Montgomery Community Media

With a new school year starting next week, many parents are thinking about the safety of their students, especially after more than a year of distressing headlines of school shootings and student assaults. Montgomery County Public Schools has undergone several security upgrades to schools, including adding cameras and upgrading the systems that allow visitors to […]

The number of rape cases reported in Montgomery County increased 28.5 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to the county crime report which was released this month. The county recorded 397 rape cases in 2017 compared with 309 cases the year before, according to the report. The increase, the report says, could be attributed to […]

Gaithersburg has made changes to the way voters will pick the people who represent them in City Hall. One of the reasons has been to improve voter turnout, which was 9.61 percent in the 2017 balloting. Generally, the city tallies between 10 percent and 12 percent, said N. Lynn Board, city attorney. The changes will […]

Outgoing members of the Montgomery County Council and the school board have told school and health officials they want a condom-distribution plan, devised in the wake of a spike in sexually transmitted diseases, expanded from four high schools to all 25 Montgomery high schools. In a joint memo, Councilmember George Leventhal and school board member […]

Congressional candidate David Trone said Monday he has cancer and will have a kidney removed. “I am confident I will make a full recovery,” said Trone, who is also a co-owner of Total Wine. Trone, a Potomac Democrat, is seeking the 6th Congressional District seat currently held by Rep. John Delaney, another Potomac Democrat. Delaney […]

The controversy surrounding a high-ranking official in the Catholic church has led to a Montgomery County charity to change its name. The Cardinal McCarrick Center in Wheaton has changed its name to the Catholic Charities Center because of the controversy surrounding its namesake. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick resigned on Saturday, July 28, after allegations surfaced he […]

University of Maryland’s investigation into the death of football player Jordan McNair has been taken over by the university’s Board of Regents, according to a statement from the regents issued Friday afternoon. The board also is taking over a commission investigating the culture of the Terps’ football program, which has been led by coach D.J. […]

About 80 climate activists came together Tuesday to discuss ways Montgomery can take the next step in enacting policy changes in reaction to last year’s County Council resolution declaring a “climate emergency.” The activists broke off into smaller workgroups that then presented ideas to the larger body. “The theme that’s coming out of … the […]

At the premier of “Josiah,” a documentary about abolitionist Josiah Henson, Catherine Leggett took part in a panel that discussed the effect Henson had on them. “What strikes me when I think about Josiah Henson is his spiritual compass, and always doing good,” Leggett said. “Holding on to the idea that good will prevail, in […]

Comptroller Peter Franchot was in Bethesda on Monday to highlight the state’s tax-free week. Consumers can purchase clothing and footwear that cost less than $100 without paying the Maryland’s 6 percent sales tax. Franchot held a news conference at Sassanova on Bethesda Row. Here are the highlights: