Montgomery Community Media

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a severe thunderstorm warning from now until 2:45 p.m. for  portions of Montgomery County, including Germantown, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Olney, Damascus, Clarksburg, Aspen Hill, Potomac, North Bethesda, Montgomery Village, North Potomac, Great Falls, Wheaton-Glenmont, and Wheaton. This storm may have wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and […]

Maryland State Police (MSP) from the LaPlata Barrack are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed two people in Charles County on July 27. Police say that 15-year-old Halimatou Diallo and her mother, 49-year-old Fatoumata Binta Diakite, died in the wreck. The two lived in Silver Spring and Diallo was a student at Paint Branch High […]

Update: The northbound and southbound sections of I-270 have reopened. Both the northbound and southbound sections of I-270 are completely blocked off due to fallen wires near the weigh station in Clarksburg, according to Fire & Rescue Services spokesman Pete Piringer. The wires are down between Exit 18 in Clarksburg and Exit 22 in Hyattstown. […]

UPDATE 10:22 a.m.: The National Weather Service has expanded the flash flood warning to include Silver Spring and Bethesda.  The warning now extends until 1:45 p.m. for Montgomery County. According to the warning, widespread flash flooding has been reported in the county. Three to six inches of rain fell in the I-20 corridor and surrounding […]

Montgomery County Police Department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision that occurred Sunday in Clarksburg. Police say that at around 1 p.m. on Sunday, officers and Montgomery County Fire & Rescue responded to the collision on Snowden Farm Parkway, near Clarksburg Square Road. Update – Snowden Farm Parkway near Clarksburg Square Road, Clarksburg, […]

Maryland State Police arrested a Clarksburg man Tuesday on child pornography and distribution charges, according to police. Mirantsoa Nirina Rabe, 24, is being held without bail at Montgomery County Detention Center, online court sources say. Rabe faces three counts of distribution of child pornography and five counts of possession of child pornography, a state police […]

A week and a half since its release, Avengers: Endgame continues to shatter box office records around the world. While millions have flocked to theaters to see the blockbuster, many folks have not had a chance yet to see the latest Marvel movie. The challenge for those people has been avoiding spoilers which – because […]

New Elementary School Named After Clarksburg’s Snowden Family Montgomery County Board of Education passed a resolution to name the new elementary school opening in Clarksburg in September 2019 Snowden Farm Elementary School. The school is named after Snowden Farm which was founded in 1845 in Clarksburg by Thomas Snowden, an African American dairy farmer.  The […]

Talk about lucky. A Clarksburg man has won the same lottery game twice in less than two years, according to information posted on the Maryland Lottery website. The man, identifying himself as “Mohamed Hussein” won over $32,000 last year, and this month he won an additional $27,815 playing the Racetrax game. The 63-year-old, who is […]

According to National Day Calendar, April 26 was first declared National Pretzel Day by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell in 2003 to mark the importance of the pretzel to Pennsylvania’s history and economy. More than 80% of the nation’s pretzels are made in Pennsylvania. Here are four opportunities to enjoy a pretzel with a discount.   […]