Montgomery Community Media

Multiple trees have fallen across the Chevy Chase area from strong storms that passed through the area this afternoon. A large tree collapsed into a house on the 7000 block of Meadow Lane. No injuries occurred. 7000blk Meadow Ln., Chevy Chase, tree on house, no injuries pic.twitter.com/qa0ehGX3kF — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) July 1, 2021 A […]

A Pepco employee was injured on the job Wednesday night while working on a transformer in the Leisure World area. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer tells us more about this incident in this MyMCMedia Extra video, below: Pepco has released the following statement about the employee’s injuries: “On 9/7/2016, a Pepco employee […]

A woman walking her dog on Blunt Road and Brink Road tonight (May 27) around 7 p.m. was struck down by a nearby lightning strike. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the woman was transported to the hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries. No other information about this incident has been released […]

UPDATED 9/9 Severe thunderstorms with high winds and heavy rains rolled through Montgomery County during the afternoon of Sept. 8. The storms knocked out power to thousands of Montgomery County residents. At one point, over 20,000 Pepco customers were without electricity. Before and during the storms, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued several warnings including […]

UPDATED, July 8, 9:30 a.m. There are still over 600 customers in Montgomery County without power, according to online outage maps. UPDATED, July 7, 8 p.m. The number of Pepco customers without power in Montgomery County is down to just over one hundred. UPDATED, July 7, 8 a.m. The number of Pepco customers without power […]