Montgomery Community Media

A Montgomery County Public Schools student is one of ten winners of the AAA Safety Patrollers in the Washington metro area. AAA Mid-Atlantic and the Mid-Atlantic Foundation for Safety and Education honored the top Ten Safety Patrols a ceremony on today at The Waterford at Fair Oaks in Fairfax, Va. Ivan Glerum of Diamond Elementary School was the […]

Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said he’s hoping to see a change in the Good Samaritan law that will encourage people to report illegal drug overdoses without fear of prosecution.   Related:

The Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart had a world record holder and a U.S. Supreme Court Justice under the same roof on Thursday. Associate Justice Antonin Scalia gave the commencement address at the all-girls private school in Bethesda holding court inside the school gym instead of outside due to weather. In the audience […]

Gaithersburg residents looking to enter the race for city councilmember or mayor are now able to pick up candidate packets a month early. Starting June 5, potential candidates can pick up the candidate packets that had formerly been unavailable until July 6. The Board of Supervisors of Elections decided to make that change on Wednesday. […]

Here is your rundown of five things to know today, June 4th, in Montgomery County, Maryland. 1.Congratulations to Richard Montgomery High School and Rock Terrace School on their commencement services today. 2. There’s still time to sign up for the Second Great MoCo Bicycle Summit. Find out how here. 3. The Montgomery County Planning Board meets today. […]

UPDATED, June 4, 6:30 a.m. – A teen was arrested for reckless endangerment after someone reported seeing a person with a gun near Kingsview Middle School in Germantown Wednesday. According to a news release,  a witness reported seeing a person with a gun and then hearing a “pop” in the area of Kingsview Road at Duhart Road. […]

The Montgomery County Council will join the Montgomery County Democratic and Republican central committees on June 15, for a forum on the new law that will allow candidates for County Council and County Executive to qualify for partial public financing for their campaigns. The law, which was unanimously approved by the Council in September, is the […]

He’s got 252 followers on Facebook and his very own Twitter page. He’s one of the most talked about residents of the Poolesville area and in the past few days he turned up at the local Beallsville playground and at a Beallsville Teddy Bear Tea Party venue. He’s affectionately known as the Poolesville Bear. And he’s […]

Here is your rundown of five things to know today, June 3rd, in Montgomery County, Maryland. 1.Congratulations to Walt Whitman and Montgomery Blair high schools on their commencement services today. 2. The Rockville Public Safety Awards are this morning at Lakewood Country Club. Find out about those awards here. 3. Montgomery County Councilmember Sidney Katz […]

The Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League is swinging into season and four of the ten teams in the league are in Montgomery County. Krista Brick has the story.