Montgomery Community Media

More than 1,700 Montgomery County Public School employees have not reported their vaccination status as of Nov. 15, and the school district is extending their already-pushed-back deadline for reporting before issuing disciplinary measures. As of the morning of Nov. 15, 1,782 employees had yet to report their vaccination status, according to MCPS Director of Communications […]

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) is investigating a crash that resulted in the death of a pedestrian at 3:20 a.m. Tuesday. According to MDTA, officers responding to a crash on the westbound Intercounty Connector before Georgia Avenue found an adult male, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver did not stop and fled […]

At least two staff members at the Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Transportation are under investigation by the Montgomery County Police Department concerning “allegations of possible financial improprieties,” according to MCPS Director of Communications Christopher Cram. “We take these allegations very seriously, and as a result, we immediately contacted the police to investigate,” Cram […]

Montgomery County’s indoor mask mandate will return Saturday if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms the jurisdiction has maintained seven straight days of substantial COVID-19 transmission, per a county Health and Human Services (DHHS) spokesperson. If the CDC shows the county has reached seven days of substantial transmission on Tuesday, the mandate […]

The median sale price of a house in Montgomery County was $540,000 during October. That is a 5.9% increase from from the previous month and an 8% increase over October of 2020. The median sale price throughout the Greater Washington area faired better. The median sold price of a residential property in the region was […]

Update (Nov. 16): Around 2:27 a.m. Monday, Montgomery County Police officers began investigating the report of someone who threatened to bring a gun to Montgomery Blair High School, Police Spokesperson Officer Carlos Cortes told MyMCM. Officers responded to the school in the morning hours and did not find anything. No one was arrested, injured, or […]

Montgomery County Police released surveillance video of a suspect they believe is responsible for a Nov. 8 armed carjacking in Silver Spring. At about 6:05 p.m. on Nov. 8, police say the suspect approached a 29-year-old male inside of his vehicle at a parking lot at the 13900 block of Castle Boulevard in Silver Spring. […]

Montgomery County Police released the identity of a pedestrian killed crossing a road in Gaithersburg last week. 75-year-old Elliot Neal Ginsburg was struck and killed by a water-delivery truck as he was crossing Asbury Road in Gaithersburg on Nov 9. Police say at around 3 p.m., the truck driver was turning left onto Odendhal Avenue […]

After 25 years of operation, Ruth’s Chris Steak House’s Bethesda restaurant will shutter its doors forever on Dec. 24. General Manager Lana Ward confirmed to MyMCM that the restaurant was closing but would not elaborate further. Bethesda Beat was first to report the story. In an email to Bethesda Beat, Ward said the 7315 Wisconsin […]

A joint study from Montgomery and Loudoun counties evaluating the future of White’s Ferry was released Thursday. Since 1786, the ferry had transported commuters across the Potomac River between Montgomery County, near Poolesville, and Loudoun County, Virginia. In Dec. 2020, the ferry shut down service after more than 230 years following a court ruling that […]