Montgomery Community Media

La Farmacia Ultracare en Germantown está ofreciendo pruebas COVID-19 de forma gratuita. Las personas que creen haber estado expuestas al virus pueden visitar la página web: doineedacovid19test.com, seleccionar Ultracare Health Mart Pharmacy # 3, Germantown, y registrarse para una cita. Están abiertos para pruebas los miércoles, jueves y viernes de 9 a.m. a 5 p.m. […]

Ultracare Pharmacy in Germantown is offering COVID-19 testing free of charge. People who believe they may have been exposed to the virus can go to doineedacovid19test.com, select Ultracare Health Mart Pharmacy# 3, Germantown, and register for an appointment time. They are open for testing on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]

As thousands protest police brutality and racial injustice throughout the country, the calls to reform police unions — which can stand in the way of prosecuting officers who kill unarmed people of color — are getting louder. Montgomery County Police Department’s union is the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35 (FOP Lodge 35). In a […]

Un hombre de 29 años falleció el jueves, en horas de la noche, en un accidente automovilístico registrado en Woodfield Road, en el área de Laytonsville. La policía identificó a Edvin Agripin Sánchez-Martínez de Clarksburg como el conductor, quien falleció en la escena. Los detectives del Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery todavía están […]

A 29-year-old man died Thursday night in a fatal car crash on Woodfield Road in the Laytonsville area. Police identified Edvin Agripin Sanchez-Martinez of Clarksburg on Friday as the driver who was pronounced dead on the scene from the two-car collision. Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department are still investigating the cause of the […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics Monday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 13,657 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is a 0.4% increase from the 13,607 cases reported Sunday. Since the first case in March, 655 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of four deaths since Sunday, according to the […]

Medical professionals tasked with guiding reopening amid COVID-19 met for the first time Thursday. The seven-member team led by Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles, includes Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, Dr. Cesar Palacios, the executive director of Proyector Salud Medical Clinic and several doctors with a background […]

Six new CVS drive-thru COVID-19 test sites opened Friday in Montgomery County. There are now 10 total in the county.   Locations New: 11190 Veirs Mill Road, Wheaton, MD 20902 1580 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 15600 Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD 20866 12825 Wisteria Drive, Germantown, MD 20874 19901 Frederick Road, Germantown, MD 20876 20 Upper […]

There are 670 homeless persons in Montgomery County, which is a slight increase from 647 in 2019, according to this year’s Point-in-Time survey of homelessness, which was released June 10. However, in the Greater Washington area, Montgomery County had the highest percentage reduction of its homeless population between 2016 and 2020. The county experienced a […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and the county council on Wednesday with concerns about the county neglecting religious freedoms under the First Amendment while allowing the freedom to protest.  In the letter, Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Civil Rights Division Eric Dreiband asks Elrich and […]