Montgomery Community Media

A resident of Silver Spring was awarded a $50,000 VaxU lottery scholarship yesterday, July 26, according to the Maryland Higher Education Commission. This resident is the third Montgomery County VaxU scholarship winner out of six Marylanders. A resident from Potomac and a resident from Silver Spring were chosen in the first drawing on July 12.  […]

Montgomery Parks will propose a renovation to Columbia Local Park in Burtonsville to the Montgomery Planning Board on Thursday, July 29. If approved, a final design is expected to be proposed by 2022 with construction estimated to begin in 2023 at a cost of $2.6 million. The renovation would replace the current tennis courts with […]

Lauren DeMarco moved from the anchor desk at Fox 5 TV to the Public Affairs Office at the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office.  She called it a wrap after almost 17 years at Fox 5 D.C. when she anchored her last nightly newscasts on July 18. DeMarco, a longtime Maryland resident, told MyMCM, “I’m so […]

Montgomery County Recreation will host its Seniors-on-the-Go Day Camp in person from July 26-30 in Germantown. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Germantown Community Recreation Center and will include activities, short trips and themed days.  The event is open to Montgomery County residents ages 55 and older and aims […]

Gov. Hogan reinstated the COVID-19 emergency order on July 12 after previously lifting it on July 1. The proclamation from Hogan explained a need for an emergency order to continue recovery from the pandemic. It provides that testing and patient capacity as well as personal protective equipment, contact-tracing and vaccines must continue to be supported […]

The Glenstone Museum in Potomac plans to design a new building on their Woodland Trail that will feature a large sculpture by Richard Serra. Architect Thomas Phifer will design the 4,000-square-foot building in partnership with Serra to feature one of his recent large-scale sculptures according to a press release. The building will be on the eastern […]

When she received an email announcing her win of a SECU Maryland Foundation scholarship, Anna Petersen, a Paint Branch High School graduate, screamed and jumped to tell her mother. The SECU Maryland foundation announced the 28 winners of their 15th annual Scholarship Program. Five college bound students live here in Montgomery County, according to a […]

The National Weather Service has announced Montgomery County under a Flash Flood Watch from Thursday afternoon until Friday morning. The county tweeted to be mindful of rain that may cause flooding in the next 24 hours.  The National Weather Service released a Hazardous Weather Outlook that includes warnings for central and southeast Montgomery County. The […]

More people used Metro on July 4 than any day since before the pandemic, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The Metro operated from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and recorded 210,000 passengers that day.  On July 4, the Red Line ran every 12 minutes and all other lines ran every 15 minutes […]

Face coverings will continue to be required on public transportation until at least Sept. 13 due to federal guidelines, according to the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT).  County Ride On buses, Ride On extra, Flash, Metrobus, Metrorail, taxis and on-demand car services will require masks despite the lifting of many COVID-19 restrictions. MCDOT buses […]