Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crews have completed repairs on a 12-inch water main break that occurred along University Boulevard at Piney Branch Road on Saturday morning. Road repairs were completed on Sunday and repaving is expected to take place on Monday after the morning rush hours. According to WSSC, two westbound and two eastbound […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services unit were dispatched at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday to a collision on the inner loop of the beltway between Connecticut Avenue and Georgia Avenue, responding to a personal injury collision. According to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer, one person was treated and transported with non serious injuries. […]

The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) continues to make progress on a two mile, $3.7 million safety and resurfacing project on MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue) between I-495 (Capital Beltway) and Dupont Avenue in Kensington. Currently, crews are patching in advance of grinding, paving and pavement marking work that will occur later this […]

A fire at 724 Ritchie Avenue caused an estimated $85,000 in damage and displaced a family of four, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said the fire was sparked by displaced fireplace ashes outside the house. There were no injuries, he said. More…Ritchie Av: Cause, misplaced FP ashes, too […]

UPDATED A Gaithersburg police officer was seriously injured as the officer responded to a call last night (March 15) at 10:22 p.m. in the 400 block of Christopher Avenue. Gaithersburg Police Officer Dan Lane said the call originated from an earlier verbal altercation between two individuals. “As police were speaking with the complainant outside, the […]

UPDATED 1/8 Roadway repairs continue southbound on Connecticut Avenue. There is one southbound lane open. =========================================================================================== WSSC crews are working to repair a 78-year old, 8-inch water main at 9826 Connecticut Avenue in Kensington. The water main break was first reported around 11 a.m. on Jan. 7. WSSC Spokesperson Kira Lewis said repairs began about […]