Montgomery Community Media

It’s going to be a beautiful Friday. Here are five more things to know today, June 2nd, in Montgomery County: 1. Lyme Alert: Montgomery County health officials are sharing important information about Lyme disease and what you can do to protect yourself when outdoors this summer. For more information, visit the county’s website, here. 2. Water […]

Rockville city police are looking for a thief who ran out of a store with 31 pairs of designer jeans. According to the police crime summary, a man entered a store in the 1600 block of Rockville Pike, between 3:39 p.m. and 3:44 p.m. May 28. The person walked over to a display and removed […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner will announce his 2018 bid for county executive at an event in North Bethesda on Wednesday, June 7, his campaign announced Thursday. The event, at 7 p.m., will be at Owen’s Ordinary, 11820 Trade St, inside the Pike & Rose community. The campaign says it will release the names […]

Montgomery County WSSC customers will get two chances in June to hear about a new rate structure that is expected to take effect next year. The new structure follows an order in March by the Maryland Public Service Commission, which found that current 16-tier Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission rates, adopted 25 years ago, discriminated against […]

Here are your five things to know today, June 1st, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. Bethesda Plan: The Planning Board meets today, and on the agenda is the Bethesda Downtown Design Guidelines. 2. In Memory: The Wootton community will dedicate the Dr. Michael J. Doran Memorial Bridge in memory of the school’s beloved principal. The […]

UPDATED: The National Weather Service has updated the severe thunderstorm warning to include Aspen Hill and Olney through 6:30 p.m. Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Aspen Hill MD, Odenton MD, Olney MD until 6:30 PM EDT pic.twitter.com/K7bEhaLISi — NWS Baltimore-Washington (@NWS_BaltWash) May 31, 2017 The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts […]

Hurricane season starts Thursday and the federal forecasters have these predictions for the 2017 season: 11 to 17 named storms, meaning winds will be 39 mph or higher; five to nine hurricanes, meaning winds of 74 mph or higher; and two to four major hurricanes, meaning winds of 111 mph or higher. An average season, […]

Here are five things to know today, May 31, in Montgomery County: 1. Lawsuit Settled: Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett said he is pleased that a lawsuit has been settled to recover taxpayer costs associated with the remediation and repair work at the Silver Spring Transit Center. “This is very much in the public interest,” Leggett said […]

Montgomery County and the contractors who built the Silver Spring Transit Center reached a settlement, County Executive Ike Leggett said Tuesday. The county will receive $25 million from the engineering firms Parsons Brinckerhoff and Robert B. Balter Company, and the Facchina Construction Co. Once they pay, the county will pay Foulger Pratt $3 million, according […]

A pair of “drain-o bomb” devices were found along the Clarksburg Heights Trail, according to a statement from Montgomery Parks. The devices were found about 10:18 a.m. Tuesday, May 16, on the trail, which is in Little Seneca Greenway Stream Park, the statement said. The devices combine drain cleaner, water and aluminum in a plastic bottle. […]