Montgomery Community Media

Another year, another Gaithersburg Book Festival (GBF). But for the second year in a row, the festival will operate virtually. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman, the founder of the popular event, spoke to MyMCM about what to expect at this year’s Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival: The Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival begins Saturday, May 1 and there […]

Beginning this month, State Highway Administration (SHA) crews will resurface nearly six miles of the inner loop of I-495 between I-270 and the Seminary Road overpass in Montgomery County. According to SHA officials, the project is scheduled to begin in mid-June, and should be complete by the summer of 2017. “The pavement on this particular […]

As part of the Carroll Avenue bridge reconstruction project, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) will temporarily close and detour traffic on a one-third mile section of Sligo Creek Parkway beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday morning. Crews are scheduled to reopen the roadway by 3 p.m. The closures, between Old Carroll Avenue and Maple […]

Officials with the Maryland State Highway Administration have offered to meet with Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice along Md. 355 to see what can be done to make that road safer, but will not conduct the specific safety audit of the area as requested. On May 12, Rice sent a letter to District Engineer Brian […]