Montgomery Community Media

It’s a typical March evening at the Discovery Sports Center in Germantown where every court inside the complex has a pickup basketball game- all expect one court where about 20 baton twirlers are putting the finishing touches on routines that are taking them to a world championship in Italy. The Wheaton Dance Twirl team is […]

Two Montgomery County Public Schools students are lobbying for votes to become the next student member of the Board of Education, a position that could become more powerful come July. Rachit Agarwal, a junior from Richard Montgomery and Eric Guerci, a sophomore from Bethesda Chevy Chase High, are both on the ballot for the job. The […]

Former Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown who lost his bid for the governor’s seat to Republican Larry Hogan says he is now running for Congress. Brown made his announcement Thursday he is a candidate for Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District to take  Rep. Donna F. Edwards’ seat   in 2016. She has tossed her hat in the […]

Here are five things to know today, March 12, in Montgomery County: 1. A Montgomery Blair High School student won one of three first place prizes in an Intel Science Talent Search. 2.Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett is scheduled to recognize March as Middle Eastern American Heritage Month for the first time in the county. 3.The terrific […]

The Montgomery County Board of Appeals on Wednesday denied Costco a special exception to put a 16-pump gas station in Wheaton. The board voted unanimously in favor of adopting an earlier report from Martin L. Grossman, hearing examiner and director for the Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings. Grossman recommended denial of the special exception […]

Montgomery County Animal Control officers have rescued one dog from a frozen pond in Gaithersburg and another is believed to have gone under the water. MCFRS Spokesman Pete Piringer said the two dogs were spotted on the pond in the 8400 block of Meadow Green Way at about 11 a.m. No additional details are immediately […]

UPDATED, March 11, 1 p.m. – Students at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown are still being ordered to shelter in place as of 1 p.m. Wednesday. The shelter in place was issued at about 8:50 a.m. The school day ends at 2:10 p.m. ORIGINAL –  Montgomery County Police arrested at 16-year-old Seneca Valley High […]

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Johns Hopkins University has received a $1 million grant from its parent foundation. The award comes from the Bernard Osher Foundation, which is based in San Francisco, Calif. “This generous grant from the Osher Foundation will make it possible for the Osher at JHU program to meet growing community […]

Here are five things to know today, March 11, in Montgomery County: 1.Five teams of Montgomery County students won prizes for their public service announcements at the sixth annual Choose Respect Conference. Find out who won here. 2. Do you know of someone who deserves a Golden Shovel Award for their neighborly acts this winter? […]

Between snow plowing season and mowing season is pothole season. That’s what the crews whose job it is to fix potholes like to say. So far they have tackled about 2,000 potholes in the county. Krista Brick reports. Residents can call the county’s 311 line to report a pothole and highway service crews often get […]