Montgomery Community Media

Here’s a look at what’s open and what’s not on Thanksgiving Day in Montgomery County: County Offices – closed. Libraries – closed. County Liquor stores – closed. Recreation – all programs and facilities are closed. Montgomery Parks – For holiday operating schedule on Parks’ facilities, including Brookside Gardens, ice rinks, tennis centers, trains and carousels, […]

Lorna Virgili hosts the 500th episode of County Report This Week with news and information for Montgomery County. This episode includes: County Council approves Racial Equity and Social Justice Legislation. The newly remodeled Marylin Praisner Library reopens. The Department of Environmental Protection launches the “Gift Outside the Box” holiday campaign. The Department of Recreation has […]

Watch a video preview of the next episode of 21 This Week, below: 21 This Week airs on Montgomery Channel 21 on Sundays at 11 a.m. and again at 7 p.m.; Mondays at noon and again at 8 p.m.; Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. and again at 8:30 p.m.

Grab your umbrella as showers are expected today through Sunday. Check out the weather forecast. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County for Friday, Nov. 22. 1. Be Safe, Be Seen:  The “Be Safe, Be Seen” campaign makes a stop at Richard Montgomery High School this afternoon from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Representatives […]

The holiday season officially gets underway on Saturday, November 23 when the annual Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade begins at 10 a.m. from Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in Downtown Silver Spring. Traveling the same route as last year, the parade will proceed south on Georgia Avenue, ending at Silver Spring Avenue. The parade features live […]

Montgomery County’s Thanksgiving parade takes place Nov. 23 in downtown Silver Spring which means a portion of Georgia Avenue will be closed. Organizers are encouraging residents who are planning to attend the festivities to take the Red Line to the Silver Spring station. All the northbound and southbound lanes of Georgia Avenue will be closed […]

Here’s our guide to arts and entertainment in Montgomery County, Nov. 21 – 24. Joshua Davis:  Singer-songwriter Joshua Davis performs at BlackRock in Germantown  Thursday. David found fame on the 2015 season of The Voice making it to the final round with a third place finish. Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at BlackRock Center […]

A Gaithersburg woman and her husband claimed a $50,000 scratch-off prize at Maryland Lottery headquarters recently. The Gaithersburg grandmother of eight, mother of four adult children said her “palm was itching all week.” So she decided to purchase two Holiday Gold $5 scratch-off tickets at her neighborhood grocery store. As luck would have it, she […]

It happened shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday.  A 46-year-old Dickerson man died in a single-car wreck Sunday night, according to a statement from the Montgomery County police. Jerry Lee Ray Thompson Sr. died after his southbound 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 struck several trees, according to preliminary findings of the police investigation. The incident occurred before […]

Mostly cloudy today. Check out the weather forecast. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County for Nov. 18. 1. Schools Boundary Analysis Hearing: The school Board holds its first hearing tonight on the boundary study completed by consultants. 2. Municipal Monday: The Rockville Mayor and Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 111 […]