Montgomery Community Media

Following two fatal accidents, Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner has announced that Nov. 3rd will be a “Day of Action” when it comes to traffic safety. This event is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. at the Little Falls Library near the communities along Massachusetts Avenue and River Road in Bethesda that have been the […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision involving a pedestrian that occurred shortly after 6 a.m. on Thursday along Columbia Pike (U.S. Route 29) south of New Hampshire Avenue in the White Oak area of Silver Spring. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates the pedestrian, identified as 18-year-old Michelle Sena Hoyah of […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 22nd, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal pedestrian collision that occurred last night in Bethesda. 2. The League of Women Voters is hosting a Rockville candidates debate tonight at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre and you can watch it broadcast live on […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision that killed a Bethesda woman shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday night in the 5500 block of River Road. According to the police department’s preliminary investigation, the woman, identified by police as 95-year-old Margaret McDowell Wydro was crossing River Road from south to north at […]

UPDATED Sept. 26 at 9 p.m. Montgomery County police have charged 22-year-old Ryan Anthony Salandy of Germantown with first degree murder in the death of 21-year-old William Dean McDaniel of Clarksburg. Salandy is being held without bond. According to police, his bond hearing has been set for Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. in Rockville. So […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a serious pedestrian collision that occurred on Friday afternoon at the intersection of Langley Drive and University Boulevard. According to police, around 2:42 p.m. a pedestrian was crossing University Boulevard in an eastbound direction and not in a marked crosswalk. Police said a motorist in a gray, 2006 Honda […]

A Kingsview Middle School student was struck by a car near a bus stop at Richter Farm Road and Sandlering Place on Wednesday morning in Germantown. According to Principal Jimmy D’Andrea, the collision happened around 7:45 a.m. today and paramedics and school officials immediately responded to the scene. “The student was transported to the hospital […]

UPDATED: Sept. 16, 9:46 a.m. — They met through Instagram and were friends for more than three years. Evelynn Santos, a Damascus High School student, said John Martin DeReggi Jr- the teen struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Boyds on Monday afternoon- was a loving and affectionate person. “We ended up dating, and […]

A Gaithersburg woman was struck and killed by a vehicle on Monday morning as she walked across South Frederick Avenue at South Westland Drive shortly before 6 a.m., according to the Montgomery County Police Department. Police have identified the woman as 50-year-old Muivembet Gelaw. Police said Gelaw died from her injuries at the scene of […]

The Montgomery County Police Department and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) officials held a news conference on Friday afternoon to stress back-to-school safety. More than 156,000 students head back to class on Aug. 31. Police Chief Thomas Manger said approximately 160 crossing guards will be deployed to help students cross the street safely. MCPS Interim Superintendent […]