Montgomery Community Media

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition in support of Troy Turner’s request for an Amber Alert or some other national missing children alert as he continues to search for his missing toddlers. The petition listed on the Care2petitions website has closed for additional signatures. Creators of the petition had wanted to convince the Maryland […]

The new 16-screen ArcLight Cinema is scheduled to open at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in North Bethesda Nov. 7, according to the ArcLight website. This is the first East Coast location for the ArcLight company. ArcLight Cinema will offer reserved seating, a cafe and bar, and question-and-answer sessions with producers and directors, according to Gretchen […]

An outbreak of the enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has spread across nearly every state in the nation causing severe respiratory illness in some children.  Dr. Erik Schobitz, medical director for the Pediatric Emergency Department of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital talked with MyMCMedia about the virus, the cases of paralysis in children in Colorado and what parents should […]

Gaithersburg Police Officer Noah Grubic got a special award for his actions in helping track down a man who cut another person with a knife but it wasn’t while he was on the job and it wasn’t even in his own state. On Aug. 31 Grubic was off duty in Cleona, Pa., when he saw a man carrying a […]

Two state grants totaling more than $300,000 will help Rockville improve safety for children walking to school and for bicyclists on city streets. A $269,122 Safe Routes to School grant will be used to construct a sidewalk along Harrison Street, from N. Van Buren Street to Forest Avenue, according to city officials. Along with a […]

Quince Orchard and Seneca Valley high school volleyball teams may have spiked, killed and set against one another Wednesday night, but they worked together throughout the night to raise more than $2,000 for the battle against breast cancer. It’s called Dig Pink! and it’s a fundraising event for breast cancer through the Side-Out Foundation. The term […]

Sidney Katz has submitted his conditional resignation as Mayor of Gaithersburg, effective November 10. Residents are invited to an Open House celebrating Mayor Katz’s 38 years of public service in the City of Gaithersburg scheduled for Nov. 17 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park, 506 S. Frederick Ave. This […]

Save the date! Montgomery Community Media and the League of Women Voters are scheduled to host a candidates forum for the County Council race at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13. The race includes the following seats: Four At-Large seats. Candidates include: Democratic Incumbents- Marc Elrich, Nancy Floreen, George Leventhal, Hans Riemer. Republican Challengers- Robert […]

County Executive Isiah Leggett issued an order Tuesday that Montgomery County will make a policy change when it comes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests. According to the letter from Leggett to Councilmember Nancy Navarro dated Oct 7, “Montgomery County will no longer comply with ICE detainer request except for those requests that have […]

The Montgomery County Public Schools Class of 2014 earned a combined average SAT score of 1650, a two-point increase over the previous year and significantly higher than graduates from across the state of Maryland and the nation, according to a press release from the county school system. You can read the full report here. The […]