Montgomery Community Media

All southbound lanes of Wisconsin Avenue (MD 355) between Bethesda and Elm Street will be closed Saturday, Jan. 16 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. so that a 75-ton crane may be set up for future construction. One northbound lane of Wisconsin Avenue will temporarily be used for southbound traffic during the closure. A flagman […]

The Montgomery County Volunteer Center is once again sponsoring a full day of activities in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day but this year the events will be virtual and expanded to one week. The 2021 Volunteer Center’s MLK service event runs from Jan. 16 to 24. Some projects include creating toys for service […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) announce all MCPS school-sponsored after-school activities must conclude by 6 p.m. due to the pending winter weather. MCPS-sponsored evening activities after 6 p.m. are canceled. Childcare programs in schools may remain open as scheduled. The school district posted the message on their website at 1:52 p.m. Due to pending inclement […]

Detectives with the Major Crimes Division of the Montgomery County Department of Police continue to investigate the officer-involved shooting of an armed bank robbery suspect that occurred yesterday in Silver Spring. The man has been identified as Mikyas Mehary Tegegne, 31, of no fixed address. Major Crimes detectives believe that Tegegne also committed a robbery at the […]

Update: The National Weather Service has expanded the winter weather advisory to include all of Montgomery County. The advisory is in effect from Thursday evening through Friday morning and calls for light to moderate accumulations of snow. The advisory for up-county or Northwest Montgomery County may be found here. The prediction is for one to […]

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Council President Nancy Navarro were the guests of Montgomery Community Media’s Small Business Network (SBN) session on January 17. The event was sold out. Watch the full video from the event below.   .@nancy_navarro said the council has put in place strong tools to help small businesses, but now […]

BlackRock Center for the Arts singer-songwriter series continues with award-winning folk singer Beth Wood Thursday, Jan 17 at 7:30 p.m. With the release of her new album and over 20 years in the music industry, Wood is as experienced as they come, and always striving to improve upon her songwriting. Born in Lubbock, Texas, Wood’s […]

UPDATE Monday, Jan. 14: Administrative offices are now closed Monday rather than operating on a two-hour delay due to emergency weather conditions. All school and community activities in school buildings are canceled, including childcare. Montgomery County Public Schools are closed Monday, Jan. 14 because of emergency weather conditions. All school and community activities in school buildings […]

UPDATE: Montgomery County Public Schools are now closing today, due to unsafe road conditions. Administrative offices are open on time. Day care programs in school buildings may remain open as scheduled. Urgent Update: Due to unsafe road conditions affecting school transportation, Montgomery County Public Schools is now closing schools today, January 17, 2018. Administrative offices […]

Here’s five things to know today, Wednesday, Jan. 17, in Montgomery County: 1. Slippery Roads: The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for our area until to 11 a.m. The Service said the heaviest will come right about 6 a.m. to 11 a.m., for the morning commute. Snow continues right now. It […]