Montgomery Community Media

Than Nguyen was 19-years old when she moved to the U.S. from Vietnam. It was April of 1975. She says she still remembers that day. “We left in a hurry,” she said. It was a turbulent time in her country, she explains adding she saw “horrible” things during the Vietnam War. “I saw people dying. […]

It looks like a carnival, but in reality, is Choice Hotels celebrating the grand opening of the New Cambria Hotel and Suites in downtown Rockville. Inside it’s about technology and outside it’s all about location. MyMCMedia’s Aline Barros has the story:

Montgomery County is known to be one of the most diverse places in America. WalletHub- a finance website that rates things and places- placed Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Rockville, and Germantown in its top ten list of most “ethno-racially diverse” cities in the country. But the City of Gaithersburg took first place. Montgomery County Councilmember Sidney […]

Seven high school students, members of the Gandhi Brigade Youth Media produced the documentary: Juvenile Justice: The Road to Reform. On Oct. 15, Gandhi Brigade, a nonprofit that works on empowering young people through media, is hosting a free screening in Silver Spring. Following the screening, there will be a panel conversation on the juvenile justice system featuring […]

UPDATED, Oct. 9, 11:20 a.m. — The annual Bethesda Green Gala was held at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club on Oct. 8. More than 300 hundred people gathered at the fundraiser that featured “green champions” from the businesses, nonprofits, school and faith community. In this MyMCMedia Extra, County and Bethesda Green officials said it […]

Faith leaders part of the Montgomery County Faith Community Working Group invites residents for a conversation about navigating the school system. The meeting is scheduled to take place on Oct. 18 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring. Among the topics to be discussed: Excused absences; How to communicate with […]

In commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month, more than 30 ESOL students from Sherwood High School were part of a project called Migrating Lives: Migrating Stories of Our Youth- a community outreach program offered at the Sandy Spring Museum. On Oct. 7, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and Montgomery County Public Libraries Director Parker Hamilton joined these students to […]

UPDATED, Oct. 8, 2:05 p.m.– There is a new place to stay in the City of Rockville. Actually, it has been open for several months, but Choice Hotel owners are now just celebrating the arrival of their newest hotel at Helen Heneghan Way. In this MyMCMedia Extra, take a look at a grand opening party held on […]

Johns Hopkins University’s Montgomery County campus and Shady Grove Life Sciences Center are opening their doors and labs to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) seventh-grade students for a day of science and medicine. Approximately 400 students are expected to attend the 7th annual Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day on Oct. 9. Students from Redland […]

National Institute of Health (NIH) grantees received the 2015 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Paul Modrich, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Duke University School of Medicine, and Aziz Sancar, of the University of North Carolina, received the award for their work on “mapping, at a molecular level, how cells repair damaged DNA and safeguard the […]