Montgomery Community Media

It’s Friday the 13th!  Here are five things to know today, May 13, in Montgomery County: 1. If you are a WSSC customer in Montgomery County, your water bill is going up later this summer. 2. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is directing Metro officials to make immediate repairs to the Red Line tunnel. 3. For […]

Here are five things to know today, April 17, in Montgomery County: 1. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ordered the state flag to half staff in honor of a fallen firefighter. 2. Montgomery County police officers are investigating a suspicious death that was reported at a Rockville hotel on Saturday morning. 3. Have you cast […]

The Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center offers rabies clinics once a month from April thru September at its Derwood facility. Find out more in this report: 2016 Rabies Clinic Schedule (8 a.m. – 10: 30 a.m.) at 7315 Muncaster Mill Road, Derwood Sunday, April 17 Sunday, May 15 Sunday, June 19 Sunday, July […]

Montgomery County introduced pet online licensing on Aug. 3. The service hopes to increase pet owner’s compliance with Montgomery County law that requires a license to all dogs and cats that are four months or older. “The safety of all of our residents is a priority, and that includes their pets. The law requiring pet […]

For the second time this month, Gaithersburg animal control officers were called to a residence for the report of a bat inside the home that later tested positive for the rabies virus. The latest incident happened on July 21st at 3:30 p.m. at an occupied condominium in the 800 block of Quince Orchard Boulevard. Animal […]

The Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center will be holding a rabies clinic on Sunday morning. Find out more in this video from County Report This Week, and meet our Pet of the Week: For more information, call 240.773.5900 or visit Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center.

Gaithersburg city officials are reminding residents to vaccinate their pets against the rabies virus after a rabid bat was found in an apartment on Dalamar Street on July 10th. According to a city news release, the bat was captured, euthanized and tested for rabies. Test results confirmed that the bat was infected with the rabies […]

Every year, County officials say an average of 40 animals are confirmed by laboratory analysis to be rabid in Montgomery County. Although most of these are wild animals, such as raccoons, foxes, and bats there have been several rabid cats in Montgomery County within the last five years. Officials say rabies is 100-percent preventable and […]

A Rockville mom is looking for the dog who bit her son as he arrived at Flower Hill Elementary School in Gaithersburg March 9, to make sure her son was not exposed to rabies. Rakiya Grant says her six-year-old first grader was outside the front of the school on March 9 when a medium-sized brown, […]

UPDATED on 7/19 Gaithersburg officials are alerting residents of a second raccoon that has tested positive for the rabies virus. According to city officials, the second case was reported on July 16 in the 100 block of East Deer Park Drive. ===================================================================================================== City officials report that a dead raccoon found around 5 p.m. on June […]