Montgomery Community Media

When Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop opened on M Street last fall, Vice President Joe Biden visited to buy lunch for his staff. Now the Delaware-born eatery—which specializes in subs, salads and in-house roasted turkey sandwiches—is coming to Twinbrook, its first location in Montgomery County. Capriotti’s is just one of the latest new retailers to commit to […]

Reconstruction of the Metrorail system will continue over the weekend of July 5-6 with service adjustments beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday morning and continuing through the system’s close on Sunday. Orange, Blue, Green and Yellow line trains will operate at regular weekend intervals. Red Line trains will operate every 15 minutes between Shady Grove and […]

Metro is the fastest way to get to July 4 festivities on the National Mall or any of the other great events around the National Capital Region. Here is an overview of rail and bus service on the holiday, as well as some important travel tips for riders: Hours & Service Metrorail: Open 7 a.m. […]

Dozens of representatives from Montgomery County faith groups gathered on a corner near the Rockville Metro on Monday (June 9) to protest anti-Muslim ads posted on Metro buses. The Montgomery County Faith Community Working Group, which unites the Baha’i, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Sikh, Unitarian Universalist and Zoroastrian faith communities in Montgomery […]

The Montgomery County Police are seeking the public’s assistance with a Silver Spring robbery incident that occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 27. According to a police account: “On May 27, 2014, at approximately 2:30 a.m., a male victim was standing at the Silver Spring Metro Taxi area in the 8400 block […]

New Metro cars added to the fleet early this year are hitting the circuit, rolling into local stations and replacing Metro’s oldest cars while also adding train capacity. The cars are being tested on the system over the next several months, and Metro will send data back to the Kawasaki production facility in Lincoln, Neb. […]

Beautiful weather, peak bloom and the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade all contributed to especially high ridership on Metrorail this past weekend. On Saturday, riders took 638,474 trips on the rail system, making it the highest Saturday ridership since the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on October 30, 2010.  Saturday’s ridership was nearly double […]

Montgomery County’s General Services Director David Dise recently updated the County Council about repairs to the Silver Spring Transit Center. CCM’s Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.   Related:

The Montgomery County Council received a briefing on the Silver Spring Transit Center on April 8. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports that county officials still don’t know exactly when the facility will open to the public. Related:

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a brush fire today near the south end of the platform near the track bed of the Shady Grove Metro. Fire Spokesperson Pete Piringer said there were no injuries. U/D – Shady Grove Metro – East brush fire ‘knocked down’ south end of platform, some units clearing while others still […]