Montgomery Community Media

Due to extremely poor driving conditions and the need for emergency pavement repairs, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) has closed two lanes of northbound MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue) from the Washington, D.C. line to MD 410 (East West Highway) in Chevy Chase. Crews are expected to complete paving along northbound MD 185 late Thursday […]

State Highway Administration (SHA) workers will close a section of Cedar Lane between Elmhirst Parkway and MD 355 (Rockville Pike) in Bethesda on June 6. This temporary summer closure is necessary to accomodate the MD 355/Cedar Lane intersection improvement project. Road crews are building a new entrance at Cedar Lane and Elmhirst Parkway for the […]

The Dennis Avenue Health Center, currently housed in a 50-year old building that once served as an elementary school, will get a new home when construction on the County’s newest health project is completed in 2015. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story on the groundbreaking ceremony that kicks off construction on Dennis Avenue in Silver […]

UPDATED More than 200 firefighters were called to the scene of a three-alarm fire on, April 1, that burned through an unoccupied apartment building at the Gables Upper Rock complex in Rockville. On April 2, fire officials said the apartment complex was a complete loss with damages estimated at between $15 million and $20 million. Firefighters […]

A new video featuring Montgomery County Public Schools administrators, principals, teachers and students emphasizes the County’s need for additional school construction funding. The County Council and County Executive Isiah Leggett have joined in asking the Maryland General Assembly to provide additional State funding for school construction. The Council is now reviewing the County Executive’s proposal […]

Despite recent discussion that Montgomery County may not get the school construction funding they’re hoping for this session, a group of County parents, advocates and political leaders will be traveling to Annapolis on March 6 to show legislators they’re not standing down when it comes to fighting for a solution to what they say is […]

The Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board held its monthly meeting on Feb. 10 at the Silver Spring Civic Building. At the top of the agenda, Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer who told the Board that the Council’s number one priority remains the need to obtain state funds for school construction. During his remarks, Riemer said […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police and fire responded to an accident at a construction site earlier today. Police Spokesperson Angela Cruz said the accident was reported at 7:49 a.m. on Dec. 18 at Arrowood Road and Burdette Road in Bethesda. Cruz said Burdette Road was closed for several hours while the investigation was underway on site. […]

Maintenance work is currently being performed on the upper levels of the Olde Towne Parking Garage, located at the intersection of Olde Towne and South Summit Avenues in Gaithersburg. During this time period no parking will be available above the upper half of Level Five. Additional parking has been made available along the north side […]

Pepco officials are announcing that work to rebuild the East 230kV transmission tower line between the Burtonsville and Takoma Park substations will begin in June of 2014. According to a news release issued by Pepco, the rebuilding of the transmission lines will take approximately 12 months to complete. The length of the right-of-way for the […]