Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Montgomery County’s fire and rescue hazardous materials unit was dispatched to the Wheaton 4th District Police Station at 2300 Randolph Road shortly before 5 p.m. on May 28 after a suspicious envelope was received there with an unidentified white powder in it. Montgomery County Police Spokesperson Blanca Kling said the station was evacuated during […]

Montgomery County Officials will be in Silver Spring Thursday (May 29) for a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Dennis Avenue Health Center. County Executive Isiah Leggett, Councilmembers Phil Andrews, Cheri Branson, George Leventhal and Nancy Navarro, Department of General Services Director David Dise and Department of Health and Human Services Director Uma Ahluwalia will participate in the […]

Montgomery County Recreation is joining the recreation departments in Gaithersburg and Rockville to host “Water Safety Day,” an event focused on educating the community on staying out of harm this summer. In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Recreation Media Relations spokesperson Judy Stiles gives a preview of what to expect from the event: The event […]

UPDATED Thousands of Montgomery County residents from Gaithersburg to Olney found themselves in the dark during the evening of May 27 after a strong line of thunderstorms swept through the area. At one point, Pepco’s online outage maps indicated more than 35,000 customers in Montgomery County were without power. At 6:30 a.m. on May 28, […]

Richard Jaeggi, the beloved executive director of Gandhi Bridgade, passed away on May 25. The nonprofit youth media organization that he led posted an announcement of his death on its Facebook page. You can read the note here. Funeral arrangements have not been announced to date but we are told that Gandhi Brigade’s upcoming Youth […]

Nigerian culture, fashion, cuisine, literature and entertainment headlines Veterans Plaza on May 26, at the area’s first “All Things Nigerian” festival in Silver Spring. All Things Nigeria brings  a day of ethnic and cultural immersion for the community with a market of products ranging from Nigerian food like Suya, to a book signing by Nigerian […]

Montgomery County firefighters are investigating what sparked a house fire on Currier Court in Fallsmead on May 25. During the emergency response, local streets were blocked as Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer described the scene on his Twitter account as a “firefight.” According to Piringer, the bulk of the fire occurred in the basement. […]

Montgomery County firefighters and emergency medics were called to the scene of what a fire official described as a “possible electrocution” in Chevy Chase shortly around 7 p.m. on May 24. On his Twitter account, Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported that emergency medical crews evaluated three patients for electric shock in the 200 […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a kitchen fire on the second floor at Diamond Square Apartments, 80 Bureau Drive, in Gaithersburg on May 24. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the sprinkler system helped extinguish the blaze. He said there were no injuries. Residents were seen standing and sitting in the building’s parking lot […]

There’s still no word on if Tiger Woods will play in the Quicken Loans National at Congressional Country Club on June 23-29. At a May 19 news conference, Woods said he would like to play right now but he can’t until the doctor says it’s okay. It’s been over seven weeks since Woods had back […]