Montgomery Community Media

May is National Bike Month. In celebration, Montgomery Parks announced their top picks for the best locations for bike riding across the county. Every Friday at 9 a.m. to Sunday at 6 p.m., a section of Beach Drive, from Connecticut Avenue to Knowles Avenue, and sections of Sligo Creek Parkway, from University Boulevard West to […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to a natural gas leak in Bethesda on Monday morning. It happened on the 7000 block of Arlington Road around 7:45 a.m. causing slight traffic delays in the area due to detours. Washington Gas is working throughout the morning to get things under control by crimping the gas […]

A new traffic signal in downtown Bethesda stops car traffic on all sides so pedestrians can cross in all directions at once. The all-pedestrian traffic signal was installed this month at the intersection of Arlington Rd. and Bethesda Ave.  It is part of a larger plan to make the entire Arlington Rd. corridor more pedestrian-friendly, said MCDOT spokeswoman Esther Bowring.   After three reported pedestrian-car […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating two armed robberies and an attempted armed robbery that occurred on Jan. 26 at CVS pharmacies in Bethesda and a Rite Aid in Silver Spring. According to police, investigators believe the three robberies were committed by the same suspect. Police have released surveillance video, see below, of the suspect […]

An 81-year-old man was killed while riding his three-wheeled recumbent bike in Bethesda today, according to a report from the Montgomery County Police Department. The collision happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. at Little Falls Parkway and the Capital Crescent Trail. According to police, the preliminary investigation indicates that the bicyclist was traveling eastbound on the […]

There is a new abstract mural to check out along Arlington Road in Bethesda. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke recently talked to the artists who helped transform the blank retaining wall into a colorful work of art. You can find out more about the artists, here.