Montgomery Community Media

The County Council’s Education Committee on Monday approved adding $1.3 million to the Montgomery County schools’ budget, laying the groundwork for an artificial turf field to be built at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac. This despite a pending lawsuit from the Montgomery Soccer Inc. over the selection process that determines which private group would […]

The Baltimore Celtic U16  team was among the top US Youth Soccer teams in the nation crowned this weekend at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds. Ninety-six teams competed in the event that drew under-14 through under-18 boys and girls age groups  to conclude the final stage of the 2014 US Youth Soccer National Championship Series […]

The U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship was held at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds recently, an event that brings about $4 million in spinoff revenue to Montgomery County’s economy. MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick reports.

The community is pulling together to raise money to help pay for the funeral of Meadow Hall Elementary School student Stephanie Benitez. The 8-year-old died suddenly July 22 after swimming at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center pool off Martin’s Lane. Her aunt, Veronica Diaz,  said Stephanie loved soccer and she loved swimming. “She was […]

Housing development in Olde Towne has got the green light to move ahead after a new report shows Gaithersburg Elementary School serving that area now has adequate capacity. And that’s good news for the city that has been anxious to do more revitalization in downtown. Gaithersburg Elementary, which had been in strict moratorium in fiscal […]

Four suspects have been charged in an alleged kidnapping and armed robbery that began at a hotel room in Silver Spring and ended at an area bank. The four are said to have followed  a D.C. man who owed one of them money from the Maryland LIVE! Casino to a local hotel room where they […]

UPDATED. 8 a.m. July 25: A fund has been set up to help the parents of an 8-year-old girl who died suddenly after swimming at a Rockville pool on July 22. Stephanie Benitez from the 1700 block of Gunther Avenue in Rockville was pronounced dead July 22. An autopsy is being performed to determine why […]

An 82-year-old Boyds man has died after he was involved in an accident on Barnesville Road earlier this month. William Collins, 82, of the 19700 block of White Ground Road died at his home July 13, two days after he was involved in a collision at the intersection of Peach Tree Road at Barnesville Road, […]

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin talks about the National Institutes of Health Bethesda campus and traffic issues on Wisconsin Avenue in this MyMCMedia Extra. Related:

US Youth Soccer Director of Marketing and Communications Todd Roby talks about concussion prevention and safety at the US Youth Soccer National Championship in this MyMCMedia Extra.