Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection is calling for proposals for the 2021 virtual energy summit. The deadline to submit an education session idea is March 12. The theme of this year’s summit is “Resiliency, from Building to Community” which will take place from May 4 to May 6. The annual event has been […]

Montgomery Parks is highlighting five parks across the county to honor Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day on March 8. Each of the parks are named after local female leaders, scientists, farmers and educators. The five parks include Caroline Freeland Urban Park in Bethesda, Edith Throckmorton Neighborhood Park in Kensington, Lois Y. Green Conservation […]

Together with County Council President Tom Hucker and Executive Marc Elrich, Sunrise Silver Spring, a local youth-led climate change and social justice organization, announced Monday that Montgomery County will sign onto a letter in support of the proposed Green New Deal. County government will sign onto the letter to the Biden Administration and members of […]

It’s been almost a full year since Gov. Larry Hogan’s stay at home order went into effect March 30, 2020. Since then, Montgomery County residents apparently have been eating a lot more take out and creating piles of trash. “[T] he County has seen an average 15 percent increase in residential trash and recycling for […]

About four percent more deer were killed in Montgomery County during the state harvest six-month long season to cull the deer population as compared to the previous year’s harvest. In Montgomery County, 1,363 antlered deer were killed between Sept. 11, 2020 and Feb. 3, 2021. That is a decrease of .3%. More antlerless deer were […]

Montgomery County Public Schools announced that it will proceed with virtual learning as scheduled on Thursday. Despite the winter weather, students will not be given a “snow day.” Food distribution does not occur on Thursday and technical services at 45 W. Gude are canceled. Central office functions will continue through remote or virtual work. Information: […]

Montgomery College, Montgomery County and Montgomery County Public Schools will co-host a virtual Climate Youth Town Hall on Thursday, Feb. 11 to discuss how the County will address the climate emergency. The event will last from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. via Zoom. Students attending the event can engage in conversations about climate action and […]

El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología (NWS, por sus siglas en inglés) ha emitido una advertencia de tiempo invernal para el Condado de Montgomery, desde las 7 p.m. el miércoles hasta las 10 a.m. el jueves. NWS reportó que hay una posibilidad de una a tres pulgadas de nieve que podría afectar el desplazamiento vehicular en […]

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter weather advisory for Montgomery County from 7 p.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Thursday.  NWS reported that there is a possibility of one to three inches of snow which can impact evening and morning commutes. The winter weather advisory includes portions of the District of Columbia, central […]

Another week, another good chance for snow. Local TV meteorologists are calling for different forms of precipitation – rain, snow, ice and everything in between – beginning Wednesday night through Saturday. Busy weather week ahead. Mainly dry next two days. Multi-wave winter system arrives late Wednesday and lasts (off and on) until Friday. Comes in […]