Montgomery Community Media

A family of six has been displaced after a large house fire in the Tilden Woods neighborhood broke out Wednesday afternoon. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) officials say it happened around 4:00 p.m. on the 11600 block of Danville Drive near Luxmanor Elementary School and Tilden Middle School. The occupants got out of […]

Gov. Larry Hogan announced that he will provide a COVID-19 update on Thursday at 2 p.m. The briefing will be streamed live on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Mike Ricci, Hogan’s communication director, tweeted that one of the topics the governor will discuss is booster shots. According to Ricci, the state has distributed 78,141 boosters so […]

Chief spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service Pete Piringer reported two separate traffic incidents involving buses early Wednesday. The first incident occurred around 6 a.m. near the Shady Grove Metro. A tour bus ran off the road and into some heavy brush, blocking the right-of-way for CSX Railroad track #2 and damaging […]

Montgomery County is reaching out to its department managers to determine if the county could function adequately if a mandate for county employees to be vaccinated is enacted. County Executive Marc Elrich said Wednesday afternoon at a weekly media session that he favors mandating all county employees be vaccinated unless they have a medical or […]

For the past 50 years, through all kinds of weather, Doris Rodgers continues to blow her whistle and escort Takoma Park students on their way to and from school. Tuesday morning, the 80-year-old mother to four and grandmother to six, kept her eyes riveted on all four corners at Philadelphia and Maple Avenues, by the […]

Montgomery County Police are searching for a man they say stole mail from a U.S. Postal Service mailbox, and they released surveillance video of the crime. Detectives say it happened on Sept. 5 shortly before 4:00 a.m. in Kensington on the 10400 block of Montgomery Avenue. An investigation revealed that the suspect walked to the exterior […]

El Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery (MCPD) solicita la ayuda del público para identificar a un sospechoso, mientras los detectives investigan un robo que ocurrió el 2 de septiembre en una farmacia de Germantown. Los oficiales respondieron a un robo reportado en la farmacia ubicada en la cuadra 19000 de Frederick Road alrededor […]

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) asks for the public’s help in identifying a suspect as detectives investigate a Sept. 2 robbery of a Germantown pharmacy. Officers responded to a reported robbery at the pharmacy on the 19000 block of Frederick Road around 10 a.m. that day, police said in a release Monday. According to […]

Los líderes locales están trabajando para fortalecer la confianza entre la comunidad y la policía a través de una legislación recientemente introducida. El proyecto de ley 45-20 Policía-Datos policiales comunitarios requeriría que el Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery (MCPD) proporcione datos sobre las interacciones de la policía con los residentes, incluidas las detenciones, […]

Local leaders are working to strengthen trust between the community and police through newly introduced legislation. Bill 45-20 Police-Community Policing-Data, would require the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) to provide data on police interactions with residents, including stops, searches, citations, and arrests. “We can’t improve our policing, and we can’t improve our public confidence and reduce […]