Montgomery Community Media

Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney Katz has ordered the city of Gaithersburg flag to be flown at half-staff from now until Monday morning, March 3, in honor and remembrance of football coach John Harvill, who passed away late last year. Harvill coached the Gaithersburg High School football team for 43 seasons, winning two state championships along the […]

Montgomery Parks, part of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), has announced it is delaying the opening of Little Seneca Lake in Black Hill Regional Park and Lake Needwood in Rock Creek Regional Park because of  icy conditions caused by ongoing cold weather. According to the announcement, both lakes will remain closed for […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) have an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out and learned that some authors have more than one book on the local list. For the month of […]

A look at the new 24-acre Pike & Rose community developing at the intersection of Montrose Parkway, Rockville Pike and Old Georgetown Road. When complete the commercial and residential development will include 430,000 square feet of retail, 1,500 new residences, 1.1 million square feet of office and a luxurious hotel. Phase one of the development […]

The Montgomery County Council met with residents at a Town Hall meeting in Clarksburg on Feb. 26 at Rocky Hill Middle School and there was not an empty seat in the room. Topics included the continued development of Clarksburg, efforts to protect the Ten Mile Creek area, schools, transportation needs, public safety, and the upcoming process […]

An elderly man was struck and killed by a school bus this afternoon in Silver Spring. Montgomery County police are investigating the fatal pedestrian accident that occurred at 2:23 p.m. on Feb. 26 at the intersection of Columbia Pike and Tech Road in Silver Spring. According to a police account, a school bus contracted by […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal pedestrian collision that occurred in the evening of Feb. 25 at the Rockville Metro station. Police said the call of a pedestrian struck at 250 Rockville Pike came in to dispatch around 7:30 p.m. last night. According to police, the preliminary investigation indicates that the pedestrian was walking […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and Police Chief Thomas Manger, along with State’s Attorney John McCarthy and County Council President Craig Rice, announced today (Feb. 25) that total crime for 2013 in Montgomery County decreased nine percent from 2012 – part of a seven-year trend that totaled a 33 percent reduction in serious crime and […]

UPDATED The deadline to declare candidacy for the Montgomery County office of County Executive is at 9 p.m. on Feb. 25. As of 1 p.m. on  Feb. 24, four candidates have filed their candidacy in the race for County Executive: Phil Andrews, Democrat, filed on 4/17/13, www.philandrews.com Doug Duncan, Democrat, filed on 02/24/14, www.dougduncan.com Isiah Leggett, […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 24 to review the Fiscal Years 2015-20 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) requests of Montgomery County Public Libraries, the Public Arts Trust and the Department of Health and Human Services. The HHS Committee, which is chaired by George Leventhal […]