Montgomery Community Media

Teens interesting in writing should check out the Teens Writers Club at the Silver Spring Library. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 202.607.0119. Related:

It was a packed house at the Fillmore Silver Spring for the third annual Montgomery County Executive Hispanic Gala. Montgomery College’s Carolina Galeano reports. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.

Over 600 students and faculty at St. Elizabeth School in Rockville have taken the #WalkwithFrancis pledge. The students and staff have also produced a video to welcome Pope Francis to the United States. Take a look:

The Maryland State Maintenance of Effort law requires local jurisdictions provide the same level of local funding per pupil year to year. Montgomery County was notified by the state that it was non-compliant with the Fiscal Year 2016 Maintenance of Effort Requirement. The county has appealed that ruling. Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner […]

County residents get ready for lots of making, creating and inventing. Montgomery County officials and the Kids International Discovery (KID) Museum are scheduled to host the Silver Spring Maker Faire on Sept. 20 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building. County Executive Isiah Leggett and County Council President George Leventhal are […]

To celebrate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, which commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials announced on Thursday a $10 million grant designed to support citizenship preparation programs. Forty immigrant-serving organizations from 26 states will receive federal funding to support citizenship preparation services for permanent residents through September 2017. […]

A Kingsview Middle School student was struck by a car near a bus stop at Richter Farm Road and Sandlering Place on Wednesday morning in Germantown. According to Principal Jimmy D’Andrea, the collision happened around 7:45 a.m. today and paramedics and school officials immediately responded to the scene. “The student was transported to the hospital […]

Montgomery College recently commemorated the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. MCTV’s Stan Jones has the story: Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.

Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro praised awardees at the Montgomery County Executive’s Hispanic Gala on Sept. 10 at The Fillmore in Silver Spring. In this MyMCMedia Extra, Navarro says the community’s young demographic is “our most precious jewels.” Take a look: Seventy-seven Maryland students were the recipients of the 2015 Maryland Hispanic Achievement Scholarships presented at […]

Yannick Diouf, a Rockville resident and business student at the University of Maryland College Park, shares his thoughts on Donald Trump and says the Republican presidential candidate is misinformed when it comes to the immigrant community. Take a look at this MyMCMedia Extra: Diouf was one of the awardees at the Montgomery County Executive’s Hispanic […]