Montgomery Community Media

One of the joys of working in a senior living community is seeing the bonds that are often created between generations.  Here is one such story from Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring: When residents of Riderwood want to enjoy Broadway-style theater, they have a connection right on its 120-acre campus. They just ask Lori […]

Everyone is caught off guard by mixed emotions the day after the opera. Realizing that the culminating event for which we have been preparing all year has now passed is depressing and disappointing. The process of striking the set and taking everything down that we have spent months creating illicits a host of feelings that […]

As “Kitten Season” Approaches, Animal Shelter to Host Foster Information Session Derwood, MD – Between May and September of 2014, the Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center (MCASAC) received over 400 kittens – many of them in need of specialized or 24-hour care. In anticipation of  this year’s arrivals, MCASAC is sending out an […]

In this Pet of the Week video segment, Kathi Stanhope introduces us to Rocky and Nico. Take a look: For more information, call 240.773.5900 or visit Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center.

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce (GGCC) held its 12th Annual Wine Tasting on Thursday, May 21 at the Kentlands Mansion in Gaithersburg. Over one hundred area business leaders were in attendance. “Not only is this a great networking event, but it is always a way to sample some of our top restaurants paired with some […]

Montgomery Week in Review host Don Mooers and the panel discuss the public schools search for a new superintendent with Fred Evans, the State’s Attorney’s Special Prosecutions Division with Bryan Roslund, the county energy tax with Ilaya Hopkins and the public library hours with Ari Brooks. Montgomery Week in Review airs on Montgomery Channel 21 […]

Balls bounce. Sometimes toward your favor other times they are just out of reach. And so it went for the Churchill boys’ lacrosse team – balls bounced away. Howard Lions boys’ lacrosse team remained undefeated (20-0) in this their championship year thus denying the Churchill Bulldogs a chance to claim their part of MPSSAA lax […]

When outdoor bocce courts opened at Riderwood in 2013, resident George Galasso dreamed of days like May 8. The Riderwood Bocce Club hosted eight students from Springbrook High School’s Special Education Program for an afternoon of intergenerational outreach and friendly competition at the Erickson Living retirement community. Springbrook is part of Montgomery County Public Schools. […]

I spent a good portion of the weekend covering the Gaithersburg Book Festival (GBF) and it’s an assignment I enjoy because of the extraordinary people I get to meet at this popular literary event. At the authors’ reception on Friday night at Asbury Methodist Village, I met the author and illustrator of a popular children’s […]

On this episode of 21 This Week, host Casey Aiken and panelists discuss the recent decision by Governor Hogan to not fully fund Montgomery County Public Schools, new taxes passed by the Montgomery County Council, the recent election upset in the Town of Chevy Chase and the recent unrest in Baltimore. This week show’s panel of […]