Montgomery Community Media

When trying to get children to do something that you want them to do (and presumably should be doing anyway), there is often a fine line between a reward and bribe. Some parents feel strongly about not providing their children with any incentives for good behavior or completing certain tasks. Others are happy to provide […]

Enjoy our visit to the Blackrock Center in Germantown for some great local music by Eddie from Ohio:

We Double Dog Dare You to Visit the Haunted Forest at Damascus Community Recreation Center The ghouls are back at it! Bring your bravest friends and family members and come explore your wildest childhood fears! This haunted trail features over 50 creepy characters, more than 20 scare ‘stations’, and lots of spooky surprises. Register today […]

Mr. W. Gregory Wims spoke to 100 students at Woodrow Wilson High School on the 27th of August 2013.  Mr. Wims spoke to the students about the importance of giving back to the community and about his voluntary career standing 47 years. As an example, Mr. Wims spoke to the students about the Victims Rights […]

I can hear them arrive in the deep quiet of predawn. Car doors closing. Occasional shouted greetings. Minutes later, the Storm Water Project construction crew brings in the noise, as earth movers, bulldozers, trucks and other thunderous vehicles move into place. The grinding, beeping, pinging and rumbling begins. Take a look and listen for yourself […]

I’m a fairly careful person, especially when it comes to superstitions. I assure you, I don’t believe in them, but I know about them and tend to decide for myself if I should pay them any heed. In other words, I step on cracks all the time, but I try not to break any mirrors. […]

One of my first jobs in Hollywood back in the day was as a lowly Associate Producer for a morning TV talk show. As with any typical gabfest, we had our share of authors touting their latest books, and one of my jobs was to read through them to determine if the author was ‘show […]

Last week, while our Executive Director Jackie DeCarlo attended Maryland’s Hunger Action Symposium, the entire Nutrition Department (that’s Jenna Umbriac and little me) attended the Capital Area Food Bank’s Northern Virginia Hunger Summit: Love Food Hate Waste. In 2011 alone, Americans generated more than 36 million tons of food waste, with only four percent diverted […]

Most children become jealous or envious of their siblings at one time or another during childhood. Sometimes it is qualities such as being outgoing, athletic, or smart that children become jealous of. Other times it relates to feeling that they aren’t being treated fairly by their parents. While life isn’t always fair, here are a […]

The Washington Nationals 2013 season opened with Bryce Harper hitting two home runs and Stephen Strasburg pitching seven innings of shutout baseball. It looked as though the team had picked up where they had left off the previous October. More importantly it seemed as though the great potential of Harper and Strasburg would become the […]