Montgomery Community Media

Los líderes del condado de Montgomery revisaron las recomendaciones preliminares del Comité de reinvención de la seguridad escolar y el bienestar de los estudiantes, cuyo objetivo es remodelar la seguridad pública en las escuelas públicas del condado de Montgomery (MCPS), y brindar apoyo social y mental a los estudiantes. El ejecutivo del condado, Marc Elrich, […]

Montgomery County leaders reviewed preliminary recommendations from the Reimagining School Safety and Student Well-Being Committee, aimed to reshape public safety in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and provide social and mental support to students. County Executive Marc Elrich and other officials launched the effort in April. The 32-member steering committee was tasked with making recommendations […]

La Corporación para el Desarrollo Económico del Condado de Montgomery (MCEDC) está desarrollando un nuevo estudio, solicitado por el condado, sobre las necesidades de las minorías. Este estudio, según explica Daniel Parra, Director de Diversidad e Inclusión de MECDC, es el análisis general estratégico del condado con el componente de desarrollo de negocios.

Adam Ortiz, director del Departamento de Protección Ambiental del condado de Montgomery (DEP por sus siglas en inglés), fue nombrado nuevo administrador regional de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA por sus siglas en inglés), anunció el martes la Casa Blanca. Ortiz ha dirigido el DEP del condado desde enero de 2019, […]

County Executive Marc Elrich will host a hybrid forum on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. to gather community input on the FY23 operating budget. This forum will be both in person at the White Oak Community Recreation Center in Silver Spring and virtually via Microsoft Teams. Elrich will submit a budget proposal next March to […]

A través de su cuenta de Twitter la actual concejal del condado de Montgomery, Nancy Navarro, anunció que se unió a la campaña de gobernador de Rushern Baker, y que inicia su carrera a la candidatura como vicegobernadora en el estado de Maryland. Navarro expresa: “Me complace anunciar que me uniré al equipo de Rushern […]

County Councilmember Nancy Navarro will run for Maryland Lieutenant Governor, joining Rushern Baker’s campaign for governor. Navarro has served on the Montgomery County Council since 2009, when she was elected during a special election, and has been re-elected since. She is the first Latina county councilmember and cannot be reelected due to term limits. Navarro […]

Adam Ortiz, director of Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection, was named the new regional administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the White House announced Tuesday. Ortiz has run the county’s DEP since January of 2019, where he oversees the $140 million agency and its 200 employees and contractors. He has strove to modernize […]

County Executive Marc Elrich recommended the black tupelo to be Montgomery County’s official tree. Leaders gathered at Maryland’s largest-known black tupelo, according to the county, in a Silver Spring family’s backyard. It’s about 100 feet tall and 100 feet wide, said County Forest Conservation Coordinator Laura Miller. She told attendants to imagine the amount of […]

The Commission on Redistricting is moving forward in creating maps for the ongoing redistricting plans. County officials will meet once again on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. Redistricting is required by the county charter every 10 years. The last time redistricting was approved occurred in 2011. Because voters elected to increase the number […]