Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things to know today, Sept. 18, in Montgomery County: 1- Police are searching a new lead in the Lyon sisters case. 2- Pepco is asking customers to conserve energy in a test event today. Find out more about that event here. 3- When is a smart phone a dumb idea? Check out the […]

A former tutor and private athletic coach was sentenced today to seven years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. Daniel Mandel Sirotkin, 30 of Germantown, pleaded guilty in the case against him. Montgomery County Judge Richard E. Jordan sentenced Sirotkin to 35 years but suspended all but seven years. Sirotkin must also register […]

New charges have been filed against Catherine Hoggle as the search continues today in the Darnestown and Clarksburg areas for her missing toddlers. According to an online case search, 27-year-old Hoggle is now charged with two counts of detaining a child in the state. She remains in the Montgomery County Detention Center on a $1 […]

Neighborhood associations could receive up to $1,000 in a matching grant for projects promoting community involvement. Applications are being accepted through Oct. 15 for Rockville’s Organizing Communities and Neighborhoods Matching Grant Program. The program strives to support and empower neighborhood associations and encourage participation by community members. Qualified neighborhood organizations could receive up to $1,000 […]

Montgomery County taxpayers will likely spend about $140,000 in legal fees for the the review of what the county’s school board members put on their county-issued credit cards. The school board recently was presented a June legal fees reported that shows $112,000 was spent in that month on the credit card issue. MCPS Spokesman Dana Tofig […]

UPDATED,  Sept. 17, 1 p.m.- Shantol Ramela Anderson, who was missing from Kensington, has been found, according to a tweet from Montgomery County Police. Police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing Kensington teen. Police are concerned for the welfare of Shantol Ramela Anderson, 18, of the 4100 block of Plyers Mill Road in […]

Court documents recently obtained by MyMCMedia detail a tale of lies and deception in the case against Catherine Hoggle. Hoggle was arrested Sept. 12 in connection with the disappearance of her two toddlers, Jacob, 2 and Sarah, 3. The children have been missing for more than a week.  Hoggle, 27, of Clarksburg, is charged with […]

Dr. Judy Docca, in her second term as a Montgomery County School board member, talks with MyMCMedia about the upcoming General Election and her bid to retain her seat on the board. Here she talks about the school board’s role in getting funding for programs and facilities.  

From food left to rot in the fields to food leftover in campus kitchens, the topic at the Food Recovery Event Tuesday was feeding the hungry in the community. Sponsored by the Corporate Volunteer Council of Montgomery County, a panel of experts in food recovery talked with hundreds who signed up for the discussion held […]

There’s yet another new restaurant opening in Downtown Crown in Gaithersburg. The new Paladar Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar is expected to open its doors Friday, Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. This is Paladar’s sixth location according to its website.  The Gaithersburg location is 203 Crown Park Ave. The Latin American restaurant is inspired by Central & South […]