Montgomery Community Media

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday children between the ages of 5 and 11 receive the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA authorized the same vaccine for emergency use on Oct. 29. In line with these developments, MCPS will partner with the County Department of Health and Human Services and Holy Cross […]

No one likes roadwork construction delays especially if it clogs up the arteries in the heart of a city like the Baltimore Road closure in Rockville. And it appears Metro construction is not immune to delays either as the Rockville and Shady Grove Metro stations will now be closed an additional month until Jan. 11, […]

A 35-year-old man died after crashing into a metal pole in Silver Spring on Sunday morning. Montgomery County Police Department did not identify the man but said he was from Bristow, Va. A police statement confirmed MCPD is investigating the incident. Silver Spring district officers and first responders from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue were […]

Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones spoke Monday evening about the death of MCPD Lt. Daniel Friz. Friz died shortly after midnight Monday in a collision with a 2018 Freightliner on I-70 in Lisbon. He was off duty at the time of his death. Maryland State Police continue investigating the incident. Friz started working for […]

Maury Povich, host of the longtime daytime show Maury, spent many of his formative years in Montgomery County. He talks about growing up in MoCo, making a name for himself locally as a news and sports anchor at WTTG-TV (now FOX5), his wife Connie Chung, and his legendary Washington Post sports columnist father, Shirley, who is […]

Last week, Rockville residents were notified on two separate occasions that the city was unable to complete waste collection services due to staffing shortages. Unfortunately, these may not be isolated incidents. According to the City of Rockville’s Facebook page, staffing shortages caused incomplete yard waste collection on Oct. 21 and 25. The city told residents […]

It is officially playoff football season. The schedule for week 1 is out. Match-ups, days and times are listed below: 4A West Gaithersburg at Quince Orchard Fri. 7 pm Clarksburg at Northwest Fri. 7 pm Richard Montgomery at Churchill Fri. 6:30 pm Walter Johnson at Bethesda-Chevy Chase Fri. 6:30 pm 4A North Bladensburg at Blair […]

Leaders detailed updated COVID-19 quarantine guidance for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) during a virtual press conference Monday. The new guidance will take effect next Monday, Nov. 8, MCPS Interim Superintendent Dr. McKnight said. The Maryland departments of health and education released new K-12 childcare COVID-19 guidance Friday evening, she said. Unvaccinated students have otherwise […]

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for Nov. 3 from  2:00 am until 10:00 am. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Freeze watch for Tuesday night expanded to include DC and Baltimore N&W suburbs and much of central VA. The first freezing temperatures […]

The Montgomery County Council, sitting as the Board of Health, will consider an amended regulation that would reinstate an indoor mask mandate if the county maintains seven straight days of CDC-defined substantial coronavirus transmission, rather than one day. The county’s indoor mask mandate was lifted at 12:01 a.m. last Thursday following seven consecutive days of […]