Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED, Sept. 23, 10:53 a.m.- A Pepco spokesman said there is an equipment failure on one of the main lines in the area and crews are headed to the scene of the outage Wednesday. ORIGINAL POST- More than 1,000 Pepco customers are without power in the Montgomery Village area Wednesday. According to the Pepco outage […]

Jill Ortman-Fouse, candidate for a seat on the Montgomery County Board of Education, said she wants the school system to be more responsive to parent inquiries and she is calling for an independent audit of the system’s budget to make sure taxpayers get the best out of the funding levels. She talks about her priorities […]

As investigators search a property in Bedford County, Va. looking for the Lyon sisters missing from Montgomery County for nearly 40 years, Montgomery County Police Capt. Darren Francke talks about the case in this MyMCMedia Extra. Francke said police are getting “very, very close” to finding answers in the case of Katherine and Sheila Lyon’s […]

At a town hall meeting in Montgomery Village, residents heard from Commander Willie Parker-Loan of the Sixth District Police Station who had this to say about the Lakeforest Mall:        

Montgomery County Police Capt. Darren Francke talked about the latest in the Hoggle missing children case as search teams combed areas around the Maryland SoccerPlex in Germantown Tuesday. Francke said no evidence so far has been found in any of the searches. Sarah, 3 and Jacob, 2 have been missing for about three weeks. Their […]

The Montgomery County Council on Sept. 23, is scheduled to  interview four applicants to fill a vacant position on the Montgomery County Planning Board. The Council received letters of interest from 25 applicants for the four-year term position. The interview schedule will be as follows: • 2 p.m. Charles Kauffman • 2:30 p.m. Victor Weissberg • […]

School board candidate Shebra Evans tells MyMCMedia she is working behind the scenes to build relationships that would help her if she wins election as the newest at-large member of the Montgomery County Board of Education. She talks about the race in this MyMCMedia Extra.   Evans, who is a financial expert, weighs in on the […]

Recent media reports that Montgomery County is no longer looking to purchase and then raze the APEX Building in Bethesda to make way for the proposed Purple Line station came as a surprise to the attorney representing the building’s owners. David Simon, attorney for American Society of Health‑System Pharmacists which owns the building at 7272 […]

Montgomery County government, police and public schools are teaming up to educate drivers about the importance of complying with Maryland laws pertaining to stopped school buses with activated flashing lights and stop arms. This week, a new easy-viewing informational outreach campaign, #PassItOn, is being launched through social media. Each day a new video message will […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice, who represents District 2 that includes much of the Upcounty area and Montgomery Village, will meet with residents starting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 22, at the Gaithersburg Library. Rice is expected to address the future redevelopment on the Montgomery Village golf course site, schools, the possible northward extension of […]