Montgomery Community Media

It’s the end of an era for two retail stores in the Silver Spring area. The Kmart in Aspen Hill and the Sears in White Oak are closing permanently. Both Sears and Kmart are owned by Transformco. The announcement about Kmart was made on the store’s local Facebook page on Jan. 28: “We were gearing […]

The Sears at the Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg is closing in December. It’s among nearly 100 other Sears stores that will be closing by December. This news, first reported by USA Today, comes weeks after the company that owns Sears and Kmart confirmed that 26 other locations will close by October. Larry Costello, the PR […]

Montgomery County Police have arrested and charged an Oxon Hill man on Friday for assaulting officers, committing several thefts, fleeing the scene using a stolen vehicle, and ramming police vehicles. The incident occurred  Friday at around 1:27 p.m., police say. Wheaton district police officers were dispatched to a Kmart at 14014 Connecticut Ave. for reports […]

Kmart and Payless Shoe stores are closing their doors at the Kentlands Square Shopping Center in Gaithersburg this summer. Sale signs are covering the doors and windows of both stores in the strip shopping center along Kentlands Boulevard. The stores are located in the same plaza as the Giant Food Store, several restaurants, service businesses […]

The future of the Kentlands Square shopping center was the topic of a town hall meeting hosted by the Kentlands Community Foundation on Tuesday night at the Kentlands Mansion. Dozens of Gaithersburg residents attended the meeting to hear from representatives of Saul Centers, the company that owns the shopping center that is anchored by a […]

Cyber Monday is well underway today and is set to hit record breaking sales. According to a recent report, Cyber Monday sales are estimated to hit $3 billion for the first time this year. While we’re in the last leg of Cyber Monday shopping,  it’s still not too late to jump on the holiday savings […]