Montgomery Community Media

The recently approved Montgomery County fiscal 2016 budget includes funding for a new Public Election Fund that will allow candidates for County Council and County Executive to qualify for partial public financing for their campaigns. Here’s what former County Councilmember Phil Andrews had to say about the fund. Since 2001, members of the Montgomery County […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett along with Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III are expected to meet with Gov. Larry Hogan today to talk about the Purple Line project. Here’s what Leggett told MyMCMedia about that meeting.

Here’s your daily look at the events and stories that people are talking about today, May 21, in Montgomery County: 1. County executives from Montgomery and Prince George’s counties are expected to meet with Gov. Larry Hogan today on the Purple Line project. Here’s what County Executive Isiah Leggett has to say about the meeting. 2. […]

A Damascus mom has multiple law enforcement agencies and an entire community to thank for finding her 7-year-old son with Down Syndrome who had wandered from home just as a major thunderstorm was approaching Monday night. Raphael Leon was going to go to the supermarket with his dad Monday evening when his dad went into […]

The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration officially removed parallel parking as a required test element on the driver’s license test on a statewide basis starting May 19. Here’s what Tom Pecoraro, president of I Drive Smart, has to say about that decision.   Related:

UPDATED May 20, 3:15 p.m.The Montgomery County Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint Larry Bowers as interim superintendent of schools for Montgomery County Public Schools through June 30, 2016. ORIGINAL POST The Montgomery County Board of Education is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to take action on the conditional appointment of the interim superintendent of schools […]

If you listen closely you can almost hear a collective sigh of relief from 16 year olds across the state. The reason – the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration officially removed parallel parking as a required test element on the driver’s license test on a statewide basis starting today. According to Buel Young, spokesperson for the […]

It took just less than one workday for the more than 200 volunteers, but for the kids living at the Seneca Heights Apartments in Gaithersburg it will be hours and hours of fun on their new playground here. With funding and volunteers from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, Marriott International, Montgomery County […]

Here’s your daily look at the events and stories that people are talking about today, May 20, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education is holding a meeting at 3 p.m. today to appoint an interim superintendent. 2. Steve Dorfman is tomorrow’s speaker at the MCM Small Business Event at […]

Engineering students from Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in search of additional scholarship opportunities still have time to submit their application for this year’s Commissioners’ Scholarship. It is not too late; the deadline to apply is June 1. This year, WSSC is asking the region’s future engineers to write about the impact of climate change […]