Montgomery Community Media

Commuter alert: A trash fire is slowing traffic on the ICC this afternoon. On his Twitter account, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said only the left shoulder is getting by on the ICC eastbound, about one mile east of the Shady Grove Metro access road. According to Piringer, a trash truck caught […]

UPDATED Road repairs are underway at the site of an earlier water main break along Goldsboro Road in Bethesda. The break caused some lane closures during the Wednesday morning rush hour. At one point, all lanes of Goldsboro Road were closed from Massachusetts Avenue to Tulip Hill Terrace. The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) reports on […]

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (SHA) is scheduled to begin a renovation and improvement project on Interstate 370. This resurfacing project includes more than five miles of I-370 between Interstate 270 and MD 355 in Gaithersburg. SHA official said the work is “already underway and started a week ago.” According to a […]

The community comes together to help local business owners after a fire on March 19 destroyed Bombay Gaylord Restaurant, damaged the famous Quarry House Tavern and two other restaurants including Kefa Cafe and the Mandarin Chinese restaurant. Approximately 100 Montgomery County firefighters responded to the blaze that started at 1 a.m. at 8401 Georgia Avenue in […]

UPDATED Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a two-alarm fire at 8401 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring overnight. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Spokesperson Pete Piringer said 100 firefighters responded to the blaze at 1 a.m. on March 19. Piringer said one firefighter was injured, slightly burned. According to Piringer, a dozen residents […]

Dozens of Montgomery County firefighters responded to a ten acre brush fire on Sunday afternoon in the 26000 block of West Hunter Road in Beallsville. Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the wind-driven fire was sparked by a downed power line and involved several bales of hay. He said the fire was contained […]

UPDATED, Sept. 29, 3:30 p.m. – A 51-year-old Laytonsville woman died in an accident in Olney Monday morning. At about 5:29 a.m., officers and Montgomery County Fire & Rescue responded to a collision on Olney-Laytonsville Road (Route 108) at Volunteer Drive. Preliminary investigation indicates that a 2001 Ford F250 pickup truck was traveling west on Olney-Laytonsville Road. A […]

UPDATED, Sept 25, 1:30 p.m. – The intersection of Flower Hill Way and Mountain Laurel Lane has been reopened. UPDATED Sept. 26, 12:37 p.m. –  A man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries today after being struck by a vehicle at Mountain Laurel Lane and Flower Hill Way in the Gaithersburg area of Montgomery County. According […]

Due to extremely poor driving conditions and the need for emergency pavement repairs, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) has closed two lanes of northbound MD 185 (Connecticut Avenue) from the Washington, D.C. line to MD 410 (East West Highway) in Chevy Chase. Crews are expected to complete paving along northbound MD 185 late Thursday […]

As part of its infrastructure renewal program, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) crews are replacing an aging water main along Veirs Mill Road in Rockville. The work will require some lane closures over the next few months. The majority of the lane closures will occur at night during the month of August, but there will […]