Montgomery Community Media

Today is Monday, Feb. 11. Nice weekend? Today, not so much. Here’s the forecast. 1. Troubled Properties: The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee meets to discuss an executive regulation that forth a methodology for designating troubled properties under county law, based on the severity and quantity of violations. You can read the […]

Comptroller Peter Franchot on Friday asked House Speaker Michael Busch to replace his campaign treasurer because his job as a beer distributor creates a conflict of interest in the ongoing dispute over beer regulations. Franchot says Busch, who leads the 141-member House of Delegates in Annapolis, should replace Neal Katcef. Franchot claims Katcef is the […]

Vincent DeMarco has advocated for reducing teen smoking, underage drinking and gun violence. This year, he and his organization, Health Care for All, are focusing on the cost of prescription drugs. We talked to DeMarco about legislation he’s supporting this session, the creation of a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. Introduced in the Senate, you can […]

Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro has asked school officials to change the name of Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School because of its namesake’s “deeply disturbing racist history.” Lee, who served in World War I and helped to develop Silver Spring, attached restrictive covenants to the homes he built, prohibiting African Americans from buying […]

Councilmember Tom Hucker introduced a bill Tuesday that would reduce the allowable level of lead in school drinking water to 5 parts per billion, down from 20 ppb, which is the state standard. A Maryland law required school systems to test water fixtures and replace any that tested 20 ppb or higher. According to a […]

Today is Monday, Feb. 4. The National Weather Service says we should expect fog in the morning, but temperatures in the 50s. Who needs Florida? Here’s the forecast. 1. Municipal Monday: Rockville Mayor and Council starts its drop-in at 5:30 p.m. Its regular meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Here’s the agenda. Gaithersburg’s Mayor and Council starts […]

About 30 Montgomery County residents told a state panel that they supported redrawing the 6th congressional district to make it more compact. In November, a panel of federal judges deemed the boundaries of the 6th District were drawn to favor Democrats and violated the constitution, according to the Baltimore Sun. Currently, the district includes all […]

To State’s Attorney John McCarthy, police chief Tom Manger’s retirement announcement is a sad day for the county. “He was a tremendous community asset, and he was a great partner,” McCarthy said Wednesday. Other organizations offered less effusive praise. The Silver Spring Justice Coalition has protested the death of Robert White, an unarmed African American […]

Germantown Pulse editor Kevin O’Rourke talks about Germantown, local news and how his site has become a community resource.

Police Chief Tom Manger said Wednesday he will leave Montgomery County police in April to take over an association that represents the largest police forces in the United States and Canada. “I’m looking forward to not having that 24-7 responsibility and seeing what that feels like,” Manger said in an interview with Montgomery Community Media. […]