Montgomery Community Media

Over 150 faith leaders and members of the community turned out for an event aimed at ending dangerous speech on Tuesday night in Silver Spring. The event took place at the Silver Spring Civic Building located at One Veterans Plaza. The speakers for the evening were Jim Stowe, director of the Montgomery County Office of […]

County officials and members of the Montgomery County Police Department will attend a ground breaking ceremony for a new police station in Bethesda on Wednesday, March 9. The new 2nd District Police Station will be located at 4823 Rugby Avenue. When the new building opens in 2017, it will replace the old police station that was […]

Montgomery County will receive funds from the federal government after the January 2016 blizzard. The aid is part of a major disaster declaration signed by President Barack Obama. Montgomery County, along with other communities in the state of Maryland, will receive the aid after Governor Larry Hogan sent a formal request for federal aid to […]

Dozens of residents turned out for a Gaithersburg City Council meeting on Monday night to honor a former Quince Orchard High School football player. The meeting took place at Gaithersburg City Hall which is located on 31 South Summit Avenue. The City Council had a full agenda for Monday night’s meeting, but the biggest draw […]

PEPCO and Exelon filed a new agreement with the Washington D.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) on Monday that could save the merger between the utility companies. The PSC previously voted against the merger of PEPCO and Exelon, but allowed the both companies to come up with an alternate agreement that would address the concerns of the commission. […]

A bald eagle is recovering at the Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyd after sustaining injuries from an impact. The eagle was discovered by a resident near River Road and Riverwood Drive on the morning of March 4 in Potomac. Officer Jennifer Gill responded to the call along with Maryland Department of Natural Resources Officer Danny Thomas. […]

The Montgomery County Board of Elections hosted an orientation session for it’s Future Vote Program on Tuesday, March 1, at Northwest High School in Germantown. The Future Vote Program allows students in Montgomery County to assist with Election Day preparations. In this MyMCMedia video, students, parents and Board of Elections staff members discuss the importance […]

Nearly 300 students participated in orientation for the Future Vote Program organized by the Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) on Tuesday evening. The orientation took place in the auditorium of Northwest High School in Germantown from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.  The program offers a way for students in the County from grades 6-12 […]

The Montgomery County Council honored the longest serving and first African-American President of the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO on Tuesday. Joslyn Williams received the proclamation from Councilmember Nancy Navarro during a County Council session. Williams grew up in the South during the Jim Crow era and attended Howard University in Washington D.C. After college he […]

The Walt Whitman High School community is grieving the loss of 18-year-old senior Thomas Buarque De Macedo and praying for his sister Helena Buarque De Macedo, who remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Thomas and Helena were riding in a car along with their parents, Michael and Allessandra Buarque De Macedo when they were […]