Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal and fiery one-vehicle crash on Darnestown Road between Germantown Road and White’s Ferry Road. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the driver was killed in this collision overnight. The police department’s preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle was traveling eastbound on Darnestown Road, around […]

UPDATED Sept. 26 at 9 p.m. Montgomery County police have charged 22-year-old Ryan Anthony Salandy of Germantown with first degree murder in the death of 21-year-old William Dean McDaniel of Clarksburg. Salandy is being held without bond. According to police, his bond hearing has been set for Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. in Rockville. So […]

If you listen closely you can almost hear a collective sigh of relief from 16 year olds across the state. The reason – the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration officially removed parallel parking as a required test element on the driver’s license test on a statewide basis starting today. According to Buel Young, spokesperson for the […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters extricated two people after a car crashed into an office building from a ground level parking garage at 11820 Parklawn Drive this morning. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said medics transported a total of four people to area hospitals, including the driver of the car. He said their injuries are […]

Two school buses collided on River Road between Bradley Boulevard and Newbridge Drive on Wednesday afternoon, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said EMS evaluated eight passengers and two drivers involved in the collision. He said there were two cars involved in the collision as well. According […]

Montgomery County Police is searching for a person of interest in connection with an assault on a off-duty police officer when a driver attempted to hit the officer with his car, police said. The assault occurred on April 7 in the shopping district of Chevy Chase. According to a news release, the officer was in the location working as a security […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Police are investigating a fatal collision that occurred shortly before 5 p.m. on April 6 on Spencerville Road just west of Peach Orchard Road in Spencerville. Police said the collision involved a motorcycle and large truck designed for hauling refuse. According to police, arriving units confirmed that the motorcyclist involved in the […]

Poverty is on the rise in the suburbs and Montgomery County has not been insulated from this trend. There are more than 72,000 residents who live in poverty here. Susan Kenedy has the story of one Gaithersburg resident who is working to help those in need and he’s gaining national recognition for his efforts.   […]

UPDATED A Metrobus operator has died after she was pinned between a concrete retaining wall and a 2011 Newfoundland XDE Metrobus on Dec. 30 at the White Oak Shopping Center. The accident happened at 3:38 p.m. at 11200 New Hampshire Avenue. Metro spokesperson Philip Stewart said there were no passengers on the bus and the […]

For the second day in a row, sanitation workers and union supporters were seen picketing outside the offices of Potomac Disposal, along Woodfield Road at Airpark Road, on Oct. 17. In this MyMCMedia extra, you will hear from one worker who says affordable healthcare is one of the issues that sparked this strike: Potomac Disposal […]