Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED: Montgomery County police say a good Samaritan heard about the woman who was scammed out of an iPhone and $500 and offered to repay her. The details are on the Montgomery County police Facebook page. Capt. Mark Plazinski describes “safe exchange zones,” which were set up to prevent robberies when buyers and sellers meet for […]

Montgomery County police believe the same three men robbed two 7-Eleven convenience stores the same night. Police were called to the 7-Eleven at 15821 Frederick Road about 2:30 a.m. May 17, according to the police crime summary. The robbers displayed handguns and stole cash. Nine minutes later, another 7-Eleven was robbed at 15900 Shady Grove […]

Montgomery County police detectives released surveillance video Thursday of a May 9 armed robbery of the Dollar City & More in the White Oak Shopping Center. Police are asking the public’s help in identifying the robber. About 4:30 p.m. May 9, a man entered the store selected merchandise and approached a clerk working at a […]

In a short but productive session, the Montgomery County Council filled a vacancy in the county Planning Board, gave its blessing to a land-use document to guide future development in downtown Bethesda and formally approve a $5.4 billion budget for fiscal 2018. The new planning board member is Tina Patterson of Germantown, who provides an […]

Here are your five things to know today, May 25, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. Trone at business breakfast: David Trone, the founder of Total Wine & More, is scheduled to headline the sold-out Small Business Network breakfast at Montgomery Community Media’s studios. Trone is a likely political candidate in the 2018 elections. The topic […]

Here are your five things to know today, May 24, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. Teen court turns 20: Montgomery County’s teen court started in 1997 and has heard more than 5,000 cases. The court is used as a diversion program for first- or second-time juvenile offenders who have committed misdemeanors including theft, vandalism and […]

UPDATED: County Executive Ike Leggett described his disappointment with the Purple Line decision Tuesday morning. The judge considering a case to halt the Purple Line project has issued a ruling siding with opponents of the light rail link between Bethesda and New Carrollton in Prince George’s County. In his ruling, Judge Richard J. Leon expressed […]

Back in 2012, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett increased the goal for the amount of waste stream recycled in the County  from 50 percent to 70 percent by 2020. In this MyMCMedia Extra Video: Eileen Kao, chief of the department’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Section gives an update on how residents are doing with the County […]

It’s Recycling Awareness Week here in Montgomery County and some private schools across the county were chosen to help Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection Division of Solid Waste Services kickoff their campaign. Because of their recycling efforts during the school year, St. John’s Episcopal School was one out of dozens of schools chosen by […]

UPDATED: Montgomery County police have released the name of the woman killed in the pedestrian accident. Her name is Yuzhi Wang, 76, of Gaithersburg. Original post: A pedestrian was killed Thursday night in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County police said in a statement. About 6:27 p.m., a woman was traveling westbound on Emory Grove Road and was crossing […]