Montgomery Community Media

Rhonda LeRoux says Montgomery County Police failed to de-escalate the situation that ended in officers fatally shooting her son, 21-year-old Ryan LeRoux. LeRoux was killed by Montgomery County Police (MCPD) officers July 16. Police said they were called to a Gaithersburg McDonald’s for a report that LeRoux was in the drive-thru refusing to pay for […]

By a vote of seven to two, Montgomery County Councilmembers approved a change to its zoning ordinance that will increase 5G access throughout the county by allowing small cell antennas on existing or new poles. Councilmember Hans Riemer, the moving force behind bringing 5G to more areas, cited federal studies on the safety of 5G […]

BioNTech, the German-based company responsible for the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine, will expand its operations to Montgomery County and acquire a Gaithersburg manufacturing facility and cell therapy R&D platform from Kite, a unit of Gilead Sciences. This expansion will support the development of BioNTech’s expanding pipeline of novel cell therapies. The company recently rose to international […]

With I-270 in the background, state, county and local politicians as well as several activists rallied at Woodley Gardens Park in Rockville in opposition to the I-495, I-270 road widening project that will go before the Washington Council of Government for a second vote on Wednesday. In mid-June, The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board […]

Los oficiales de policía del condado de Montgomery dispararon y mataron a un hombre luego de un “enfrentamiento armado” en un McDonald’s en Gaithersburg. Esto luego de que alguien informara que el hombre se negaba a pagar o mover su vehículo del carril de autoservicio, según el departamento de policía del condado de Montgomery (MCPD, […]

Council President Tom Hucker announced Thursday night that he has formed an exploratory committee and plans to speak with residents and business owners to see if he should run for county executive. His speech before a friendly crowd at Kaldi’s Social Hall in Silver Spring made it seem like he had already decided to run. […]

La renovación no amenazará la vivienda asequible en los apartamentos de Halpine View en Rockville, según a un acuerdo del condado para preservar sus 564 unidades asequibles. Alguna renovación de los apartamentos debe incluir un reemplazo, uno por uno, de unidades asequibles con restricciones de ingresos, explicó el ejecutivo del condado Marc Elrich, durante una […]

After about three months of operation, Montgomery County’s only COVID-19 mass vaccination site is closing Friday. “Thanks to your tireless work, new cases are on a downward trend and we are beginning to open back up and Maryland is squarely on the road to recovery,” said Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Dr. Earl Stoddard […]

Some Montgomery County employees will receive bigger paychecks beginning July 1 when the minimum wage is raised here. Every year since 2017, the minimum wage has increased on July 1 and that will continue through 2022. The amount of the increase depends on how many employees work at a business. For companies with at least […]

A partir del 1 de julio, el salario mínimo aumentará en el Condado de Montgomery. El proyecto de ley 28-17, que fue patrocinado por el entonces concejal del condado Marc Elrich, aumenta el salario mínimo progresivamente, cada 1 de julio, hasta que se alcance los $15 por hora en 2022. El monto del aumento será […]