Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County police officers are launching a number of traffic safety enforcement operations around the county today. According to a police department advisory, police officers are targeting Route 355 from Germantown to Bethesda and Georgia Avenue from Connecticut Avenue to University Boulevard for extra enforcement today. Police said they are focusing on locations with marked […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision that involved a motorcyclist and a Ride On bus. It happened around 6:11 a.m. on Wednesday morning in Bethesda. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates the motorcyclist, identified as 35-year-old Francis Plati, Jr. of Virginia, was operating a 2001 Suzuki and was traveling south on […]

Here are your five things to know today, Nov. 4, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. The Montgomery County fire department has closed Rockville Pike in both directions at South Drive following an early morning traffic collision involving a bus and a motorcycle. 2. Voters have elected Jud Ashman as Mayor in Gaithersburg, Bridget Newton as […]

Than Nguyen is the owner of Pho Nom Nom, a popular Vietnamese restaurant in Rockville. Nguyen left Vietnam at the age of 19. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, she shares her story of finding a new home, family and success in the United States:

UPDATED Oct. 15, 7:40 a.m. WSSC reports all road repairs will be complete by 8 a.m. on Thursday. Traffic Update: By 8 AM all SB lanes Rockvilke Pike at Cedar Lane will be open. All NB are open now. Thx for patience we know it was trying. — WSSC Water News (@WSSCWaterNews) October 15, 2015 […]

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) crews are responding to a 16-inch water main break on West Cedar Lane and Rockville Pike and traffic is backed up at rush hour because of lane closures. The northbound lanes of Rockville Pike are closed at Jones Bridge and Pooks Hill Roads, according to Montgomery County Police. WSSC officials […]

The JBG Companies has announced the signing of three new retailers at Galvan at Twinbrook, a new mixed-use community under construction on Rockville Pike.  Pie 360, Dunkin Donuts and Floyd’s 99 Barbershop will join anchors Safeway and Ethan Allen Design Center in this upscale apartment community adjacent to the Twinbrook Metro. Galvan at Twinbrook is […]

Bulldozers are tearing down a bit of Montgomery County history to make way for a development that mixes residential, retail and restaurant space with offices and parks.  The Montgomery County Council approved plans for what they call smart growth; a more walkable community that’s close to the Metro with parks and walking trails and buildings […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to the report of smoke in a Metro tunnel between the Bethesda Metro and Medical Center Metro stations on Tuesday morning, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that a smoking insulator was found on one track. He said there […]

UPDATED State Highway Administration (SHA) crews are shifting traffic lanes on MD 355 (Rockville Pike) for a new traffic pattern at the West Cedar Lane intersection beginning this month. Traffic on MD 355 between North Drive and Locust Hill Road is scheduled to shift to the west side of the road where widening of MD […]