Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things you need to know today, Monday, Feb. 26 in Montgomery County: 1. Women in Politics: The League of Women Voters hosts a forum from 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. on Women in Politics. The event takes place at the Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Ave. 2. Council in Session: The Montgomery County […]

School board member Jill Ortman-Fouse, who on Friday announced she was giving up that seat to run for an at-large seat on the Montgomery County Council, said she planned to use the public election fund to finance her campaign. “I do believe I have a pretty large network of people who have seen my work. […]

Montgomery County executive candidates expressed their support for immigrants at a Sunday forum, one going so far as to say he would pay for legal representation of immigrants who face deportation. “It boggles my mind that we provide legal representation to the hardest criminals out there, but when one of our residents, honest and hardworking, […]

The big news in Montgomery County last week was the spate of threats against schools that came in the wake of the attack on Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Police Say 15-Year-Old Posted Threat Against Northwest High Two Found Dead in Car in Burtonsville Police Arrest 3 Teenagers for Montgomery Village Armed Robberies […]

Jill Ortman-Fouse, who was seeking her first re-election to the Montgomery County Board of Education, has decided to forgo that seat, endorse the man who was seeking to challenge her and run instead for an at-large seat for County Council. Ortman-Fouse made the announcement on Facebook on Friday. “I know there are about 30 candidates […]

Montgomery County will sign on to court papers in a case the Supreme Court will hear next week that could affect how the county government interacts with its employee unions. The case is Janus v. the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, and the Janus is Mark Janus, an Illinois state employee who […]

Two Germantown men face burglary and other charges, a Montgomery County police statement said. Ke-Onta I. Goldsberry, 18, of the 13200 block of Country Ridge Drive in Germantown, was charged with burglary and firearm offenses after he tried to sell stolen property online, police said. Christopher Goldsberry, 23, of the same Country Ridge Drive address […]

A statewide poll released Thursday showed no clear winner in the crowded Democratic primary for the party’s gubernatorial nomination. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker would win 19 percent of the vote if the Democratic primary were held today, according to the Goucher Poll. Even if he was named more often than the others who […]

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, one of eight people seeking the Democratic nomination for governor, has selected former Montgomery County Councilmember Valerie Ervin as his running mate. We're so happy to have @ValerieErvin joining the team as Lieutenant Governor! Say you're in today >> https://t.co/CK3y3gXSvP #MDpolitics pic.twitter.com/NIDVWutImv — Kevin Kamenetz (@kevinkamenetz) February 22, 2018 Ervin […]

Police responded to two bomb threats in high schools Wednesday morning — one at Churchill High School in Potomac and one at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda. The Churchill bomb threat was called in at 7:15 a.m. and officials evacuated the school, Officer Rick Goodale said. After examined by bomb-sniffing dogs, school administrators allowed […]