Montgomery Community Media

College students from across the state applied for the Shop Maryland-Tax Free Week Scholarship. Participants were asked to explain how they helped businesses survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two statewide winners are from Montgomery County. They were recognized by the Maryland Retailers Association and Comptroller Peter Franchot during a virtual presentation on Friday. Mirian Fuentes […]

Two Montgomery County councilmembers said they planned to introduce a bill in the next six weeks that would dismantle the school resource officer program. Under this program, police departments in the county place officers in the schools and allow them to respond to school-based incidents. Councilmembers Will Jawando and Hans Riemer attended a MoCo Defund […]

Los Concejales del condado de Montgomery votaron unánimemente el martes para fortalecer la prohibición sobre los productos de servicio de alimentos de poliestireno al agregar aquellos marcados con el número seis de reciclaje, incluidos los conocidos vasos de plástico Solo rojo brillante y ciertos materiales de empaque. Durante los últimos seis años, muchos de los […]

Councilmembers unanimously voted Tuesday to strengthen Montgomery County’s ban on polystyrene food service products by adding those marked with the recycling number six – including the familiar bright red Solo plastic cups and certain packaging materials. For the past six years, much of the polystyrene materials often used in food service, especially takeout, have been […]

The Maryland Department of Health reported 94 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Tuesday morning. The cumulative case count is now 24,560. There was one COVID-19 related fatality reported Tuesday, bringing the pandemic death toll in the county to 821. This is the first death reported since Oct. 15. Prince George’s County leads the state […]

If it was a TV show, they might call it “Extreme Makeover: Route 29 Edition.”  The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) began a roughly 3.6 mile repaving project along US Route 29 on Monday. The project, which runs from St. Andrews Way to Stewart Lane in Montgomery County, began earlier this […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice is hosting a public safety town hall for residents of Montgomery Village on Nov. 9 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Speaking at the town hall will be Montgomery County Police 6th District Commander Michael Ward, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Goldstein and Sheriff Darren Popkin. .@RicePolitics I'm […]

Additional charging details allege that former Wootton High School football coach Christopher Papadopoulos inappropriately touched student players and pressured one for explicit photos. Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) detectives charged Papadopoulos, 26, of Gaithersburg with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor and four counts of fourth degree sexual offense, according to online case […]

People in Chevy Chase and Silver Spring may have noticed noisy, low flying helicopters in the area on Monday. Those helicopters are from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, and they are getting the area ready for the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021. According to a press release from the DOE, […]

El Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery está investigando una colisión fatal en el área de White Oak. Una investigación preliminar determinó que un Toyota Corolla 2010 giraba a la izquierda desde Industrial Parkway hacia Columbia Pike en dirección sur. El auto chocó con un Honda Accord 2018, que viajaba hacia el norte por […]