Montgomery Community Media

The construction of Avocet Towers in Bethesda will close two lanes on Montgomery Avenue between Wisconsin Avenue and Waverly Street during mid-summer. It will occur near the future building located at 7373 Wisconsin Ave.  According to officials, the lanes will remain temporarily closed overnight from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays. In an […]

A Gaithersburg woman died from injuries sustained in a multi-vehicle collision in Rockville on Tuesday morning. Three other people were injured, according to the Montgomery County Police Department. 74-year-old Amanda Motta of King James Way in Gaithersburg was sitting in the back seat of a vehicle that was struck on West Montgomery Avenue (MD Route […]

Montgomery Avenue between Wisconsin Avenue and Waverly Street in Bethesda will be closed for two months beginning on Wednesday. The roads will be closed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays as construction continues on Avocet Tower which will serve as a 370,000 square feet luxury office building with a large outdoor plaza. One […]

El Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery tiene a una mujer bajo custodia después del apuñalamiento fatal que ocurrió el jueves. El departamento de policía recibió una llamada sobre un disturbio en la cuadra 400 de Montgomery Avenue a las 11:16 pm del jueves. La víctima, un hombre adulto, falleció en el hospital a […]

Montgomery County Police Department has a suspect in custody after the fatal stabbing that occurred on Thursday. The police department received a call regarding a disturbance on the 400 block of W. Montgomery Avenue at 11:16 pm on Thursday. The victim, an adult male, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital. The suspect in custody […]

A fire at the Riveria House, an 11 story apartment complex on East-West Highway in Chevy Chase, has caused $75,000 worth of damages. As a result of the fire, two families have been displaced from the apartment complex. According to Pete Piringer, spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, the fire started on the seventh […]

It’s not too late to get a second-day issue of Rockville’s historic new postage stamp. City officials will join representatives of the U.S. Postal Service at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 23, to mark the issue of a new forever stamp featuring the Sugarloaf Mountain Mural in the city’s police department lobby. Following remarks by […]

The U.S. Postal Service’s 2019 Forever Stamp Series features a mural of Sugarloaf Mountain. In a press release, the Postal Service said, the stamp is sold within a pane of 10 stamps that depict “five different murals designed to add a touch of beauty to Post Office walls and help boost the morale of Americans during […]

County officials are alerting motorists that all southbound lanes of I-270 are closed at West Montgomery Avenue because of an accident. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that emergency medics are evaluating several injuries at this scene, including one possible trauma. No other information has been released to […]

Montgomery County fire rescue crews responded to a school bus accident at the intersection of Falls Road and Montgomery Avenue at 8:45 a.m. on Sept. 24. Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham reports six patients have been transported to the hospital, including four students. All lanes of Maryland Avenue are blocked at Falls Road because of […]