Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED A line of strong storms swept through Montgomery County around 6:45 p.m. on July 8 knocking out power to thousands of Montgomery County residents. At 7:15 p.m., there were nearly 18,000 Pepco customers without power in Montgomery County, according to online outage maps. At 7:30 p.m., that number had climbed to over 24,000 customers. […]

Arresting people for carrying small amounts of marijuana should be the lowest law enforcement priority, according to a resolution passed by the Montgomery County Council Tuesday. The resolution was sponsored by Councilmember Nancy Navarro and co-sponsored by Councilmembers Roger Berliner, Cherri Branson, Marc Elrich, Nancy Floreen, Craig Rice and Hans Riemer. The council’s resolution also […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice met with reporters on July 7  to discuss key items that will be facing the County Council and its respective committees in the near future. Some of the items discussed at his weekly briefing included the draft White Oak Science Gateway master plan, the selection and interview process […]

The 26th annual Great Falls Race took place on July 5 at the Potomac River Festival and what a beautiful summer day it was to watch this competition. This downriver race is described as a quick, adrenaline-packed descent of 60 vertical feet through the Potomac’s spectacular class V+ Great Falls. On this day, spectators could […]

Red, white and blue was certainly in fashion at today’s Kentlands Fourth of July parade, which featured everything from fire trucks to floats. Even the pets were sporting the latest in stars and stripes attire. The weather was perfect to be outdoors and there was a big turnout for this neighborhood parade, which included Gaithersburg […]

A small dog caused quite the scene on Thursday evening (July 3) during rush hour as he traveled along the Intercounty Connector, stopping traffic as police and drivers tried to rescue him from the highway. Maryland Transit Authority Police received a call around 5:38 p.m. that initially came through as a collision near the New […]

UPDATED: Thousands of homes are without power in Montgomery County as a massive storm hit the area Thursday evening. As of 7 p.m., more than 29,000 Pepco customers are without power in the County, according to online outage maps. Montgomery County fire spokesperson Pete Piringer said that multiple power lines are down throughout the County and a woman […]

UPDATED 7/3/14 at 2 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Montgomery County.  Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. ORIGINAL POST The National Weather Service (NWS) reports that Tropical Storm Arthur strengthened overnight and was upgraded to a hurricane early this morning (July 3). Hurricane Arthur is forecast […]

Dahlia Huh, a rising senior at Clarksburg High School, was sworn in as the 37th Student Member of the Board of Education (BOE) on July 1 at 7 p.m., at the Carver Educational Services Center in Rockville. She was sworn in by Clerk of the Court Loretta Knight. Huh was elected to serve a one-year […]

Justin Rose beat out Shawn Stefani on the first hole of sudden death playoffs at the Quicken Loans National at Congressional Country Club on June 29. “I’m obviously very, very excited to be a double-winner. It’s the first double-winner I am of any tournament, and to be the double-winner of this one, it means a […]