Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things to know today, March 22, in Montgomery County: 1. Bundle up and hold onto your hat! It’s going to be cold and breezy today. Cool and breezy today! Temps falling over the next few hours; the map shows the max temps expected after 8AM today. #dcwx #mdwx #vawx #wvwx pic.twitter.com/fa66aekmUM — […]

Millions of people are expected to take part in Earth Hour at 8:30 p.m. on March 25th. The idea is to turn off the lights to inspire climate change action. Find out more, below: In April, Montgomery County will celebrate Earth Month. For details about environmental volunteer opportunities visit, here.

A man entered a business and took six containers of laundry detergent, according to the Rockville Police crime log. The thief entered the business, in the 1500 block of Rockville Pike, between 7:10 p.m. and 7:18 p.m. March 7, and went straight to the laundry detergent aisle, police said. The thief placed the detergent into […]

The rape allegations at Rockville High School drew attention from capitals—Annapolis and Washington, D.C.—on Tuesday. In Washington, Trump press secretary Sean Spicer called the Rockville rape “a tragic event.” “It’s horrendous and horrible and disgusting what this young woman in Rockville went through. I can’t possibly imagine. So first of all let’s remember the human […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner said Monday that he has delayed a vote on bus rapid transit on U.S. 29, waiting for the county’s Department of Transportation to fulfill the council’s desire for public engagement on the project. “When we took up the BRT master plan … one of the most important issues was […]

Montgomery County police are investigating the suspicious death of a teenager who died at a Silver Spring home, police said Tuesday. About 2:25 a.m., the male was found in the basement of a home in the 1000 block of Mondrian Terrace, according to a police statement. Fire and Rescue Services took the victim to a […]

Here are five things to know today, March 21st, in Montgomery County: 1.  The Montgomery County Council meets today and one of the items on the agenda is a resolution asking Congress to reject President Donald Trump’s federal budget proposal. 2. It’s Election Day in the town of Somerset. 3. In Takoma Park, Mayor Kate […]

County Executive Ike Leggett released this statement Monday afternoon about the rape allegations at Rockville High School: I was immediately sick and disgusted when it was reported that two young men raped a 14-year-old student at Rockville High School last Thursday. This should not happen. Period. My deepest condolences go out to this young girl […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner said Monday he would propose changes to legislation he is supporting that would force county retirement funds to divest their holdings in fossil fuel companies. Berliner first proposed the legislation in October. Since then, a Leggett administration analysis claims the funds could lose as much as $27 million a […]