Montgomery Community Media

An Amtrak train on its way from Washington, D.C. to New York derailed north of Philadelphia last night. Amtrak officials have released the following statement: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life from Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 that derailed north of Philadelphia Tuesday evening. We ask the news media to be respectful […]

Three Montgomery County Search and Rescue teams headed to D.C. to help in the search for anyone injured when a parking garage collapsed at a Watergate complex. According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesman Pete Piringer, Montgomery County sent three live search and rescue teams with one handler and one dog on each team to aid […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker joined forces at the Regional Summit on Homelessness in mid March. The event was organized by area leadership as a call to action to funders, developers, banks, employers, landlords, service providers, schools, institutes of higher learning, and community […]

Pepco is providing 1,500 free trees to customers in Maryland and the District of Columbia through its Energy-Saving Trees program. It’s the fifth year of the Pepco-Arbor Day Foundation partnership that provides two trees per household while supplies last. This year, the free trees are more developed as they’re lightly branched and 2 to 4 […]

Montgomery Police are investigating the allegations of sexual offenses involving a former aikido karate teacher and several of his former students and are concerned there may be more victims. Police arrested Jorge Raul Allica, also known as George Paul Allica, 56, of the 3700 block of 13th Street NE in Washington D.C., on Jan. 29 […]

The city of Takoma Park recently bid farewell to City Manager Brian Kenner who has been named Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development for Washington, D.C. Visit Takoma Park City TV to see more Takoma Park City Television.

UPDATED, 2 p.m.  Jan. 26. – Montgomery County police are investigating the death of a Washington, D.C. man who was found in the Bel Pre area overnight as a homicide. Police have identified the man as Wei Wu, age 46, of the 400 block of K Street NW in Washington, D.C. Police are now saying they […]

The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region, is scheduled to conduct Falcon Virgo 15-04 exercise flights Tuesday night through Friday morning, in the skies above the D.C. region this week. Flights are scheduled to take place between midnight and 5:30 a.m. (EST) each day. In the […]

An 88-year-old driver who was injured in a one-car collision on Dec. 28 in Bethesda has died from her injuries, according to Montgomery County Police. Police have identified the driver as Gail Silverstone of Washington, D.C. She passed away on Dec. 30, two days after the crash, police said. According to police, the collision took […]

The North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region, is scheduled to conduct airspace security exercises Tuesday night into Wednesday morning over the skies of the Washington, D.C. region. Flights are scheduled to take place between midnight and 2 a.m. on Sept. 24. The exercise is comprised of […]