Montgomery Community Media

In this MyMCmedia extra, Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro says the opening of the state-of-the-art 3rd district police station is creating a new narrative for the White Oak community of Silver Spring. Take a look: Related:

Crime is down in Montgomery County but public safety remains a top priority for local leaders. County Executive Ike Leggett was joined by several County Councilmembers, other county and state officials, law enforcement officers and dozens of residents for the dedication ceremony of the new 3rd District Police Station in the White Oak section of […]

A teenage boy was transported to the hospital on May 26 after he nearly drowned in a pool at an apartment complex on Stewart Lane in White Oak, according to a fire and rescue official. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported the incident on his Twitter account. No other information about this […]

The Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will have educational kits at numerous branches designed to spark an interest in science beginning May 10. The GO! Kits are part of MCPL’s ACE (All Children Excel) initiative to help children succeed in school. To help meet that need, MCPL has developed educational, interactive Go! Kits to introduce […]

The Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board held its monthly meeting on Feb. 10 at the Silver Spring Civic Building. At the top of the agenda, Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer who told the Board that the Council’s number one priority remains the need to obtain state funds for school construction. During his remarks, Riemer said […]

The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 4 on the proposed White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan. The plan would guide major transformation of the area around Route 29 in White Oak. The public hearing will conclude a full day for the County Council and its committees. The […]

One year after the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) created the K9 limited-stop bus service from the Fort Totten Metro Station to Northwest Park, it is extending the service to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)/Federal Research Center beginning December 29. The service will further help relieve crowding along the busy New Hampshire Avenue […]

As a direct outcome of the connections developed from September’s China Mission trip led by County Executive Ike Leggett, Montgomery County was chosen as one of only three site visits to showcase investment opportunities to a group of select business executives from China on November 2, after the delegation’s participation in the “Select USA Investment […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division – Robbery Section are continuing to investigate two Capital One bank robberies that occurred on May 22 in White Oak and on July 24 in Germantown.  Detectives believe that both robberies were committed by the same suspect. On Aug. 8, detectives released video surveillance of the suspect from […]

Montgomery County police are investigating the death of a seven-month-old girl that occurred on Feb. 8 in White Oak and police have charged the baby’s 14-year-old brother with first degree murder. At approximately 6:26 a.m., officers responded to an apartment in the 11600 block of Lockwood Drive to assist fire rescue units for a pediatric injury […]