Montgomery Community Media

One local volunteer is getting ready for a cruise to the Caribbean, but she didn’t buy the ticket. Theresa Testoni is one of 48 volunteers recently honored with the Cabot Community Celebrity Award. She is the only volunteer from Montgomery County recognized this year by the organization run by the Cabot Cheese company in Vermont, […]

Winter sports are well underway, and for one group of skiers in Montgomery County, it’s time to buckle down and prepare for the biggest competition of the year. Members of the Special Olympics of Montgomery County Alpine Ski team have been practicing at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg since early November, gearing up for the State qualifying […]

Two years ago they didn’t know each other, but now, thanks to MeetUp.com, the group “MoCo Cooking for Good” is getting together to “cook for good,” donating their food to the men’s shelter in Rockville and learning some new skills along the way. The group, which has a roster of more than 140 people from […]

As temperatures drop to the single digits, workers with the Montgomery County Health and Human Services are hitting the streets to bring homeless individuals indoors. Montgomery County’s four homeless outreach programs are increasing efforts to educate homeless on the dangers of the cold weather. “Our outreach teams are meeting with clients and encouraging them to […]

All eight of the Montgomery County’s senators and a majority of the delegates have signed onto a letter circulated by Raise Maryland in support of a higher State minimum wage. The letter calls for legislation to raise Maryland’s minimum wage in three steps from to $10.10 by 2016, index the minimum wage to the cost […]

“Trade instead of charity” is the theme of one local Ethiopian business looking to make a difference. Qmem, a line of spices sold in Montgomery County stores and online, along with its sister company Think Smart Trade, is a privately help social enterprise with the vision of improving the living standards for socially disadvantaged single […]

Pictures taken and sent through the social media app “Snapchat” are supposedly “safe,” disappearing after 10 seconds or less and unable to be recalled by users. But after an attacker released a database of partially redacted phone numbers and usernames from the system online on New Year’s Eve, the question of just how safe and […]

Immigrants and new Gaithersburg residents now have a support network in their backyard. The Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity recently moved into the Gaithersburg Library space and will officially open its doors during the grand re-opening ceremony for the facility on Jan. 4. The new office is a satellite location for the center that’s based in […]

Through new initiatives and funding opportunities, the number of children enrolled in food, nutrition and sporting programs with IMPACT Silver Spring more than tripled this year compared to 2012. The non-profit organization, which focuses on community wide leadership and skill building, reached close to 1,000 boys and girls across Montgomery County in 2013 through their […]

One local Rabbi is  leading his synagogue in taking on a topic that they haven’t tackled before – weeds. Rabbi Uri Topolosky of the Beth Joshua Congregation is fed up with invasive plants and decided to take them into his own hands, organizing an upcoming discussion that will bring the topic to the community. On Jan. 19 at […]