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UPDATED Montgomery County officials and Westfield Montgomery Mall leaders are celebrating the new Westfield Montgomery Mall Transit Center. The relocated center opened on May 1st and provides additional customer amenities and better traffic circulation. “The County is proud to manage a transit center that connects riders to seven bus lines, eight Metrorail stations and a signed […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts this special edition of County Report This Week, which recaps some of the stories that defined 2015 in Montgomery County. Take a look:

Here are your five things to know today, Sept. 21, in Montgomery County. 1. Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal is scheduled to meet with reporters to discuss key items facing the Council in the future. Follow @MyMCMedia on Twitter for updates from the briefing beginning at 11:30 a.m. today. 2. Gaithersburg city leaders are […]

The Silver Spring Transit Center is scheduled to open on Sept. 20 and that’s welcome news for commuters. Lorna Virgili reports. The long-awaited, multi-modal transit center is located at 8400 Colesville Road. It’s features include: –32 bus bays; –direct access to Metrorail and MARC trains; –22 Kiss and Ride spaces; –electronic real-time bus arrival and […]

Here are your five things to know today, April 7, in Montgomery County: 1. City News: Suzanne Ludlow is the new city manager of Takoma Park. 2. On Track.: Remediation work at the Silver Spring Transit Center is on track for a late spring release, according to a Montgomery County official. 3. Spirit Family: The […]

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 […]

The Silver Spring Transit Center is years behind schedule and has cost overruns into the millions. K.C.E. Structural Engineers President Allyn Kilsheimer, the guy in charge of making sure the structural deficiencies are fixed, gave MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick a look at the progress going on inside the fenced construction site.   Related:

Here are five things to know today, Sept. 10, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County police need your help to find a missing Clarksburg mother and her two children. 2. Montgomery County officials announce the expansion of library hours, effective Oct. 5, and more staffing and materials for the county’s 21 branches. 3. Have you […]

Doug Duncan, a democratic candidate for County Executive, plans to spend the morning before the election greeting voters at the Silver Spring Metro east entrance. Duncan said he will be talking to passerby about the Silver Spring Transit Center beginning at 7 a.m. on June 23. In a news advisory, Duncan said he will lay […]

County Executive candidate Doug Duncan issued the following statement, in response to the report issued this week by the Montgomery County Inspector General: “This latest report confirms what every other review of the Transit Center has found:  The County’s management of this project has been an unmitigated disaster. The facility is four years late, $30 […]