The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the County’s first rapid transit service—the Flash—with special greetings of riders on Thursday, Oct. 14.  More than 500,000 riders have used the frequent and reliable Flash service. And now the County is looking toward expansion.

MCDOT outreach teams will be at several Flash stations on Oct. 14 to greet riders, solicit feedback about the service and distribute Flash anniversary items to riders.


Rushern Baker (D), candidate for Maryland Governor, has announced that Montgomery County Council’s Nancy Navarro (D) will be his running mate for the upcoming election.

Baker was a two-term Prince George’s County Executive and represented legislative district 22B in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1994 to 2003. He ran for Governor in 2018, but lost the Democratic primary to Ben Jealous 40%-29%.


Shortly before 4PM Tuesday, Officers responded to a reported bank robbery at the Essex Bank on Nelson Street in Rockville, in the plaza visible from Northbound I-270.

Officers determined that a suspect armed with a handgun robbed the bank and then fled the scene. The Rockville City Police Department is investigating in collaboration with Montgomery County Police. The incident was captured on security cameras. Further details were not immediately available.


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