Montgomery Community Media

It’s Friday!  Here are your five things to know today, Jan. 16, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett has released his recommended 2016 Capital Budget and proposed amendments to the CIP. 2. The latest episode of County Report This Week begins with an update on the Silver Spring Transit Center. Watch the […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer is touting the county’s free bus service in downtown Silver Spring, which is expanding its hours of service. The Silver Spring circulator, also known as “VanGo,” will now run later into the evening and on Saturdays. “The Silver Spring VanGo Circulator service forms an important part of the urban area’s […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will host the second of five budget forums on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building, One Veterans Place. Residents are invited to attend and provide input about priorities for the Fiscal Year 2016 Operating Budget. “Public forums give residents an opportunity to tell me what’s […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department-Major Crimes Division continue to investigate the December 22, 2014 robbery of the Shell gas station at 9510 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. Detectives are releasing store video surveillance and photos of the two men suspected in the crime and are asking for the public’s help in identifying them. Police reported […]

Safe Silver Spring, a community civic group, hosted a conversation on Jan. 12 at the Silver Spring Civic Building about legislative priorities to ensure public safety in Montgomery County. Body cameras on police officers, what happens after police confiscates assets, wiretapping laws, independent prosecutors when there is police involved in a shooting, and sex crime […]

During a meeting of the Montgomery County Council, councilmembers are scheduled to get an update on the Silver Spring Transit Center and additional funding needed for the remediation effort. Council President George Leventhal talks about the project in this MyMCMedia Extra.

Safe Silver Spring, a community civic group, is scheduled to host a meeting tonight to discuss police body cameras, what happens after police confiscates assets, wiretapping laws, sex crime reporting, among others. Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger, Montgomery County Councilmembers Tom Hucker and Marc Elrich, and State Senator Jamie Raskin are scheduled to speak […]

UPDATED An accidental electrical fire caused approximately $250,000 in damage to a house at 9711 Admiralty Drive in Silver Spring on Sunday. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer said nearly 75 firefighters responded to the scene around 9 a.m. on Jan. 11. According to Piringer, there were heavy fire conditions showing when […]

The Montgomery County Ride On bus system rolled out improvements upgrading service for thousands of riders a day this week. According to county officials, this is one of the largest enhancements in Ride On service in the last ten years. The Montgomery County Council, in its deliberations last May, approved funding for the improvements to […]

A house fire in the Glenmont area of Silver Spring caused an estimated $60,000 in damage on Jan. 3, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services Spokesperson Pete Piringer. The blaze at 2714 Lindell Street displaced three adults, a child and two dogs, according to Piringer. Piringer said on his Twitter account that the […]