Montgomery Community Media

Power has been restored to approximately 1,200 Pepco customers who were without electricity earlier today following a lightning strike that brought down some wires in the Silver Spring area. Bob Hainey, a Pepco spokesperson, said the outage was first reported at 4:45 am. on Monday morning Hainey said the wires were downed in the 1500 […]

Two power outages- on July 19 and 22- hit 2,000 residents in Chevy Chase and Silver Spring area. Pepco Spokesperson Bob Hainey said the first power outage was caused by a downed tree limb while the second incident was caused by a crew cutting grass near Metro’s Grosvenor station. The crew hit a wire, which […]

Pepco is asking its customers to conserve energy on Tuesday, July 21 as an increased demand for electricity throughout the Mid-Atlantic region is anticipated because of the heat wave. The power supply in the region is expected to be sufficient to meet anticipated high demand. For Pepco’s Maryland customers, the Maryland Public Service Commission has […]

Here are your five things to know today, July 21, in Montgomery County: 1. Pepco Savings Day: It’s going to be another hot one today, and Pepco is asking its customers to conserve energy. 2. Local Legislation: The Montgomery County Council is expected to take action on Bill 17-15 today that addresses predatory towing of […]

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Montgomery County from now until 9 p.m. According to the watch, the primary threat with these storms includes heavy rain, large hail, lightning and damaging wind gusts. You can find more information, here. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH in effect for Montgomery County until 9PM. http://t.co/4qut0wK3Nz […]

Thousands of Montgomery County residents were left in the dark last night as severe thunderstorms moved across Montgomery County downing trees and power lines Tuesday evening. According to Pepco online outage maps, at the height of the storm over 12,000 customers in Montgomery County were without power.  On Wednesday morning, 89 Pepco customers in Montgomery […]

UPDATED, June 19, 10:45 a.m. –  Pepco has restored power to about 1,000 customers in Gaithersburg but there are still more than 1,000 customers without power in Bethesda. According to Pepco Spokesman Bob Hainey, crews brought about 1,000 customers back online from the Kentlands and Lakelands communities in Gaithersburg but about 500 in that area […]

UPDATED Over 500 Pepco customers are without power in the Chevy Chase area of Montgomery County. Pepco Spokesperson Bob Hainey says the call came in at 3:24 p.m. today from Colston Drive. He said he does not know the cause of the outage at this hour. According to Hainey, crews are on location looking for […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with the media Monday and talked about the recent developments in the Purple Line, the Exelon-Pepco merger and the search for the next superintendent of the county’s school system. You can watch that news briefing in its entirety here.

Montgomery County fire and rescue crews extricated one person from a one car collision in the 12400 block of Kemp Mill Road in Silver Spring overnight, according to Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer. Piringer said a 19-year-old has been transported to the hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries. According to Alert Montgomery, […]