Montgomery Community Media

Rusted supports and a deteriorating surface forced the closure of a bridge built in Lyttonsville almost a century ago. The Talbot Avenue structure still represents an historic connection between the Silver Spring community founded by a free black laborer in 1853 and other Montgomery County neighborhoods. The 105-foot-long bridge spans train tracks slated for use […]

Proponents of the Purple Line transit link said a federal judge’s failure to rule on lawsuit in the case was increasing costs of the project that would ultimately fall to taxpayers. Dozens of supporters as well as members of the media crowded outside the Silver Spring Library to tout the benefits of the Purple Line, […]

Susan Kenedy hosts the latest episode of Council in Brief, which includes reports on a briefing this week that the Council received about last month’s Silver Spring apartment building fire/explosion, the future vision of Lyttonsville, and a goal to end homelessness in Montgomery County. You can watch the show in its entirety, below:

The Montgomery County Council is now on summer break but when Council members return after Labor Day their agenda is packed. That’s the word from County Council President Nancy Floreen. At her August news briefing earlier this month, Floreen previewed the Council’s agenda, which she said includes some land use public hearings and the subdivision […]

Here are five things to know today, June 17, in Montgomery County: 1. A black bear has been spotted multiple times this week in Montgomery County. 2. The Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) has been down for weeks at the Gaithersburg Airpark. 3. A community meeting to discuss the Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan is scheduled […]

Dozens of Bethesda residents protested outside the Council Office Building one week before the County Council scheduled a vote on the Westbard Sector Plan. The residents displayed signs that read, “Save Our Neigborhood,” and “Beautify not Densify,” as they took turns at the microphone sharing their thoughts on the current Westbard Sector Plan. They were […]

The Montgomery County Planning Board has approved a revised working draft of the Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan at a meeting held on Thursday, December 17. The Greater Lyttonsville area will be one of future locations of the Purple Line and is located in western Silver Spring. The working draft focuses on the issues of commercial […]

The Montgomery County Planning Department is inviting interested residents and business owners of the greater Lyttonsville community to a meeting  on Nov. 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Gwendolyn Coffield Community Center at 2450 Lyttonsville Road in Silver Spring to discuss the Greater Lyttonsville Sector Plan Working Draft. Planners will provide clarifications and address concerns […]