Montgomery Community Media

Some development projects take more than three years to clear Montgomery County’s planning hurdles, according to a report released by the Office of Legislative Oversight Tuesday. The report  examines the review and approval timeframes for preliminary plans, site plans and record plats for development projects in Montgomery County. The report found that certain projects that are […]

The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday approved the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan, a major land use plan to transform  the east side of the county around the Route 29 corridor into a residential and life sciences hub. The plan was approved by a vote of 8-0, with one abstention by Councilmember Marc Elrich. […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Montgomery Soccer Inc.’s Executive Director Doug Schuessler gives his thoughts about the partnerships between MCPS and local private athletic clubs to build turf fields at area high schools. Related:

Members of the Montgomery County Police Explorer program took the top price in the Domestic Crisis Intervention competition held at The National Law Enforcement Exploring Conference at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, from July 14 through 18. The Montgomery County Police Explorer Program is part of a national program intended to assist young adults in learning about the many aspects […]

Maryland Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transit Administration is looking for a private partner to help the agencies build, maintain and operate the proposed Purple Line and Monday the state agencies released a request for proposals to a short list of bidders who might want the job. The state expects to partner with a […]

UPDATED, July 29 at 2 p.m.- The Montgomery County Council pulled from its agenda Tuesday a consent item that would have OK’d using $1.3 million in private funds to build a turf field at Winston Churchill High School in  Potomac. The item was removed from the Tuesday agenda at the request of Montgomery County Public […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Councilmember-Elect Tom Hucker talks about the upcoming final vote on the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan.

In this MyMCMedia Extra Council President Craig Rice shares his experience on a round-trip ride on Ride On bus recently from Germantown to Shady Grove. Rice explains how it took him nearly 40 minutes to make a five-mile commute on Ride On. Rice also talks about the challenges created by past cutbacks of some Ride […]

Some things just go together- like cookies and milk; ice cream and apple pie. So it was just a matter of time until the marriage of soccer and golf, right? That’s how Laura and Roberto Balestrini feel about the new sport of FootGolf catching on in the U.S. and being played now at Northwest Golf […]

At this week’s press conference  Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice talked about the council’s anticipated final vote on the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan and the impact the Silver Line will have on the county’s competitiveness for jobs and residents. He also recapped a recent education committee meeting where members approved a supplemental appropriation […]