Montgomery Community Media

Councilmember Hans Riemer filed for a third term on the Montgomery County Council, completing paperwork at the county Board of Elections on Wednesday. We asked him about what he plans to do for the next four years, and what he considers his accomplishments for the last eight years. Here’s what he said: Riemer was an […]

Next week, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will begin cleaning and painting eight bridges in Montgomery County. Weather and progress permitting, the $2.8 million project should be complete spring 2018. Crews will start the project by cleaning and painting the MD 28 (Norbeck Road) Bridges over Rock Creek in Rockville.  Crews will […]

A tipster alerted Montgomery County police of a Germantown man believed to be behind a string of thefts at county schools, police said in a statement released Tuesday. Nakym Sheffield, 39, of Circle Gate Drive faces numerous credit card fraud charges, according to online court records. He was released after posting $3,000 bail, the records […]

It’s going to be another hot and humid day in Montgomery County and a Code Orange air quality alert has been issued for the entire Washington, D.C. metro region. According to the National Weather Service, a Code Orange air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups […]

The opioid crisis in Montgomery County is growing, police told the County Council’s Public Safety Committee on Monday. Nonfatal overdoses increased 175 percent from 2015 to 2016, and fatal overdoses increased more than 50 percent, according to police statistics. Nonfatal overdoses had been up 90 percent year-to-date over last year at one point in 2017, […]

Vehicle-related theft dropped 7.9 percent from 2015 to 2016, but increased 19.4 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2016. The statistics are contained in a report presented to the Public Safety Committee of the Montgomery County Council on Monday. Here is Capt. Michael Ward describing the […]

Traffic fatalities decreased in Montgomery County from 38 to 33 in 2016. Hear county Police Chief Tom Manger talk about the statistics at Monday’s meeting of the County Council’s Public Safety Committee:

Incidents and arrests contained in the latest Montgomery County police crime summary: Rockville: A commercial burglary occurred at the Castle Mini Storage at 12040 Parklawn Drive between about 6 p.m. on June 28 and about 7 a.m. on June 29. Forced entry; nothing was taken. Four thefts from vehicles occurred between about 8 p.m. June […]

Here are five things to know today, July 17, in Montgomery County: 1. Free School Supplies: Families and representatives from nonprofits can pick up free school supplies at the annual Drive for Supplies celebration beginning at 9 a.m. at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville. 2. Gangs and Crime: The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee meets at 10 […]

Montgomery County police are investigating two unrelated robberies that started as online sales, and officers are encouraging residents to use “safe exchange zones” to conduct such transactions. Here’s a MyMCMedia video of Germantown District Capt. Mark Plazinski describing the safe exchange zone at the district’s station at 20000 Aircraft Drive. Both robberies took place in […]