Montgomery Community Media

Durante más de media hora, cientos de automóviles conducidos por miembros de la Asociación de Educación del Condado de Montgomery rodearon el gran estacionamiento de la Junta de Educación de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) y salieron a la calle. Se estaban manifestando para exigir la contratación de más maestros, conductores de […]

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 27, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Weekly Briefing: County Executive Marc Elrich, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Dr. Earl Stoddard and other county officials will hold their media briefing at 12:30 p.m. Residents can watch live on MCM channels 21 and 995 (HD), County Cable Montgomery […]

Montgomery County residents can toast the reintroduction of the Picnic in the Park program. It will be reinstated to allow the consumption of alcohol at 13 parks throughout the county. Alcohol consumption will be permitted in the following parks: -Carroll Knolls Local Park -Acorn Urban Park -Ellsworth Urban Park -Elm Street Urban Park -Flower Avenue […]

Montgomery County officials want to address a shortage food in local animal shelters while pet stores throw away edible food. Congressman Jamie Raskin, and Representatives Fred Upton, Lucy McBath and Young Kim have introduced the Bring Animals Relief and Kibble Act (BARK). It would provide animal shelters protection from being sued against the effects of […]

For more than a half hour, hundreds of cars driven by Montgomery County Education Association members circled the large Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) Board of Education parking lot and drove out into the street. They were rallying to demand the hiring of additional teachers, bus drivers and other support personnel. They also urged MCPS […]

About a dozen speakers at Tuesday’s Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) meeting urged the school district to adopt a financial literacy graduation requirement so students will be able to buy a home and car, fill out financial forms, pay taxes and learn how to save and plan for the future. Earlier this month, members […]

Los educadores de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) “tomarán las calles el martes por la tarde” para exigir la contratación de maestros, ayudantes de maestros y conductores de autobuses adicionales, y una mayor compensación para aquellos que se ven obligados a realizar tareas adicionales debido a la escasez de contrataciones. La Asociación […]

Carol Rubin, who worked for 16 years with Montgomery County Park and Planning, was appointed Tuesday to the Montgomery County Planning Board. Rubin retired as a special project manager for the county planning department and previously served as acting deputy planning director. She coordinated the Maryland-National Capital Planning Commission’s response to the state’s I-495 and […]

Montgomery County Police are still investigating the unsolved homicide of Montgomery County Special Deputy Sheriff Captain James Tappen Hall that took place 50 years ago. According to a press release, Hall was found lying face down in the parking lot of the Manor Country Club in Rockville with a gunshot wound to his head at […]

Educators from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) “will take to the streets Tuesday afternoon” to demand the hiring of additional teachers, paraeducators and bus drivers and increased compensation for those forced to do extra duties due to the hiring shortage. Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) will hold a car picket and rally at 5 p.m. […]