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Metro will not allow customers to exit the rail system or board a bus if the trip would create a negative balance on their SmarTrip card. This change goes into effect Jan. 8. Currently, small negative balances are allowed on SmarTrip cards. Bus riders with $1.75 or less on their card are allowed to board […]

Here are some of our picks for arts and entertainment, check the MyMCMedia calendar for more choices. Art: Meet the resident artists at Sandy Spring Museum at Saturday’s open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Strathmore’s 26th annual juried exhibition opens Saturday with a theme of blue to accompany the season-long blues music festival, Shades of […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating two bank robberies that are believed to have been committed by the same suspect. This week, detectives have released a surveillance video of the suspect at one of the bank robberies and police are asking the public for help in identifying him. On Saturday, February 13 at approximately 9:18 […]

Here are your five things to know today, Jan. 8, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett has been named one of Washingtonian magazine’s “Washingtonians of the Year.” 2. Mr. Leggett will hold the second of five budget forums on Monday night in Bethesda. If you missed the first forum, you can watch […]

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar: Friday, January 8 Donate blood this month and receive a voucher for a pound of Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee in return. The Maryland National Capital Park & Planning Commission blood drive takes place in Derwood from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Red Cross encourages […]

Reconstruction of the Metrorail system is scheduled to continue over the weekend of January 8-10 with service adjustments on all six lines. Trains will operate as follows: Green Line trains will operate regular weekend intervals between Branch Avenue and College Park stations. Free shuttle buses will replace train service at the Greenbelt Station only. Silver […]

Montgomery County public schools are starting on time today. Here are five more things to know today, Jan. 8, in Montgomery County. 1. You are going to want to bundle up in layers today, and don’t forget your hat and gloves. It’s dangerously cold outside and the National Weather Service has issued a wind chill […]

Pepco and PJM Interconnection, the electricity grid operator for more than 61 million people in 13 states and the District of Columbia, are extending the appeal for the public to conserve electricity into Wednesday (Jan. 8) morning. The call for conservation is prompted by the continuing arctic weather across the region PJM serves that is […]