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The Silver Spring Transit Center is years behind schedule and has cost overruns into the millions. K.C.E. Structural Engineers President Allyn Kilsheimer, the guy in charge of making sure the structural deficiencies are fixed, gave MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick a look at the progress going on inside the fenced construction site.   Related:

Farmers in Montgomery County can now rent farm equipment they need at a reduced rate and closer to their farms thanks to a new county program. The county used a grant to fund the purchase of four pieces of equipment — a no-till drill, a manure spreader, a plastic mulch lifter and a walk-behind tractor […]

Montgomery County Public Schools has 133 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists this year coming from 13 of the county’s high schools. The semifinalists will compete nationally for scholarships that will be announced in the spring. The competition is sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The MCPS semifinalists come from 13 high schools: Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Montgomery […]

Seniors are getting more services in the county thanks to the expansion of programming. Expanded services include adding evening hours to the Holiday Park Senior Center on Wednesdays until 9 p.m., extending programming at Margaret Schweinhaut Center from five to six days per week, and increasing the operational hours at the Damascus Senior Center by […]

Montgomery County’s Director of General Services David Dise gives his view on the repairs being done to the Silver Spring Transit Center.   Related:

K.C.E. Structural Engineers President Allyn Kilsheimer talks about the fixes at the Silver Spring Transit Center in this MyMCMedia Extra. Here’s his take on WMATA’s concerns about the extensive repair work to the concrete at the center. And, Kilsheimer talks about what would have happened to the concrete prior to the fixes with a full […]

The much-maligned  Silver Spring Transit Center is a hub of activity but not with the planned buses and commuters, but rather with workers wielding hand-held jack hammers and epoxy guns trying to make the necessary repairs to get the building open. Montgomery County Director of General Services David Dise along with K.C.E. Structural Engineers President […]

Edline, the homework-checking, grade peek-in online tool used by many of the county’s parents to keep tabs on their kids’ school work is on its way out. In its place, Montgomery County Public Schools will move to a new web-based system called myMCPS. In 2009, Montgomery County Public Schools developed and launched a web-based system, myMCPS, […]

Using one of the county’s libraries is about to get even more convenient. Beginning Oct. 5, Montgomery County Public Libraries will be open longer, with added service hours totaling 106 hours, 9.4 percent more than in fiscal year 2014. Sixteen branches will have expanded hours, joining the five branches whose hours were increased in Fiscal year 2013. […]

The weather offered its own show on Saturday night but not before jazz fans got to hear from talented musicians at the 11th Annual Silver Spring Jazz Festival. The Festival featured New Orleans’ own Preservation Hall Jazz Band and an all-star jazz line-up on Saturday at Veterans Plaza in front of the Silver Spring Civic […]