Montgomery Community Media

Eight Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have received college- and university-sponsored scholarships in the final round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Each sponsoring college or university selected scholarship winners from among finalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four […]

State health officials fined four nursing homes in Maryland this week – including Potomac Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Rockville – for not testing all patients and staff for coronavirus and reporting the results to the state. Potomac Valley, where employees and families have been complaining for months about poor care, and Stadium Place […]

Two additional free testing clinics will be available in Montgomery County this week. One of the clinics will take place on Tuesday, July 14, at the Silver Spring Civic Building located at 1 Veteran’s Plaza from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. testing is free, and no insurance is required. Click here to register for an appointment. The […]

There’s a free food distribution event happening in Kensington on Saturday, July 11, at 10:00 a.m. The Up 2 Us Foundation is hosting a drive-up grocery box pick up called “Groceries 2 Go!” at Albert Einstein High School located at 11135 Newport Mill Road. 400 boxes of free produce will be available while supplies last. […]

The Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) is asking for help in locating a missing teen from Montgomery Village. Tabria Robinson, 17, was last seen at her house on Chadburn Place at around 3 a.m. on June 7, according to police. Robinson has since been in contact with family members over the phone, […]

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Special Victims Investigations Division are asking the public for help in locating a missing Cloverly area teen. Diamond Nelson, 17, lives on Farmcrest Court and was reported missing by her family, police say. Nelson frequented the Northeast area of Washington, D.C., according to a police statement. Concern for Missing […]

Montgomery County Chief Administrative Officer Andrew Kleine is facing ethics violations for allegedly maintaining conflicts of interest through business relationships with outside companies while serving as a government employee. On Tuesday, Council President Sidney Katz made the following statement on behalf of the Montgomery County Council about the July 1 Ethics Commission agreement with Kleine: “Our system of […]

On June 1, 2020, MCM announced it was named the winner of the  “Overall Excellence” award for Community Access Media, Education from the Alliance for Community Media. Due to errors in the awards submission process, it has since been determined that MCM was not awarded that honor in accordance with ACM’s “Hometown Media Awards” rules. We regret any […]

24 summers ago, Dominique Dawes was a teenager and a world-class gymnast helping the U.S.team win a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Now aged 43, Dawes is realizing a different dream, one that means even more to her. On Wednesday, she is opening the aptly named Dominique Dawes Gymnastics Academy in Clarksburg. It […]

Kim Jones hosts this episode of Studio 501c3, a show that focuses on the nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County working to build supportive communities every day. This episode features Nannette Hobson, CEO of Montgomery Community Media. Jones and Hobson discuss the importance of covering hyper-local news. The goal of the organization is to be a media […]