Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing man. According to police, on Monday, April 20, at approximately 4:20 p.m., Richard Nathaniel Brown, 39 years old, was being treated at Shady Grove Medical Center in Rockville. Police said he left against medical advice. He was last seen boarding a Ride […]

If you see a plume of smoke near the Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring over the next couple of weeks, don’t be alarmed. Over the next two weeks the hospital will be testing three new boilers that have been installed in the New Holy Cross Hospital Tower, visible near I-495 and Georgia Avenue. The […]

UPDATED Jan. 9  The flu epidemic sweeping about half of the nation is also having a big impact on emergency rooms at area hospitals in Montgomery County and in local classrooms. For a couple of weeks, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer has reported on his Twitter account that hospitals were busy treating […]

UPDATED A Germantown family rang in the new year at Shady Grove Medical Center with a special delivery. That’s where the hospital’s Birth Center welcomed its first baby of 2015, a boy weighing ten pounds, arrived at 12:30 a.m. on January 1. Hospital officials said both mom and baby are resting and doing well. “We […]

UPDATED, Nov. 29, 10:40 p.m. – Montgomery County Police are reporting that the 88-year-old woman involved in the accident on Democracy Boulevard Saturday has died. According to police, the passenger of the Toyota Camry, identified as Betty Nelson,  88, of the 1900 block of Frontage Road in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, succumbed to her injuries. […]

A Maryland state trooper conducting a traffic stop early this morning in Montgomery County was struck by a passing driver, making him the third trooper in less than a month hit on the side of the road while working in the Washington Metro area. Maryland State Police have identified the trooper as Marcus Holland, who […]

UPDATED, Sept. 29, 3:30 p.m. – A 51-year-old Laytonsville woman died in an accident in Olney Monday morning. At about 5:29 a.m., officers and Montgomery County Fire & Rescue responded to a collision on Olney-Laytonsville Road (Route 108) at Volunteer Drive. Preliminary investigation indicates that a 2001 Ford F250 pickup truck was traveling west on Olney-Laytonsville Road. A […]

When Holy Cross Hospital opens its doors on October 1st in Germantown, it will be the county’s first new hospital in 35 years. Located off I-270 on Observation Drive, the 237,000 square foot facility will meet LEED gold standards and have the latest medical technology, including a state of the art emergency department. You can […]

A child was pulled from the bottom of a pool at 12500 Winexburg Manor Drive in the Glenmont area shortly before 6 p.m. on Aug. 26, according to local authorities. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer credited the quick action of a family member, bystander and lifeguard for resuscitating the young girl who, he said, […]

Montgomery County police are on the scene of a shooting in the 8800 block of Bradford Road in Silver Spring. According to police, a male victim, who is conscious, has been transported to a local trauma center. The investigation continues. Update: Multiple gunshots heard. Victim conscious. Detectives, K9, Forensics all on scene. — Montgomery Co […]