 16 de junio como feriado nacional. Si bien el condado de Montgomery ha estado conmemorando […]

Los líderes del condado de Montgomery lanzaron el jueves un nuevo programa piloto llamado “20 is plenty” (20 es suficiente) para reducir el límite de velocidad en carreteras seleccionadas a 20 millas por hora. El programa tiene como objetivo ayudar a mejorar la seguridad vial para peatones, ciclistas y automovilistas. Las cinco carreteras piloto están […]

El condado de Montgomery anunció que sus oficinas estarán cerradas el viernes 18 de junio en observancia del nuevo feriado federal, el 16 de junio. El jueves, el presidente Biden promulgó la ley June 16th como feriado nacional para celebrar el fin de la esclavitud en los Estados Unidos, que tuvo lugar el 19 de […]

Montgomery County leaders on Thursday launched a new pilot program called “20 is Plenty” to reduce the speed limit on select roads to 20 miles per hour. The program is intended to help improve road safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. The five pilot roads are in North Bethesda, Germantown and Long Branch. They are: […]

Montgomery County announced their offices will be closed Friday, June 18 in observance of the new federal holiday, Juneteenth. Thursday, President Biden signed into law Juneteenth as a national holiday to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States, which took place on June 19, 1865 in Texas. County Executive Marc Elrich said, “I […]

Wednesday’s vote by the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board to remove the state’s proposed I-270, I-495 express toll lanes project from its air quality analysis dealt a serious blow to the future of the project. “In order to meet federal requirements and advance to the construction phase, regional projects must be included in the […]