Montgomery Community Media

Gov. Larry Hogan announced $50 million Wednesday to address the state’s opioid crisis as well as declaring a state of emergency that would activate the governor’s emergency management authority, creating more rapid coordination between state and local jurisdictions. Hogan also appointed his senior emergency management adviser, Clay Stamp, to lead the state’s coordinated effort to […]

Montgomery County already is the healthiest county in Maryland. Councilmember George Leventhal wants to make the county the healthiest in the nation, and he’s targeting the snacks and drinks sold in vending machines. He is the lead sponsor for a bill that would require half the items for sale in vending machines on county property […]

The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services will provide support services to families who have a family member facing deportation, according to participants in a closed meeting Tuesday of county officials. Councilmember Nancy Navarro said the HHS presentation contained “well thought-out protocols,” which would include, for example, establishing shelters for children who may […]

  Rockville city residents will not face a property tax increase under the fiscal 2018 budget proposed by city manager Rob DiSpirito, which adds three police officers to the city force. DiSpirito’s proposed spending plan totals $129.4 million, a 2.5 percent increase. The property tax rate will remain 29.2 cents per $100 assessed valuation, the […]

Councilmember Marc Elrich said many issues face the nation, like minimum wage and immigration, but in his eyes the environmental battle must be won.

Nearly a dozen politicians stood before the Silver Spring crowd Sunday, but none riled them up like Rep. Jamie Raskin. “We are not going to lie down and let a malignant, obsessive narcissist and compulsive liar, and his hand-picked Harvard Business School prepped-out alt-right Goldman Sachs executives extreme rightwing nationalists in that cabinet of billionaires […]

Need a statue of a Civil War soldier? Check Craigslist. For more than a year, the county has been trying to find a place to locate a statue of a Confederate Civil War soldier that has stood outside the Rockville Red Brick Courthouse since it was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in […]

A Montgomery Village family of five was displaced Friday morning after an attic fire caused about $25,000 worth of damage, fire officials said. The townhouse did not have smoke alarms, said Pete Piringer, spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service. Fire officials were called to the townhouse in the morning to find light […]

Here are five things to know today, Feb. 24, in Montgomery County: 1.  Councilmember Tom Hucker tried Craigslist to find a new location for a statue of a Confederate soldier in Rockville. 2. The Washington Post’s Bill Turque traces the history of the burial sites at the center of the controversy in Westbard. 3. Peerless Rockville […]

Montgomery County police sought the public’s help Thursday in finding the people responsible for three armed robberies in recent weeks. A robbery in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 11, occurred at a 7-Eleven, at 8619 16th St., Silver Spring. A male employee had been in the store’s office and exited when he heard […]