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UPDATED at 4 p.m. Here are your five things to know today, Jan. 4, in Montgomery County: 1. Gaithersburg leaders were scheduled to discuss a request to annex the Potomac Valley Shopping Center into the city limits at tonight’s Mayor and Council meeting but that agenda item has now been deferred. You can view the agenda […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts this special edition of County Report This Week, which recaps some of the stories that defined 2015 in Montgomery County. Take a look:

UPDATE Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department – Major Crimes Division have charged Francisco Trujillo, of Ridge Road in Damascus, with the homicide of Mario Perez. The Montgomery County Police Department – Major Crimes Division is investigating a homicide that occurred early Monday morning in Damascus. According to a news release, the Emergency Communications Center (9-1-1) […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a house fire at 18 Barrington Fare in Rockville on Saturday, Dec. 19th around 6:30 p.m. According to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer the fire originated in the kitchen due to unattended food on the stove. Piringer said there were no injuries and a dog […]

UPDATED Dec. 14 -The Montgomery County Police Department’s Collision Reconstruction Unit is now investigating a fatal collision involving a bicyclist and a vehicle that occurred Saturday evening in Rockville. At approximately 6:55 p.m., 1st District and Rockville City officers, in addition to Fire and Rescue crews responded to the westbound lanes of east Gude Drive […]

A house fire in Gaithersburg last month was sparked by a hoverboard, according to officials from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. The fire was reported in a bedroom on Nov. 8 in the 7700 block of Mineral Springs Drive. Investigators reported that a Hoverboard was found in the area of origin of the blaze […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services are continuing to work on extinguishing a mulch fire, which began over the weekend at the Aspen Landscape Contractors, Inc.  located on the 15700 block of New Hampshire Ave. The right lane at Southbound New Hampshire Ave. at McNeil Lane is blocked due to fire department operations. According to […]

UPDATED Over 60 firefighters battled a house fire in Olney on Tuesday evening. A fire official said the fire caused an estimated $600,000 in damages. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said two occupants in the house assisted ten dogs out of the house and they were not injured. Piringer has Tweeted a link to […]

A house fire in North Potomac caused $500,000 in damages on Tuesday morning and sent one of the home’s occupants to a hospital burn unit for smoke inhalation and possible respiratory injuries, according to a county fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the fire occurred shortly before 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning […]

The last 24 hours have been especially busy for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. Between 6 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 29th and 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30th, there have been 40 collisions and MCFRS received 300 calls for service according to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer. “We average about 300 to 350 calls per day, but […]