Montgomery Community Media

The Washington Spirit are back at Maureen Hendricks Field in Boyds Saturday, for their second game this season against Sky Blue FC . The game starts at 7 p.m. “We are so excited to be back at home this weekend,” said midfielder Tori Huster. “There’s nothing like playing on your home turf in front of your […]

Montgomery County Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill talks about the preferred candidate to serve as the next superintendent of schools here. The community panel selected to help with the superintendent search did get a chance to interview Houlihan, but the results of that meeting have not yet been discussed with the board, according to O’Neill. […]

Funeral services for the Rockville couple slain at their home last weekend are scheduled to be held today and Friday. Julianne Vilardo and her husband Richard Vilardo were found dead by a family member at their Rockville home on May 10. Montgomery County Police are calling their deaths a homicide. According to an online obituary […]

The budget reflects a 1.7 percent increase over the approved budget for FY 2015. The Council is scheduled to formally adopt the FY16 operating budget and amendments to the Fiscal Years 2015-20 six-year Capital Improvements Program on Thursday, May 21. The budget will go into effect on July 1. Council Vice President Nancy Floreen cast the […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education says it will have to make deeper cuts after Governor Larry Hogan announced Thursday he would not fully fund the Geographic Cost of Education Index, in effect cutting in half the amount the county expected to get from this appropriation. The governor’s decision allocates the county $17 million from […]

UPDATED, May 15, 11:30 a.m. – Andrew Houlihan, the chief academic officer of the Houston Independent School District, who is the “preferred candidate” to replace Dr. Joshua Starr as Montgomery County Schools superintendent met with Council President George Leventhal Friday. Just had a very positive discussion with Drew Houlihan, the leading candidate for MCPS superintendent. — George […]

The Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia is creating a hurdle in getting some authors expected to the Gaithersburg Book Festival this Saturday. According to Mayor Jud Ashman up to ten authors or 10 percent of the authors on the program may be having issues getting to the Saturday festival because Amtrak has cancelled service. “Obviously the Amtrak […]

A Rockville fourth-grader is expected to get a Governor’s Citation for being one of ten regional winners of the Maryland Municipal League’s annual “If I Were Mayor” essay contest. Governor Larry Hogan and other State and municipal leaders are scheduled to recognize the winners in a ceremony at the State House in Annapolis Thursday afternoon. Each winning […]

A renaming event is scheduled on Thursday to celebrate the new name for Broad Acres Elementary School as the JoAnn Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres, named for the former principal’s leadership and commitment to that school’s community. In September, the Montgomery County Board of Education renamed Broad Acres Elementary School in honor of Leleck, […]

Montgomery County’s top state prosecutor is asking the residents of the Glen Hills neighborhood who have home security systems to notify police so they can review the footage for any clues as to who killed a Rockville couple. State’s Attorney John McCarthy met with members of the media outside the Ridge Drive home where Julianne Vilardo and her […]