Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things to know today, August 20, in Montgomery County: 1. The town of Poolesville is pushing for a grocery store. 2. Master Chef Peter Chang is preparing to open his first Maryland restaurant in Rockville. 3. MCPS Superintendent Joshua Starr has taken the ice bucket challenge to raise awareness for ALS and […]

Here are five things to know today, August 13, in Montgomery County: 1. Walmart has scrapped plans for an Aspen Hill store. 2. At the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair, local leaders promote what a future rapid transit vehicle might look like. 3. Montgomery County police need your help to find a missing 12-year-old girl in […]

Here are five things to know today, May 30, in Montgomery County: 1. It’s Water Safety Day. 2. Diamond Elementary School’s PTA has launched a petition to rename its Media Center after retiring principal Carol Lange. 3. It’s Autism Night Out in Montgomery County. 4. Gaithersburg will hold its Memorial Day observance today at 11 […]

Biographer Brian Jay Jones, a Damascus resident, is the bestselling author of Jim Henson: The Biography. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke found out that the author’s research involved watching a lot of Muppet television and his author tour coincides with the release of the newest Muppets movie. You can meet the author at an upcoming Gaithersburg Book […]

Woodbourne Creamery is Montgomery County’s first all new dairy facility in sixty years. In addition, it is the first all pasture robotic milking facility in North America. CCM’s Susan Kenedy reports.

UPDATED Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred shortly after 3:30 p.m. on March 15 in Damascus. Police said the accident happened in the 6900 block of Annapolis Rock Road. According to a police account, a 2005 Mercedes-Benz ML500 (SUV) was traveling eastbound on Annapolis Rock Road and was making a […]

UPDATED Montgomery County crews from the Department of Highway Services are working to clear trees from roads in the Upcounty. Keith Compton, division chief of highway services, reports that at one time today (Feb. 5) there were 17 roads blocked by downed trees and power lines that came down because of ice. Compton explained that […]

Officers and deputies from the Montgomery County Police Department’s Holiday Season Task Force report being assaulted in the early morning of Jan. 5 after they responded to an underage drinking party in Damascus. The Holiday Season task force is comprised of Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies, Montgomery County police officers, and Maryland-National Capital Park police officers. […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating a house fire that occurred around 9 p.m. on Dec. 26 on Mountain View Road in Damascus. Assistant Chief Scott Graham reported on his Twitter account that one person was injured in the blaze. According to Graham, two adults were displaced by the blaze. So far, there has been no […]

Love was in the air at the close of the Winter Lights Festival in Gaithersburg on Dec. 23 when a Damascus man asked his high school sweetheart to marry him at the end of the snowflake tunnel. Andrew Montgomery came up with the clever proposal a few weeks ago, with the help of some city […]