Montgomery Community Media

Local, state and federal officials gathered this week for a wall-breaking ceremony, with golden hammers, at the future site of a community clinic for veterans in Gaithersburg. The new clinic at 15810 Gaither Drive in Gaithersburg is scheduled to open in Dec. of 2017 and it will provide healthcare to more than 44,000 veterans in […]

Montgomery County police officers need your help to identify a suspect wanted in an indecent exposure case that occurred on a Ride On bus in the Shady Grove area last month. Police have released surveillance video, see below, in hopes someone recognizes the suspect: According to police, the victim told police she was traveling on […]

Here are five things to know today, Aug. 19th, in Montgomery County: 1. Clarksburg Premium Outlets is hosting a job fair today at Clarksburg High School to fill 800 positions. 2. Officials to provide an update on the investigation into the August 10 explosion and fire at the Flower Branch Apartments in Silver Spring. 3. Metro’s […]

WMATA announced that it is extending SafeTrack Surge #7 through Aug. 21st. According to a news release, Red Line trains between Shady Grove and Twinbrook will single track on Aug. 19th, providing service every 30 minutes to Shady Grove and Rockville. Metro will completely shutdown the Red Line service between Shady Grove and Grosvenor-Strathmore over the […]

Red Line commuters take note: Metro trains will continuously single track between Shady Grove and Twinbrook from August 9 through August 18 as part of Safety Track Surge #7. WMATA officials are advising Red Line commuters to find other transportation options as trains are expected to be crowded, especially during rush hour due to service […]

Metro officials say ridership on the Red Line dipped significantly as Safe Track repair work began as scheduled on August 1st, with continuous single tracking between the Takoma and Silver Spring stations, now thru August 7. According to a Metro news release, ridership on the Red Line was down approximately 30 to 40 percent this […]

Metro officials are urging Red Line users to adjust their travel plans and find alternatives during SafeTrack Surge 6 which will impact the Red Line from August 1 to 7. During this time, the Red Line will be single tracking between the Silver Spring and Takoma Park stations.  Following Surge 6 will be Surge 7 […]

Rockville Mayor Bridget Newton attended a County Council meeting on June 21st to learn the latest about plans to park buses at the Shady Grove bus depot elsewhere. In this MyMCMedia Extra, Newton explained that it is important for the city to be involved in the process if the county is considering parking sites in […]

The Montgomery County Council held a meeting on June 21st to discuss plans for relocating hundreds of school buses from the depot on Shady Grove Road. There were dozens of Rockville residents in the audience opposed to plans to relocate the buses to the Carver Educational Services Center parking lot and to another site on […]

It’s National Nurses Week and at Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center there are a lot of reasons to celebrate these caregivers. For one, the nurses have taken on a community service project where they collected more than 150 backpacks for Comfort Cases, a nonprofit organization that provides backpacks with essential items like toiletries, pajamas, […]