Montgomery Community Media

Repairs are complete and all lanes are open after a 64-year-old water main broke Monday on Rockville Pike by Strathmore Avenue in front of Georgetown Prep High School. Southbound Rockville Pike was closed to thru traffic at Edson Lane after the pipe broke close to 5 p.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) Chief […]

Tuesday, the first day that Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students resume classes post-spring break, will be a virtual instruction day for all students. The recommendation was made “given the concerns raised about the immediate return in the building following spring break, when we know that families, our community members, our staff may travel,” said […]

UPDATED Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) crews repaired a 6-inch water main break in Wheaton on Dec. 19. The break occurred at Ennals Avenue and Grandview Avenue on Monday morning. WSSC spokesperson Luis Maya said the break involved a 70-year-old pipe. Maya said 17 customers, mostly commercial businesses in the adjacent shopping plaza, were impacted […]

UPDATED:  The city of Rockville experienced a communications outage on Monday that lasted from  8 a.m. to 3 p.m. because of a major cable break, according to a city spokesperson. During the outage, telephone service and email was disrupted to both the Rockville Police Department and the Senior Center. The day after the outage, Rockville […]

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) officials report that repairs are complete to a second leak on a 20-inch pressurized sewer main that was discovered when the main was put back in service on Wednesday near 2110 Rose Theatre Circle in Olney. Because a second leak was detected, WSSC officials said the pumping station was shut […]

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is on the scene of the second water main break in two days, this time in Silver Spring. The break occurred on a 12-inch line in the 15400 block of Good Hope Road at about 11 a.m., according to WSSC Spokesperson Jerry Irvine. He said he is not sure how many […]

UPDATED: All lanes of Georgia are open according to WSSC. 10 PM Update: SB GA Ave at Shorefield Rd in Wheaton is open. What a difference a day makes. Thx 2 pipe & paving crews pic.twitter.com/F9UPIcLkQo — WSSC Water News (@WSSCWaterNews) July 3, 2015 The southbound lanes of Georgia Avenue are still closed this afternoon […]

The cold weather is not letting up and neither are the water main breaks. As of 9 a.m., there were 52 breaks in need of repair in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. While 27 crews were on the streets repairing breaks all day, additional breaks continued to be reported. As of tonight, there are 51 […]

Poolesville Elementary School students can sleep in all day on Friday, Feb. 20. That’s because classes have been canceled at the elementary school because of a broken water pipe. Montgomery County Public Schools Spokesperson Dana Tofig said the school must close so crews can turn off the water and make the necessary repairs. Poolesville Elementary […]

Officials at the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission want customers to know that WSSC is responsible for water mains in the street and the connections to your home or business, but not the pipes on your property. Property owners are responsible for frozen and broken pipes on their property and inside their homes. WSSC officials are telling […]