Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Council members are set to interview five applicants to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Montgomery County Planning Board. The May 24th interview session is open to the public and will be televised live. The interviews will take place in the Third Floor Conference Room of the Council Office Building at 100 Maryland […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a homicide that occurred last night at Centerway Park in Montgomery Village. Police have identified the victim as 18-year-old Oscar Vidal Benitez of Gaithersburg. On April 24, at approximately 10:05 p.m., police said the Emergency Communications Center was notified by medical personnel at Holy Cross Germantown that an […]

UPDATED Here are five things to know today, April 25, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County police officers are investigating the death of an 18-year-old male as a a homicide. Police say the victim was assaulted at Centerway Park in Montgomery Village around 10 p.m. last night. 2. It’s one day before the Presidential Primary […]

UPDATE April 6, 4:45 p.m. Police report that Andre Bernard O’brien has been located safe and unharmed. ORIGINAL April 5, 12:30 p.m. Montgomery County police officers are asking for your help to locate a missing 29-year-old Montgomery Village man. Police said Andre Bernard O’brien, of Lake Shore Drive, was last seen near the Montgomery Village […]

UPDATED Dozens of firefighters responded to a townhouse fire in the 9900 block of Brookridge Court on Thursday morning, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said neighbors were evacuated as firefighters attacked the fire in the townhome community. According to Piringer, 75 firefighters responded to the blaze and, […]

WSSC says some of its customers are going to receive higher than normal water bills because the blizzard made it difficult to read some outside meters because they were covered in snow. As a result many customers will receive estimated bills. According to a WSSC news release, the billing period will be ten days longer […]

Here are you five things to know today, Feb. 9, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Public Schools district is opening two hours late today because of weather conditions. A final decision on opening school is scheduled for 7 a.m. on Tuesday. 2. Montgomery County government offices are open today. As for snow preparations, […]

The World Organization for Resource Development and Education (WORDE) will host a discussion titled “Is Someone Recruiting Our Kids?” focused on ISIS inspired operatives and homegrown extremism on Sunday, February 7. Speakers include Christian Picciolini, author of “Romantic Violence” and “Memoirs of an American Skinhead” and Mubin Shaikh who wrote “Undercorver Jihadi: Inside the Toronto 18” and “Al […]

Here are your five things to know today, Feb. 2nd, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery Village Master Plan and Westbard Sector Plan are two of the topics on the Montgomery County Council’s packed agenda today. You can watch the Council meeting, beginning at 9:30 a.m. today, live, here. 2. The Montgomery County Department of […]

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