Montgomery Community Media

Primary Election Day is around the corner and officials with the Montgomery County Board of Elections want voters to know they have the option to vote early. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story of how the Board of Elections has extended the options of where voters can go to cast their ballots starting June 12: […]

Dr. DeRionne Pollard, president of Montgomery College, will be recognized as a 2014 Women of Distinction Award recipient by the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders in a ceremony on June 5. A graduate of the Leadership Montgomery program, Pollard was named its Outstanding Leader for 2013. She has been included in Washingtonian Magazine’s 100 Most […]

UPDATED: A teen from Montgomery County has died after he was caught in an Ocean City riptide on Monday afternoon (June 2), according to Ocean City Police spokesperson Lindsay O’Neal. Ocean City Police identified the teen as Don Pen Soh Boma, 18, from Burtonsville, Md. The teen was pronounced dead at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, […]

When the clock strikes rush hour on June 3, Jordan Cooper, a Democratic candidate for District 16 in Maryland’s House of Delegates, will hit the road in a race to show the community that he believes the Purple Line will make commuting less painful for County residents. “I organized this race to illustrate the immediate need […]

Richard Jaeggi was remembered as a mentor, friend and community hero at the 7th annual Gandhi Brigade Youth Media Festival. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story of how Jaeggi, who died less than a week before his organization’s biggest event of the year, was honored for his work mentoring local youth. There were laughs and […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Gandhi Brigade alumnus Katya Hernandez talks about Richard Jaeggi as a father figure of hers and how he helped her get on the right path for her future. Related: 

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Edgar Romero of the Maryland Multicultural Youth Center says RIchard Jaeggi inspired him to create movies: Romero attended the Gandhi Brigade Youth Media Festival where Jaeggi was recognized for his service to the community. Related: 

A 24-hour “Food Data Jam,” hackathon to generate solutions to local food and farm challenges will takeover Poolesville High School starting May 31. The event is part of the National Day of Civic Hacking but is the only one of 120 official national events to take on the topic of food and farm challenges, according […]

A tribute to Gandhi Brigade executive director and founder Richard Jaeggi took place during the awards ceremony at the annual “Youth Media Festival” on May 31. Jaeggi, who founded the Gandhi Brigade in 2005, passed away on May 25. The tribute remembered Jaeggi and his work with the community. Following the awards ceremony, his daughter […]

The Dennis Avenue Health Center building in Silver Spring will be demolished when a new state-of-the-art facility replaces it in about 18 months. At the groundbreaking ceremony for the new building, retired medical director Dr. Thomas Walsh reminisced about the current facility and even gave the history of how the health center once served as […]