Montgomery Community Media

Four times is a charm for the Sherwood High School girls softball team. The Sandy Spring team beat Northwest in the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association 4A championship game. Here’s the road that led them there. The ladies took home the trophy on Saturday. It’s the team’s fourth straight state championship. Perfection: Sherwood’s softball […]

Somerset Elementary School is taking its poor field issues into its own hands hoping to raise more than a half million dollars to install an artificial turf at the school in Chevy Chase. The Montgomery County Board of Education is expected to vote today on whether to allow the group called the Somerset Elementary School Education […]

It’s almost that time to clear out school lockers and desks and donate unused school supplies to families in need. The Montgomery County Public Schools is asking unused school supplies be donated through the annual Drive for Supplies campaign. Drive for Supplies also is an opportunity to educate students about recycling. The collected supplies are […]

UPDATED: The county’s Child Protective Services has dropped neglect charges in one case against a Silver Spring couple at the center of the “free range parenting case, but the couple now is planning a civil suit against the agency and the Montgomery County Police in the case. Danielle and Alexander Meitiv have been notified that charges […]

It’s Tuesday and a short week for most. Here’s your daily look at the events and stories that people are talking about today, May 26, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education meets today. Here’s what’s on the agenda. 2. A fire at a Clarksburg townhome Sunday night displaced two […]

It’s almost summertime but for those in the animal adoption community, May through September is also referred to as “kitten season” and foster volunteers are needed to help with the influx of arrivals to area animal services and adoption centers. Last year between May and September, the Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center (MCASAC) […]

The Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) recently voted to consolidate the PARCC assessment’s two testing windows into one and cut total test time by about 90 minutes overall beginning in the 2015-16 school year. Here’s what Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill had to say […]

The Maryland Municipal League (MML) honored Senator Cheryl Kagan Thursday evening for her effective advocacy on issues affecting Maryland’s cities and towns during the 2015 legislative session, according to a news release from the league. Kagan, in her first year as a state Senator, is one of just seven senators and delegates to be recognized […]

Montgomery College recognized the class of 2015 in commencement ceremonies May 22 at 10 a.m. on the Rockville Campus. Graduates from the College’s three campuses, along with apprenticeship graduates in the Workforce Development and Continuing Education programs, will be honored. In addition, the Board of Trustees paid tribute to community leaders and College benefactors. Honorary degrees […]

Poolesville residents will have to pay a slightly higher tax rate next year and an increase of an estimated $4 in the monthly sewer and water user fee. The Poolesville Town Commission this week approved a fiscal year 2016 operating budget of $2.7 million. That budget is built on a property tax rate that has an increase […]