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Ingleside at Home (IAH), a nonprofit service providing a variety of high-quality personalized home care assistance, announced today that it has received both the 2021 Best of Home Care® – Provider of Choice and Employer of Choice Awards from Home Care Pulse, the leading firm in quality assurance for home care. IAH is an affiliate of […]

Will you get injured? Could someone sue you? Could you injure someone else?  These are terrible events that seem unlikely.  Contrarily, they actually happen more often than you think. In this video, Alvin shares the three types of insurance you’re probably forgetting.  Consider getting these to protect your hard-earned money.  

Have you thought about hiring a financial planner?  If so, you may be wondering what you should know about them before you hire them.  In this video Shanna Due, of District Capital Management, talks about four questions that can help you find the right advisor for you!  

Project-based learning (PBL) may not be the first thing that teachers consider when planning for remote or hybrid lessons. However, with a little creativity and an organized approach, project-based learning can engage students in a way that may be lacking during typical virtual instruction. So what is it, exactly? PBL, simply put, is an approach to learning through exploration […]

Spread the Word: HBCU Scholarship Applications Available               Eligibility Do you attend a Historically Black College or University (HBCU)? Did you graduate from a Montgomery County Public High School? Answer yes to both questions and you are likely eligible to apply for a “Montgomery County Parade of Scholarships” HBCU […]

Although tax season usually starts in late January, this year, the tax filing season is delayed until February 12, 2021. The delayed start date for individual tax return filers allowed the IRS time to do additional programming and testing of IRS systems following the December 27, 2020, tax law changes that provided a second round […]

Roth IRA’s, subject to certain conditions being met, allow for tax-free growth and tax-free withdrawals. As a result, they have justifiably gained tremendous popularity over the years, and a lot has been written on their benefits. Most of the conversation revolves around the tax advantages as well as who should invest in a Roth IRA. […]

A state-of-the-art aquatic facility dedicated to indoor swim classes and programs for children, ages 4 months and up, is now open in Gaithersburg. The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) conducted a COVID-19 ribbon cutting ceremony and joined Goldfish Swim School to celebrate their grand opening on January 29. They are located at 801 Center Point […]

As an avid reader, writer, and English teacher, nothing used to scare me more than the possibility of having to cover an absent colleague’s math class. Like a fish out of water, my literacy-geared mind simply cannot adapt to the math world. Now that we educators have moved into the virtual realm of instruction, at […]

In this third episode of ArtsEnPower, youth host Karina G interviews children’s book author and singer/songwriter Colie Aziza. ArtsEnPower is a youth-produced program series that focuses on the ways that creative people use their artistry to enhance their community. ArtsEnPower is a project through the MCM Youth Media Academy. The MCM Youth Media Academy is […]