Montgomery Community Media

County leaders announced a guaranteed income pilot program to provide monthly cash payments to 300 households. Each of the 300 households will receive $800 per month for 24 months, said Councilmember Will Jawando, a lead sponsor of the $1,993,832 council special appropriation to fund the program. A public hearing is scheduled for Nov. 2. Guaranteed […]

The child killed in a three-vehicle crash last week was identified as 4-year-old Iliana Hernandez of Silver Spring, according to an update by Montgomery County Police (MCP). Just after 10 p.m. on Oct. 21, Hernandez was riding in the back seat of her parents’ Acura. The car was traveling southbound on Georgia Avenue when it […]

Montgomery County’s indoor mask mandate ends at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, County Executive Marc Elrich said during a virtual briefing Wednesday. He emphasized masks are still required in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and on public transportation. Elrich reminded residents that businesses can still choose to require indoor masking and have the right to refuse entry […]

La Junta de Educación del Condado de Montgomery anunció la búsqueda nacional del próximo superintendente de escuelas para las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS), que comenzará en el cargo el 1 de julio de 2022. Trabajando en asociación con la empresa de búsqueda Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates (HYA), la Junta se compromete […]

MCPD arrested and charged 38-year-old Shikia Kenya Newell in connection with two July 2021 reports of fraud at an apartment complex in Silver Spring, according to a Tuesday press release. She is being held without bond. Newell allegedly posted online advertisements in which she claimed to be either a leasing agent or the property manager […]

El programa piloto será inaugurado en 2022 con el propósito de proporcionar pagos directos de aproximadamente $800 por mes a 300 hogares del condado durante 24 meses. El Programa Piloto de Ingresos Garantizados del Condado será una asociación público-privada respaldada por el Ejecutivo del Condado, El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos del Condado de […]

11-year-old William Edilzer Cabrera Lozano died after collapsing at Farmland Elementary School facilities. Santos Mercedes Cabrera Lozano, the boy’s mother told NBC4 he had been complaining of pain in his chest and throat for nearly a month, but she didn’t think she could afford a hospital visit. The school called 911 immediately. Emergency personnel treated […]

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 […]

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. […]