Montgomery Community Media

Data from Montgomery County Public Schools shows more diverse hiring for the 2018-2019 school year. Of the 903 new teachers hired by MCPS for school year, 38.8 percent were non-white, representing an 11.5 percent increase since 2015, when 27.3 percent of the 907 new teachers were candidates of color. The school system cited research that […]

School Superintendent Jack Smith has unveiled his capital budget for next year, which includes money for growth, school security and career readiness programs. Smith was to make the request to the Montgomery County Board of Education at its meeting Monday night. We talked with Montgomery County Public Schools spokesman Derek Turner about the request:

It’s Monday, Oct. 29, and here are five things Montgomery County residents need to know: 1. Early Voting Continues: Early voting continues until Thursday, Nov. 1. This website lists Montgomery County’s early voting centers and the wait times at each. 2. Snow is in the forecast: Not in the foreseeable future, but sometime this winter, […]

A Montgomery County police spokesman said Saturday that the county was stepping up patrols around county synagogues in the wake of the shooting at the Pittsburgh synagogue in the morning. Police officials, in a televised press conference, said 11 people were killed and six injured in the gunfire at Tree of Life Synagogue, in the […]

Capt. Mark Plazinski, commander of the Germantown police district, asked local residents whether they thought crime was increasing. With a homicide only two days ago, several people nodded their heads. Plazinski, however, wanted the residents to see that of the six homicides in the district since he took command in April 2017, four were individuals […]

Long lines greeted voters on the first day of early voting.

The county’s Public Safety Headquarters in Gaithersburg and the Correctional Facility in Boyds activated two “microgrids” — clean power generation systems that permit on-site green power systems to provide electricity independent of the power grid. In a ceremony Wednesday, county officials pulled a ceremonial plug at the Public Safety Headquarters, at 100 Edison Park Drive. […]

Josh Kurtz, founder of the MarylandMatters.org website, talks with MCM reporter Doug Tallman about the lack of women representing the county on the council, in the state legislature and in Congress.

Josh Kurtz, founder of the MarylandMatters.org website, gives his thoughts on what the voter turnout will be this election.  

Josh Kurtz, founder of the MarylandMatters.org website, talks with MCM reporter Doug Tallman about the Maryland governor’s race, with Republican incumbent Larry Hogan facing off against Democratic challenger Ben Jealous.