Montgomery Community Media

More than 2,000 people among them students, parents, educators, and county officials gathered at a memorial service to pay tribute to Wootton High School Principal Michael Doran. Doran died unexpectedly on Aug. 19. Former and current students sang songs to honor the principal’s Irish roots and shared memories of a man who they say cared deeply […]

UPDATED The Wootton High School community is mourning the loss of its beloved principal. Dr. Michael Doran passed away on Aug. 19, according to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) interim superintendent Larry Bowers. For the past 12 years, Dr. Doran served as the principal of Wootton High School. According to Bowers, Doran was found unresponsive in his […]

UPDATED: A 19-year-old man acted in self-defense when he killed an 18-year-old Silver Spring man in the Briggs Chaney area, according to Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office spokesman Ramón V. Korionoff. Zio was released on Aug. 7 but had been in jail since June on a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing of Derik […]

Montgomery County police are investigating the deaths of a 29-year-old mother and her four-year-old daughter at a Chevy Chase home. According to a police account, police and firefighters responded to a report of an electrocution at the residence shortly before 4:30 p.m. in the 8800 block of Connecticut Avenue on Saturday afternoon. Police said the […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Police are investigating the stabbing death of an 18-year-old in the Briggs Chaney area of Silver Spring as a homicide. According to police, the stabbing occurred the afternoon of June 10th in the 14100 block of Castle Boulevard. Police have arrested and charged Mitchell Zio, age 19, of White Oak with second […]

Montgomery County Police continue to investigate a fatal collision that occurred late on Sunday, May 31st, on Muncaster Mill Road in the Rockville area and investigators say alcohol may have played a factor in this crash. Detectives say Diane Alice Corrao, age 50 of Gaithersburg, was killed in this crash. According to police, the preliminary […]

A 35-year-old man was struck and killed early Saturday morning at the intersection of Goshen Road and East Village Drive in Montgomery Village, according to Montgomery County Police. Police said they were notified of the incident at approximately 1:22 a.m. on March 7. The pedestrian, identified by police as Osmin de Jesus Montano Carrillo of […]

Nancy Dacek, a three-term member of the Montgomery County Council died Monday. She was 81. Dacek, a Republican who served as the District 2 representative on the council, was described in a Montgomery County proclamation as an “advocate for the upcounty area.” Dacek served as the council’s liaison to the Fire and Rescue Services Department and was […]

Richard Jaeggi, the beloved executive director of Gandhi Bridgade, passed away on May 25. The nonprofit youth media organization that he led posted an announcement of his death on its Facebook page. You can read the note here. Funeral arrangements have not been announced to date but we are told that Gandhi Brigade’s upcoming Youth […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters are investigating a fatal kitchen fire in Kensington. It happened at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 22 in the 3900 block of Decatur Avenue. At the scene, firefighters found a 70-year-old man severely burned in the kitchen area of the home. According to a fire official, preliminary information indicates the man was […]