Montgomery Community Media

Happy Monday! Here are five things to know today, Monday, April 9, in Montgomery County: 1. Last Tour of Duty: Assistant Chief Luther Reynolds retires today and is accepting the police chief’s position for Charleston, South Carolina. A Gaithersburg native and a Seneca Valley High School graduate, Reynolds was a patrol officer of the police […]

Here are five things to know today, Friday, March 19 in Montgomery County: 1. Education Budget Forum: Councilmember Craig Rice, School Superintendent Jack Smith and Montgomery College President DeRionne Pollard will host a budget forum on county education spending from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at White Oak Middle School. In May, the County Council […]

Silver Spring police district officers are asking for the public’s help in finding Damien Jared Fox, Jr., 16. Detectives have obtained a warrant for Fox’s arrest for the Feb. 26 shooting of a 17-year-old boy in the 13900 block of Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville, police said.  The warrant charges Fox with first-degree assault, armed […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to determine the most popular titles in February. For the month of February, the most read books by genre are:   […]

Teen Tech Week programs are scheduled for multiple branches of the Montgomery County Public Libraries system the week of March 4-10. Teen Tech Week is a national initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association with the goal to encourage teens to take advantage of the digital technology resources, programs and services at libraries. A […]

Here are five things you need to know today, Friday, March 5 happening in Montgomery County: 1. Weather: It’s still astronomical winter, so expect cold temperatures but diminished winds. 2. Municipal Monday: Rockville’s Mayor and Council meets at 7 p.m. Here’s the agenda. Gaithersburg’s Mayor and Council meets at 7:30 p.m. Here’s the agenda. 3. Gun Safety […]

Silver Spring police district officers are investigating a shooting that occurred Monday morning in Burtonsville, a Montgomery County police statement said. Investigators believe that this was not a random event and the perpetrators and the victim may have had some prior association, police said. About 8:50 a.m. Monday, Silver Spring officers responded to the Burtonsville […]

A man and woman, found in a parked car in a Burtonsville parking lot, were shot and killed, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled, a Montgomery County police statement said. Police said the woman was identified as Ashley Susan Dickinson, 34, of Mallory Terrace in Alexandria, Virginia, and the man was identified […]

A man and a woman were found dead in a car in a townhome parking lot in Burtonsville, a Montgomery County police statement said. On Thursday, about 9:56 p.m., a resident walked by a vehicle parked on Aldora Circle and noted that the car was running, police said.  The resident saw a woman and a […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to determine the most popular titles in January. For the month of January, the most read books by genre are:   […]