Montgomery Community Media

Bethesda commuters take note. On Saturday morning, Crane Service Company, Inc. is scheduled to close all southbound lanes of MD 355 (Wisconsin Avenue) between Commerce Lane and MD 187 (Old Georgetown Road) in Bethesda for a crane operation at 7514 Wisconsin Avenue. Crews plan to open all traffic lanes by 4 p.m. weather permitting. In […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to the report of smoke in a Metro tunnel between the Bethesda Metro and Medical Center Metro stations on Tuesday morning, according to a Montgomery County fire official. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer reported on his Twitter account that a smoking insulator was found on one track. He said there […]

What will they think of next? The owner of Union Hardware in Bethesda has designed a motorized toilet that also serves as a snow plow. David Goldberg posted a video of the invention that he calls Loo-cy on YouTube. In the video, entitled “Heads Up,” Goldbeg is seen clearing the sidewalk along Norfolk Avenue in […]

UPDATED Two right lanes of Old Georgetown Road were closed today between Maryland 355 and Commerce Lane for a crane operation at a construction site. The operation, which included a large crane moving a second crane into place, began around 4 a.m. on Feb. 7 at 7535 Old Georgetown Road. According to the State Highway […]

Recent media reports that Montgomery County is no longer looking to purchase and then raze the APEX Building in Bethesda to make way for the proposed Purple Line station came as a surprise to the attorney representing the building’s owners. David Simon, attorney for American Society of Health‑System Pharmacists which owns the building at 7272 […]

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin talks about the National Institutes of Health Bethesda campus and traffic issues on Wisconsin Avenue in this MyMCMedia Extra. Related:

If you are one of the 45,000 commuters who drive Maryland 355 daily in the Bethesda area, you may want to know that beginning Sunday night, July 13, the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) will resurface Maryland 355 (Wisconsin Avenue) from Bradley Lane to Maryland 187 (Old Georgetown Road). As part of the road project, […]

The State Highway Administration (SHA) is continuing its commitment to improving road conditions in Montgomery County. Beginning this week, SHA will start a new $2.6 million safety and resurfacing project on MD 355 (Wisconsin Avenue) between MD 191 (Bradley Boulevard) and Montgomery Avenue in Bethesda. Weather permitting, work should be complete next fall. When complete, […]