Montgomery Community Media

The construction of Avocet Towers in Bethesda will close two lanes on Montgomery Avenue between Wisconsin Avenue and Waverly Street during mid-summer. It will occur near the future building located at 7373 Wisconsin Ave.  According to officials, the lanes will remain temporarily closed overnight from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays. In an […]

Dos personas fueron hospitalizadas después de una colisión en Bethesda, el viernes por la mañana. El accidente ocurrió en Old Georgetown Road y Wisconsin Avenue, alrededor de las 2:30 a.m., según un tweet del portavoz principal del Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate del condado de Montgomery, Pete Piringer. El choque hizo que el vehículo volcara. […]

Two people were hospitalized after a collision in Bethesda early Friday morning. The crash happened at Old Georgetown Road and Wisconsin Avenue, around 2:30 a.m., according to a tweet from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer. The crash caused the vehicle to flip over, resulting in an entrapment where both occupants had […]

All southbound lanes of Wisconsin Avenue (MD 355) between Bethesda and Elm Street will be closed Saturday, Jan. 16 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. so that a 75-ton crane may be set up for future construction. One northbound lane of Wisconsin Avenue will temporarily be used for southbound traffic during the closure. A flagman […]

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich did not include any funding in his capital budget proposal for the Capital Crescent Trail Tunnel, which was supposed to be included in the Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) design.  The tunnel was proposed for pedestrians and cyclists to get across Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda safely and have access to the […]

WTOP has moved its famous “Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center” to 5254 Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase. Washington’s Top News officially joined the Montgomery County family Sunday night, after it held its first live broadcast at its new location, with 30,000 square feet of office space. For 30 years, WTOP was located on Idaho Avenue in Washington D.C., […]

Marriott International Inc.’s Headquarters in North Bethesda has been acquired by Erickson Living. Erickson Living is a Baltimore-based developer of retirement communities. With this acquisition, Marriott’s headquarters in Bethesda will be converted into a senior living community. The specifics of the senior living community are unclear in terms of how many units and care facilities the community will […]

Over the next week, Maryland State Highway Administration will close lanes on multiple roads in Montgomery County, including Colesville Road, two sections of the Beltway and Wisconsin Avenue. Colesville Road between the Beltway and Georgia Avenue is scheduled for single and double lane closures from Feb. 25-March 2 from 9 p.m. – 5 a.m. each […]

The Montgomery County Planning Board takes up approvals for the new Marriott International project in downtown Bethesda next week. The 2.25-acre site is at Wisconsin and Norfolk avenues. It also faces Woodmont Avenue to the west. Marriott International now has its headquarters in Bethesda on Fernwood Road. In October 2016, the company announced it was […]

Local television station Fox 5 is planning to move into the Apex building in Bethesda, a marquee location in the downcounty community’s massive development efforts. WTTG Fox 5 and WDCA Fox 5 Plus will move into the Apex building at 7272 Wisconsin Ave., a site that will become the Bethesda terminus of the Purple Line […]