Montgomery Community Media

Commuters take note and plan accordingly. State highway administration crews are resurfacing the northbound I-95 ramp to the ICC in Prince George’s County tonight and there will be detours. All traffic lanes are scheduled to reopen no later than 5 a.m. on Friday. The ramp closure will also impact accessibility to the following roads from […]

Here are five things to know today, June 13, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ordered flags to fly at half staff from now thru sunset on June 16th in honor of the shooting victims in Orlando. 2. The local Muslim community is planning a solidarity event, along with the LGBT community, […]

Maryland Transportation Authority police officers are investigating a serious motorcycle crash that occurred Thursday night on the Intercounty Connector (ICC). Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said one person was transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries. The eastbound lanes of the ICC, near Shady Grove Road, were closed for several hours while the […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a single-vehicle collision that happened on Emory Lane on Wednesday, March 16. According to police, it happened around 11:30 p.m., when officers attempted to stop a light colored 2011 Toyota Camry on southbound Layhill Road, near Georgia Ave. Police say the car did not stop and officers followed the […]

Commuter alert: A trash fire is slowing traffic on the ICC this afternoon. On his Twitter account, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said only the left shoulder is getting by on the ICC eastbound, about one mile east of the Shady Grove Metro access road. According to Piringer, a trash truck caught […]

Montgomery County police say a 68-year-old woman, identified as Penelope Ann Garland of Woodbine, was killed in a single vehicle crash shortly after midnight on Georgia Avenue at the Inter-County Connector (ICC). According to a police account, officers were responding to a call for service at approximately 12:05 a.m. on Oct. 17th when they observed […]

Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred overnight on the ICC west of Georgia Avenue. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the crash involved just the motorcycle. According to Piringer, the driver died from his injuries at the scene. Piringer said a female passenger was transported to the hospital in critical […]

The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) approved $523,416 for the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) to fund the design and engineering of a shared use path and sidewalk along Maryland (MD) Route 355 in Clarksburg from Snowden Farm Parkway to Stringtown Road. The path will create a link in the existing trail […]

The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) is expressing condolences to the family of contractor Randy Jury of Halifax, Pennsylvania. Jury, an employee of LS Lee Guardrail, was working on an overnight guardrail project at northbound I-95 and the ICC when a tractor trailer veered into the work zone, according to a news […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Sidney Katz hosted a town hall meeting on June 3 at Redland Middle School to meet with Washington Grove, Derwood and Redland residents. Some of the hot topics were the development of the Shady Grove Sector Plan, transportation, public safety and education. “Certainly, the budget is part of the discussion this evening. […]