Montgomery Community Media

Today is the first day of winter. Here are five more things to know today, Dec. 21, in Montgomery County: 1. Gift of Life: The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive in honor of fallen police officer Noah Leotta today at Public Safety Headquarters in Gaithersburg. 2. Street Beat:  The State Highway Administration is […]

Montgomery County residents saw their first wintry precipitation of the season on Dec. 17. It arrived in the form of sleet, ice and rain that fell across Montgomery County for several hours on Saturday morning. Here’s a look at some of the frozen scenes that were shared with MyMCMedia: It’s sleeting in @GburgMD – crunchy […]

UPDATED The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montgomery County, effective now thru noon on Saturday. According to the NWS, sleet is the main concern with a possibility of one to two tenths of an inch from freezing rain. The sleet is expected to change to rain around noon as temperatures […]

The National Weather Service has issues a wind advisory for Montgomery County, effective from now through 3 p.m. According to the NWS, the winds are expected to blow out of the northwest from 20 – 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. These strong winds may blow down limbs, trees and power lines, according […]

Rockville parks and public works crews are readying for winter weather on local roads and sidewalks. Find out more in this report, below: https://youtu.be/wgRj9VrqNnI

UPDATED The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Montgomery County, effective from now thru midnight on Sunday, as a cold front is moving into the area. According to the NWS, the winds are expected to blow out of the west from 15 – 25 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. These […]

Remember Jonas? That snowstorm dumped a record amount of snow on Montgomery County last winter, and it also prompted some changes that were unveiled at this year’s Snow Summit. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Snow Operations Center is key to managing operations and tracking weather and road conditions pic.twitter.com/npYanzIgtU — MCDOT (@MCDOTNow) November 2, 2016 MCDOT […]

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 April, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Fish in a Tree […]

Because of the addition of the Parklands and Crown communities, city of Gaithersburg officials say they need a new salt storage building to keep up with the city’s growth and the additional miles of roads during the winter months. On the Mayor and Council’s agenda, Monday night, is a resolution that authorizes the city manager […]

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for snow and rain from 10 p.m. tonight until tomorrow morning. Residents are advised to expect between one to three inches of snow. Pepco officials said they are monitoring the storm and have about 150 linemen, 200 contractors and 200 tree crews available to respond. […]