Montgomery Community Media

Your daily rundown of five stories and events happening today, Aug. 30, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. PSC Hearing: The Maryland Public Service Commission wants to know what you think of Pepco’s proposed rate hike that would increase the average customer’s bill by $7.37 per month. A public hearing takes place tonight, beginning at 6:30 […]

Five men have been arrested for a Silver Spring home invasion that started on Aug. 1 and continued into the morning of Aug. 2, Montgomery County police said in a statement. One of the five was arrested two days after the home invasion, which occurred in an apartment in the 8800 block of Manchester Road. […]

Montgomery County police have released surveillance images from a July 15 armed robbery in hopes the public can help identify the perpetrator. The robbery occurred before 4 p.m. at the MetroPCS store at 13868 Old Columbia Pike, according to a police statement. Silver Spring District officers responded. The detectives’ investigation revealed that a man entered […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain 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. For the month of July, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Princeless: Raven The Pirate […]

Firefighters had to contend with the possessions of a hoarder to fight a fire in Silver Spring on Sunday. A passer-by saw smoke in the home, in the 10000 block of Greenock Road, and called 911, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said. When firefighters arrived, “they were challenged by a pretty extreme […]

Montgomery County police are looking for three men in connection with a home invasion of a Silver Spring home that started Tuesday night and lasted the night, a police statement said. The men knocked at the front door to the home, in the 8800 block of Manchester Road, about 9 p.m., a victim told police. […]

Police around Montgomery County are celebrating National Night Out on Aug. 1. “It’s a big showcase for us to get out with the community to let the community see what we do and to interact with them,” said Officer Rick Goodale, a spokesperson for the Montgomery County Police Department. According to Goodale, NNO events are […]

The Montgomery County Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a single-vehicle wreck Thursday morning on University Boulevard West at Amherst Avenue, police said in a statement. About 6:54 a.m., Montgomery County police officers from the Wheaton District and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel responded to the intersection, police said. The preliminary investigation determined that […]

Silver Spring District detectives are investigating a July 17 shooting where gunshots were fired into a home from a moving vehicle, Montgomery County police said in a statement. Police are releasing video surveillance from the area of the suspect vehicle and are asking anyone with information to call investigators. About 3:25 a.m. July 17, officers […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a vandalism to Montgomery County Police Department’s Third District Station located at 1002 Milestone Drive in White Oak. According to a news release, an employee discovered that an exterior window on the lower level of the police station had been vandalized. Detectives believe the vandalism was caused by a projectile […]