Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Councilmembers George Leventhal and Hans Riemer are expected to introduce a bill Tuesday that could change the way you get your take-out food or even host your next picnic. The bill, set to be introduced by the Councilmembers at 11 a.m,  requires the use of recyclable packaging in food service packaging and prohibits […]

UPDATED, Sept. 12, 11:30 a.m. – Rashad Williams, previously reported missing, has been located in the area and has been reunited with his family.   Original Post. –  Police are asking the public for help in locating a missing Wheaton boy. Rashad Williams, 12, of the 3300 block of Hewitt Avenue in Wheaton, has been reported […]

About  100 people came out Sunday to South Germantown Recreational Park to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Montgomery TennisPlex, a facility that  has just been selected as the only U.S. Tennis Association facility of excellence in the state of Maryland. The U.S. Tennis Association announced that Montgomery TennisPlex, in Boyds, is one of 12 winners of its […]

The Montgomery County Police will not be releasing to the public the details of the investigation into allegations of excessive force in the August arrest of a Germantown teen. Police Spokesman Capt. Paul Starks said all internal investigations of the police agency are consider personnel matters and are sealed. In a letter to Police Chief […]

A new Capital Bikeshare station opened Sept. 5 on the Washington Adventist University campus in suburban Takoma Park. The new station is located across from Wilkinson Hall, next to Flower Avenue and close to a bus stop. Capital Bikeshare’s short-term bicycle rentals will provide convenient and inexpensive transportation options for students, faculty, staff and the […]

The city of Gaithersburg just got in 10,000 commemorative coins that should have arrived  in time for the Annual Labor Day parade held on Monday. According to Michele Potter, director of Parks, Recreation and Culture for the city, the coins did not arrive in time for city leaders to toss them to the crowd along […]

UPDATED, Sept. 5, 11:45 a.m. – There is another new case of whooping cough in Montgomery County and this one is at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 15. Montgomery County Health and Human Services Spokesperson Mary Anderson told MyMcMedia Friday that a student at […]

Motorists will soon have to get out of the way of tow trucks much the same as they do for emergency vehicles. On  October 1, tow trucks will be included in the safety barrier of the ‘move over’ law. The law is intended to provide an extra barrier of safety for police, fire and emergency […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner, Chair of the Montgomery County Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, urged Montgomery County Executive Leggett to not drive Uber out of the County, but rather use the emergence of these companies as a basis to reform the county’s own out-dated regulation of taxis. “In my view, Uber represents […]

Republican candidate for Montgomery County executive Jim Shalleck walks along the City of Gaithersburg Labor Day parade route and talks about his campaign for office.