Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED, Jan. 6, 4 p.m. – Police have identified the man struck and killed by a train on the tracks in the area of the Germantown MARC station Jan. 2. The victim is identified by police as William Alexander Buendia Rodriguez, 20, of the 18900 block of Pine Ridge Lane in Germantown. No foul play is […]

A MARC train conductor fell from one of the cars as the train was approaching the Dickerson station on its way to Washington, D.C. around 6:45 a.m. today. According to MTA Spokesperson Paul Shephard, eyewitnesses said the conductor slipped and fell about ten feet as he was preparing to open the doors for arrival at […]

If Ruby was a cat, she’d be down one life, after being shot by a shotgun earlier this month. Montgomery County Police responded to a report of a shooting at a Wheaton home on Aug. 21 that involved the family dog. According to the police, officers from the Fourth District found Ruby, a 9-month-old boxer […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner delivered the following statement today before the Council approved a limited amendment to the Clarksburg Master Plan regarding the Ten Mile Creek area: “This is a proud moment for our Council. Today we are correcting a historic mistake – a mistake made 20 years ago when our predecessors unwisely overturned […]

Beginning January 13, Montgomery County Ride On will offer a new Route 94 bus service between Clarksburg and the Germantown MARC train station. The service is called “Meet the MARC” because if the evening MARC train runs late, the Ride On bus will wait for the train to arrive. In partnership with the Maryland Transit […]

A portion of the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) at the Silver Spring Metro Station has been opened around the Transit Center. The trail now extends from Ripley Street to the south end of the MARC train platform. Opening this portion of the trail reestablishes pedestrian connections from the northbound MARC platform to the transit plaza […]

Montgomery County Council members Marc Elrich, Valerie Ervin and Nancy Navarro recently joined members of the Kensington Heights Civic Association on the front steps of the County Council Office Building for a news conference concerning the building of mega-gas stations in the county. Elrich recently introduced Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 12-07, which aims to protect […]

Free Comic Book Day is the annual industry event during which specialty comics retailers across the nation offer certain titles to customers free of charge. FANTASTIC FORUM visited Cards, Comics & Collectibles in the Baltimore suburb of Reisterstown, Maryland. Top Cow executive Filip Sablik along with creators John Gallager (Buzzboy) and Steve Conley (Bloop) made […]