Montgomery Community Media

Here are your five things to know today, Nov. 16, in Montgomery County: 1. The U.S. flag will be flown at half staff from now until sunset on Thursday by order of President Obama as a mark of respect for the victims of the attacks in Paris. Meanwhile,  a memorial outside the French Embassy in Washington, […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision involving a pedestrian that occurred shortly after 6 a.m. on Thursday along Columbia Pike (U.S. Route 29) south of New Hampshire Avenue in the White Oak area of Silver Spring. Police said the preliminary investigation indicates the pedestrian, identified as 18-year-old Michelle Sena Hoyah of […]

LifeSci Village- a planned, 300-acre, mixed-use project in the White Oak area- is now Viva White Oak. Developers announced the new name and logo after soliciting input from a community-based committee called Labquest, which was “instrumental” in attracting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to White Oak and in advancing approval of the county’s White Oak […]

Here are your five things to know today, August 11, in Montgomery County: 1. Making College Affordable: Senator Barbara Mikulski is talking about making college more affordable today at Montgomery College. Follow @MyMCMedia on Twitter for updates from her visit and news briefing. 2. Rockville Recreation: The city of Rockville’s fall recreation guide is now […]

If you are planning on taking your Maryland driver’s license road test, a graph exclusively obtained by MyMCMedia could help steer you in the direction of which of the 18 Motor Vehicle Administration testing sites will give you the best odds of passing the test. Hint: Gaithersburg’s MVA has the fifth highest fail rate in the […]

Karina Velasco, 25, moved to the U.S. 11 years ago from Mexico City. She was 14; attended high school, graduated from Montgomery College, and is scheduled to graduate in December with a bachelor’s degree in social work from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) at the Universities of Shady Grove campus. Velasco is also a […]

In this raw video, Montgomery County Police Officer David Reed reflects on how he saved the life of an infant girl Thursday night in White Oak.

Montgomery County Police Officer David Reed helped to save the life of an infant girl in White Oak on Thursday night. Reed gives the account of the incident at a Montgomery County Police news briefing at the Public Safety Headquarters Friday morning in Gaithersburg. For more on this case, see the MCPD’s website here.

Montgomery County Police say a paraeducator who allegedly touched a student inappropriately did so on school grounds. According a news release from police, Robert Otis Wilson III, 23, of Silver Spring, was arrested at a restaurant in White Oak Thursday night after the Special Victims Investigations Division began an investigation into alleged sexual offenses by […]

Here’s your daily rundown of the events and stories that people are talking about today, April 21, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council: The Council is scheduled to meet at 10:45 a.m and on the agenda is the development of White Oak’s Site II, and the plans for the Wheaton Community Center and Library. […]