Montgomery Community Media

Over 200 people turned out for a meeting at Gaithersburg Elementary School on Monday night to discuss funding for the Child First after school program. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman and Montgomery County Councilmember Sidney Katz attended the meeting to hear concerns from parents and advocates. Child First is an initiative organized by AIM, Montgomery County […]

Ride On will add more buses to it’s regular weekday service while the Metro rail service remains closed for inspection. Although the majority of buses are deployed during rush hour, Ride On officals say they will “assist” Metro during the shutdown. “We will be operating our regular weekday service and will supplement it with the […]

Metro rail service will close from midnight on Wednesday, March 16 until 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 17. After an electrical fire involving a cable in the tunnel outside McPherson Square Station on Monday morning, workers will inspect nearly 600 jumper cables in tunnels throughout the system, officials said. For those of you who have to […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Sidney Katz will hold a public meeting for Rockville area residents on Wednesday, March 16. The meeting will be held at Beall Elementary School and is open to the public. According to a news release, Councilmember Katz will use the meeting as an opportunity to hear from Rockville area residents and provide […]

The Montgomery County Faith Community Working Group hosted a discussion on dangerous and hate speech in Silver Spring on March 8. In this MyMCMedia video, residents and faith leaders  discuss ways of countering dangerous speech online and within the community. Willie James Inman reports. Related:

With all of the growing attention on Cuba I thought it would be a good idea to check out a local shop with a little Cuban flare. The Cuban Corner in Rockville will give you a taste of Cuba without having to leave Montgomery County.  I had my first taste of Cuban coffee while I […]

Maryland voters will head to the polls as early as April 14 for early voting during the primary election. Voters will have two ways to cast their ballots when they vote this year. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Board of Elections Outreach Ambassador Nina Uzick describes how to use the new accessible touch […]

Wheaton will soon have a new library and recreation center to replace the Wheaton Regional Library on 11701 Georgia Avenue. Over 100 members of the community turned out for the final closing of the library on Sunday. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, Councilmember Nancy Navarro and several officials from Montgomery County Public Libraries gave remarks […]

Nearly 1,300 people turned out for the 42nd Annual Public Safety Awards on Friday in Bethesda. The event was hosted by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) and took place at the North Bethesda Marriott on 5701 Marinelli Road. National, state and local officials as well as business leaders took time to honor public […]

Montgomery County Police Officers Brian Nesbitt and Cody Fields were honored by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce for their heroic effort in rescuing an unconscious driver from a burning car on September 1, 2015. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Officer Fields describes the daring rescue just before receiving the Gold Medal of Valor Award […]