Montgomery Community Media

Latest Work Planned Between Shady Grove Road and Georgia Avenue The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) is in the process of upgrading the tolling system on the Intercounty Connector (ICC). A section of the ICC in Montgomery County is scheduled to be closed Feb. 7-10 and Feb. 14-17. The tolling hardware and software at all the […]

Cloudy with temps in the mid 40s. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County for Jan 31. 1. Coffee and Conversation: Join Councilmember Gabe Albornoz and Catherine Matthews of the Upcounty Regional Services Center today at 7:30 a.m. at the Barking Mad Cafe, 239 Spectrum Ave in Gaithersburg for discussion of issues affecting the […]

Cloudy and a bit warmer temps with highs in the 50s. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County for Jan 24. 1. Wheaton Senior Center:  County officials will open the Wheaton Senior Center today. The center is located in the Wheaton Community Recreation Center. 2. MCPS Early Release: Montgomery County Public Schools close […]

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) is in the process of upgrading the tolling system on the Intercounty Connector (ICC). A section of the the ICC in Montgomery County is scheduled to be closed Jan. 24-27 and Jan. 31-Feb. 3. The tolling hardware and software at all the toll facilities will be replaced as part of […]

Montgomery County police are continuing to investigate a fatal collision in Olney that occurred on Georgia Avenue near the Intercounty Connector on Sept. 6. The collision occurred at 8:56 p.m. on a Friday night and involved four vehicles, according to police. Police say, a 2014 Infinity Q50S was heading North on Georgia Avenue and a […]

Update (Sept. 12): Police identified the man who died in the multi-vehicle collision as 32-year-old Rene Hernandez Jr. of Olney. UPDATE (Sept. 7): Police released a statement Saturday morning, about the multi-vehicle collision that occurred in the Olney area on Georgia Avenue at the Inter-county Connector (ICC). According to police, one person has died from the […]

Gov. Larry Hogan dedicated the Intercounty Connector to his former boss, former Gov. Robert Ehrlich in a ceremony alongside the highway Thursday. Hogan said that if it weren’t for Ehrlich, who made the ICC a top priority of his administration, the road would never have gotten built. Ehrlich said the success was shared by a […]

The rainy weather on Friday and Saturday kept Maryland troopers busy responding to accident calls. According to the department’s Twitter account, troopers fielded 281 accident-related calls within a 24-hour period Friday – Saturday while much of the state was under a flood watch. That includes dozens of disabled or unattended vehicles. Troopers said the Rockville […]

Council President Roger Berliner is asking his fellow County Council members to sign on to a resolution that spells out the county’s opposition a bridge across the Potomac River that would connect the Intercounty Connector to Virginia routes to Dulles Airport. The Transportation Planning Board, part of the multijurisdictional Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, will […]

Montgomery County police have accused a 19-year-old Dickerson man of impersonating a police officer, after he was pulled over by a Montgomery County police district commander. Now detectives want to know if the public had any other encounters with him, where he presented himself as a legitimate member of a law enforcement agency. Philip Jonathan […]