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Because of the addition of the Parklands and Crown communities, city of Gaithersburg officials say they need a new salt storage building to keep up with the city’s growth and the additional miles of roads during the winter months. On the Mayor and Council’s agenda, Monday night, is a resolution that authorizes the city manager […]

The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) is urging motorists to plan ahead and make alternative plans to avoid travel Friday morning due to a snow storm expected during rush hour. SHA crews will be out prior to the storm and have pre-treated roadways with salt brine. Forecasters are predicting the storm will […]

Winter is not over yet. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montgomery County, effective from 10 p.m. tonight to 10 a.m. Friday morning. According to the Advisory, accumulations may range from one to three inches. The precipitation is expected to begin as a rain and snow mix this evening, transitioning […]

Susan Kenedy hosts the latest episode of The Bottom Line, which features reports on a Council bill to ban minors from using tanning facilities, an invasive beetle that is destroying Ash trees across the county, and more. You can watch the show, below:

Here are your five things to know today, March 3, in Montgomery County: 1. It may snow tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montgomery County. 2. Montgomery Parks staffers want to know what you think about the trail system. A Planning Board public hearing is scheduled today on the […]

You’re never too old to play in the snow.  Thirty six residents from Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg from age 62 to 92, took part in a daylong snow tubing excursion at Whitetail Ski Resort in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. MyMCMedia’s Willie James Inman reports.   Related:

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is requesting that President Barack Obama declare a Presidential Disaster Declaration for the State of Maryland as a result of the blizzard that affected the state beginning on January 22. An approved disaster declaration would bring federal assistance to communities in Maryland through state and local agencies and public safety partners […]

UPDATED There were hundreds of warnings but few tickets issued to Montgomery County property owners for failure to clear their sidewalks of snow and ice following the Blizzard of 2016, according to information obtained by MyMCMedia. In Montgomery County, there were 835 cases reported after the blizzard compared to 719 cases between Jan. 1 and […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports about the next superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, the status of refugees in Montgomery County and much more. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Montgomery County, that is effective from 1 a.m. on Monday to 10 a.m. on Tuesday. According to the advisory, residents should prepare for snow, sleet and freezing rain. There could be three to five inches of snow and sleet, and one-tenth of an inch […]