Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED, April 29, 6 p.m. – MCPS will announce the results of the election for the next student member of board of education at 8 p.m. tonight, delayed due to a power outage. According to a Facebook post from the Montgomery County Student Government Association,  an electrical problem at one school delayed the count. ORIGINAL […]

The Landon School boys varsity lacrosse team topped Winston Churchill of Potomac Tuesday in a game that never had a lead change. The Landon Bears scored 15 goals to the Bulldogs’ 8. Phil Fabrizio captured some of the action at Shepherd Stadium at Danver Field.

Catherine Hoggle, the mother of two missing children from Clarksburg, is due in a Montgomery County District courtroom this morning. According to Montgomery County State’s Attorney Spokesman Ramon Korionoff, she will appear in court at 9 a.m. Hoggle is being treated at the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center for mental illness. She faces charges of child […]

Montgomery County Police Cpl. Rebecca Innocenti talks about the role of the Special Events Response Team calling the Baltimore demonstrations a “unique incident” in this MyMCMedia Extra.

By a vote of 8-1 the Montgomery County Council on Tuesday approved a nearly $32 million project to renovate the Council Office Building in Rockville. There was no discussion on the project before the vote Tuesday after it was introduced by Councilmember Nancy Navarro, whose Government Operations Committee recommended the project be inserted into the […]

Another group of 49 members of the Montgomery County Police Special Events Response Team (SERT) headed to Baltimore Tuesday afternoon to help with the demonstrations and crowd control. The response included a bullet-resistant vehicle used to help in crowd control. Cpl. Rebecca Innocenti talks about the assistance from Montgomery County in this MyMCMedia Extra. A […]

A Boyds family escaped a fire in their home thanks to one of their dogs who alerted them to the blaze early Tuesday morning The family told firefighters that at about 1:45 a.m. Tuesday one of their five dogs alerted them to a small fire in the house. It is unclear the origin of that fire. […]

The Montgomery County Council is set to decide today whether to launch a major renovation project for the the Council Office Building in Rockville. The project would involve an interior renovation of the council office building at 100 Maryland Ave., renovation of the first floor auditorium, new HVAC system and windows and improvements to make the […]

Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski is calling for calm in the midst of riots and looting happening today in Baltimore in reaction to the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore Police custody. It’s time for calm. It’s time for kids to go home. It’s time to remember vast majority of Baltimore’s citizens are law abiding. — […]

Montgomery County Public Schools students will have to pay a bit more to be involved in extracurricular activities next school year. The School Board voted unanimously on Monday to up the Extracurricular Activity Fee from $30 per year to $32.50. The increase will generate about $30,000 for the school system. Students who pay the annual […]