Montgomery Community Media

The principal of South Lake Elementary School, Celeste King is this year’s winner of the Dr. Edward Shirley Award for Excellence in Educational Administration and Supervision. According to the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) website, the award is given by the professional association of administrators and principals, known as Montgomery County Association of Administrators and […]

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is scheduled to present his proposed fiscal year 2020 operating budget today, March 15,  at 10:30 a.m. His presentation was broadcast live on local public, education and government television stations – Comcast/RCN Channel 6 HD 996/1056, Verizon 30. The event can also be viewed live on County Cable Montgomery at montgomerycountymd.gov/CCM/ccmlive.html and […]

Gov. Larry Hogan has ordered the Maryland state flag be lowered to half-staff effective immediately and returned to full-staff at sunset on the day of interment (not yet known). This action is in honor of former Maryland Gov. Harry Hughes, who died on March 13. Gov. Hughes served as the 57th Governor of Maryland, from 1979 until 1987.

Clarksburg High School students missed a day of school to march to D.C. and advocate for stronger gun safety measures. MCM’s Doug Tallman spoke Clarksburg students about what legislation they’d like to see come out of this walkout. The students include Alexis Carter-Steward, a junior; Aamna Siddiqui, a senior; and Zoe Tishaev, a junior. Watch […]

MCM’s reporter Jordan Lindsay is covering the student walkout against gun violence. Check out her videos and photos on social media from the event below. If you have any photos or videos from today’s march feel free to email them to Deirdre Byrne at dbyrne@mymcmedia.org. You can also tag us in your pictures on Facebook, […]

Potomac, Md native Maggie Rose takes time out during her country-wide tour to talk with MCM. Hear about sharing the stage with Kelly Clarkson, the inequity of radio play between male and female country singers, and how growing up in Montgomery County influenced her career on this episode of  MoCo’s Most Famous with Joe Yasharoff. […]

Montgomery County residents are being asked to share their thoughts with county leaders on how to build a better and stronger Montgomery County through racial equity and social justice policy. A meeting set for 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, will include County Executive Marc Elrich, the County Council, the Montgomery County Planning Board as well […]

Firefighters rescued a worker who was trapped in a ditch at a worksite on Germantown Road. Pete Piringer, the spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire & Rescue, provides the details: Here’s how Piringer described the rescue via Twitter: Update – Germantown Technical ‘trench’ Rescue, Rt118 Germantown Road between Middlebrook Road and Wisteria Drive, 1 adult male worker […]

A dog attacked a woman Monday night and the dog remains loose. Police are asking if anyone knows the dog’s owner. The attack occurred about 7 p.m. in the 3400 block of Gateshead Manor Way, Fairland, a Montgomery County police report said. The woman was walking in an apartment complex parking lot when she was […]

Steven Bennett Gould has been appointed to the Court of Special Appeals for the 7th Appellate Circuit, the circuit that includes Montgomery County. Gov. Larry Hogan made the appointment after interviewing nominees sent by the Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission. Gould is a founding partner of Brown Gould Kiely LLP, a law firm with offices in […]