Montgomery Community Media

Two workers were rescued about 8 p.m. Thursday after they fell into a trench while working on the foundation of a home in Potomac. A crew of four was working on a home on Martingale Court when the trench collapsed trapping two of the workers in mud. One of the workers went to neighboring home […]

After two days of deliberations, a Montgomery County jury has found David Benjamin Goldberg of Potomac guilty of nine counts in the case of a road rage incident that occurred at the Montgomery Mall in November of last year. Goldberg was charged with stabbing a man and a woman in that incident. “People are entitled […]

Montgomery firefighters say a house fire overnight at 13311 Deerbrook Drive in Potomac caused $100,000 in damage. On his Twitter account, Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the cause of the fire was accidental. He said the blaze was sparked by discharged fireworks that landed on the roof’s cedar shingles. According to Piringer, one […]

The Montgomery County Council  is scheduled to receive a report and recommendations from the County’s Right to Vote Task Force on July 22. The Council established the task force to review all local laws and practices that may affect the right to vote. A main goal of the task force was to recommend changes at […]

UPDATED About 300 kids jumped through tires, sprinted and maneuvered through agility ladders at The Bullis School in Potomac at the direction of a National Football League player. No, it wasn’t an early-age football combine. It was a Root 53 Foundation event held July 12  in conjunction with the nonprofit Leveling the Playing Field  aimed […]

President Barack Obama was spotted golfing on Saturday afternoon at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, a championship course, located in Montgomery County. A Potomac resident captured these photos:

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a townhouse fire at 12232 Greenleaf Avenue in Potomac on July 7. Over 75 firefighters responded to the two-story townhouse blaze. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said there were no injuries. According to Piringer, ten people, including some adjacent neighbors, have been displaced from their […]

UPDATED on July 3 at 8:42 a.m. A family of five and their dog were displaced on July 2 after lightning struck the family’s home at 10611 Farmbrooke Lane in Potomac causing a fire in the attic. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said 75 firefighters responded to the fire at the large, two-story house. There […]

New video of the Bethesda bear that spent a couple of hours up a tree on the campus of NIH on June 19. After being tranquilized in Bethesda by DNR officials, the bear was transported to Potomac and released in the woodlands off River Road in western Montgomery County. You can read more about the […]

JUNE 15 UPDATE The search for a missing kayaker on the Potomac River is now over. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reports the owner of the red kayak (see right), found in the Potomac River on June 13, has been located alive and well in Reston, VA. According to a Twitter post […]