Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee and its Education Committee are scheduled to discuss on March 12 the inclusion of child care space in major school construction projects. According to a press release, officials from the County’s Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County Public Schools, and the Office of […]

As suspected heroin overdoses reach what is being called “epidemic proportions,” Montgomery County Police are getting training in the use of a drug that could be life-saving for some. Narcan is a drug that counters the effects of opioid (such as heroin) overdose. Officers administer the drug by spraying it in a person’s nostrils. In 2014, […]

Montgomery County Police are asking for your help to find a missing Rockville woman. Police are concerned for the emotional and physical welfare of Tonya Simms, age 45, of the 14200 block of Chadwick Lane in Rockville. According to police, she was last seen on Oct. 20 at approximately 1:30 p.m. when she left her […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee and its Education Committee will meet jointly at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 13, for worksessions on the County’s School Resource Officers (SRO) program and its program to have cameras on school buses to deter drivers who attempt to illegally pass stopped buses. The Public Safety Committee, which is […]

Republican candidate for Montgomery County executive Jim Shalleck walks along the City of Gaithersburg Labor Day parade route and talks about his campaign for office.

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee and its Education Committee will meet jointly at 9 a.m. on Monday, April 28, for a worksession on the School Resource Officers (SRO) program that places officers in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The committee also will receive an update on the program that places cameras on school […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee meets at 1:30 p.m. on April 23 to review the Fiscal Year 2015 operating budget request of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. The worksession is part of the Council’s review of County Executive Isiah Leggett’s recommended FY15 operating budget. After Council committees review various aspects of […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley today signed legislation to strengthen and improve public safety in Maryland. Three of Governor O’Malley’s 16 strategic goals involve enhancing the security of Maryland’s people. Among the bills Governor O’Malley signed today were three measures to combat domestic violence. These efforts are part of the Administration’s goal to protect women, children […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Gaithersburg City Manager Tony Tomasello says that officials believe the collapse of a Kentlands retaining wall on March 30 at Ridgepoint Place and Quince Orchard Road was weather-related. Take a look: Several residents were evacuated as a precaution because of the wall collapse. A stretch of Quince Orchard Road remains closed […]

Montgomery County police have arrested Alec Eugene Taylor, age 27, of the 13800 block of Castle Boulevard in Silver Spring, for intentionally and cruelly killing a seven-month-old puppy.  Police said Taylor is being charged with aggravated animal cruelty and abuse or neglect of an animal. Here’s a police account of what happened: “On February 28, at […]