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During Monday’s County Executive candidate forum, moderator Tom Sherwood asked Nancy Floreen and Robin Ficker  a question about immigrants facing deportation proceedings. Tom Sherwood asked, “Montgomery County has identified $370 thousand dollars to support the efforts to provide legal representation for low income immigrants and children facing deportation proceedings.What more should the county do?” Here […]

Montgomery Community Media hosted a forum with the three candidates for the County’s next executive. Nancy Floreen, Robin Ficker, and Marc Elrich all responded to questions from Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood. The forum was held at MCM’s studios in Rockville Monday, Oct. 1. In the final minutes, Kojo Nnamdi gave Marc Elrich and Nancy […]

Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood moderated the Oct. 1st Montgomery County Executive forum hosted by Montgomery Community Media (MCM). The forum was held in MCM’s studios and broadcast live. All three of the candidates for Montgomery County’s next Executive participated. The candidates included March Elrich (D), Robin Ficker (R), and Nancy Floreen (I). Photos from […]

The three candidates for Montgomery County executive met Monday night in the Montgomery Community Media studios to talk transportation, education and economic development. Here’s a recap of the evening: And here’s the full forum:

A woman died Monday night in Rockville when her motorcycle collided with an SUV making a U-turn, a Montgomery County police statement said. The woman, identified as Priscilla Anne Alves, 26, of Flack Street in Silver Spring, was taken to a local hospital where she died from her injuries, police said. About 6:40 p.m., a […]

Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood moderate a Montgomery County executive forum in Rockville Monday. Nnamdi, host of WAMU’s “The Politics Hour,” shares the microphone with resident political analyst Tom Sherwood. Sherwood is a former political reporter for NBC4 and The Washington Post. The three candidates running for Montgomery County executive are the Democratic nominee Marc Elrich (D), […]

Isiah Leggett, Montgomery County’s first African American executive rose from poverty in rural Louisiana to lead Maryland’s largest and most diverse county. As Leggett prepared to leave the office of County Executive, MCM’s Doug Tallman talked with Leggett about his early years, college life, his political campaigns and more. Watch all four parts of Tallman’s […]

The three candidates running for Montgomery County executive will appeared in a forum at Montgomery Community Media (MCM) Studios Monday, Oct. 1. You may watch the forum below: The candidates — Marc Elrich (D), Robin Ficker (R), and Nancy Floreen (I) — seek the seat held by Ike Leggett, who will leave office in December […]

Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation will replace some of its diesel buses with 10 new electric buses thanks to a $4 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration. The grant money comes just one year after the FTA awarded MCDOT with a $1.75 million to purchase four electric buses and charging stations back in 2017, […]

Montgomery County Council President Hans Riemer met the media Monday and discussed small cell towers, wineries and breweries in the Ag Reserve and a minimum wage technical correction.