Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Police Department’s Public Information Office held an open house for the media on Friday, September 14 at the Public Safety Headquarters building at 100 Edison Park Drive in Gaithersburg. About a dozen media representatives from local newspapers, online news sites and television stations attended the morning tour. I was particularly looking forward […]

Despite the Labor Day holiday, it’s been a busy week at MCM (Montgomery Community Media). On September 1, I covered the Kentlands-Lakelands 5K race in Gaithersburg. This is the 19th year for the race that has grown into the largest 5K race in Montgomery County. A good portion of the proceeds go to charity and […]

MCM is launching the Neighborhood Network (NN) to improve our coverage of Montgomery County and to keep residents better connected with their local communities. So, if the lights go out at your house, we want to know about it. You can participate in the new NN as much or little as you want.  If you […]

The weather, especially wicked weather, is on my mind as Hurricane Isaac whips the Gulf Coast. It’s been two months since the derecho slammed Montgomery County on June 29 and local officials are still cleaning up local tree damage from the storm’s strong winds. I recently interviewed a couple of tree experts who showed me the […]

As it should be: our top video (as of mid-August) is Katie Ledecky’s homecoming at Dulles International Airport. In one week, this MyMCMedia report received over 548 views. That makes it a popular video on both our You Tube page and our website: archive.mymcmedia.org. Ledecky, who hails from Bethesda, won a gold medal at the […]

I spent a good portion of this week at the Alliance for Community Media annual conference in Chicago where I was one of three featured presenters at a workshop entitled, “Extending the Access Mission.” Also on the panel with me: Ron Cooper, Access Sacramento executive director; and Mauro DiPasquale, WCCA executive director. As a panel […]

The Olympics begin tonight with the opening ceremonies in London. I don’t know about you but I am excited.  Several athletes are from Montgomery County, which makes the international competition even more interesting to watch locally. I am especially excited to watch swimmer Katie Ledecky, who is the youngest athlete on Team USA and who […]

Talk about a fun assignment. The Washington Redskins visited the Midcounty Recreation Center in Silver Spring as part of the team’s 80th anniversary thank you tour on July 24. I love football and I grew up cheering for the Washington Redskins (and the Miami Dolphins) so this was an assignment I will remember even if […]

In Montgomery County, Pepco continues to dominate the headlines. At a groundbreaking for a new Montgomery County development last week, Governor Martin O’Malley and Council President Roger Berliner fielded more questions about Pepco and the power outages that followed the June 29 storm. Pepco has to “do more,” the governor said. Residents are also still […]

At 10:30 p.m. on June 29, the lights went out at my Gaithersburg home. I was not alone. Thousands of Montgomery County residents found themselves in the dark as a severe thunderstorm, a weather event that meteorologists dubbed a “derecho” because of its straight-line winds, pummeled the area with high winds and lightning. As I […]