Montgomery Community Media

A Montgomery County resident just became $100,000 richer. The 70-year-old Silver Spring man, whose name was not identified by the Maryland Lottery, purchased two instant scratch-off tickets at Wheaton Winery located at 2211 University Boulevard in Silver Spring. He typically plays one instant game each day but decided to buy a second ticket this time. […]

Looking for a job? Ride On bus service is hiring. According to an announcement on the Ride On website, 100 operators are needed. “The annual salary is $39,000 per year to start,” said Eric Sims, chief of the Silver Spring bus depot. According to Sims, operators also receive insurance benefits, annual leave and sick leave. […]

Local leaders want to grow the county’s tree canopy. In fact, they have just unveiled an ambitious environmental initiative to plant 100,000 new trees in Montgomery County. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Montgomery Councilmember Hans Riemer and County Executive Isiah Leggett joined together on June 2nd underneath an English Elm champion tree at James Monroe Park […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer is scheduled to announce his initiative to plant 100,000 new trees in Montgomery County at a news conference on June 2 at James Monroe Park in downtown Rockville. County officials said funding for the program will come from the $138,210 recently approved by the Council for the fiscal year 2015 […]

Montgomery County leaders met with members of the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless and volunteers with the 100,000 Homes campaign to acknowledge the County’s progress in finding permanent housing for medically vulnerable homeless living on County streets. “The County Council is not going to drop this issue,” said Councilmember George Leventhal during the press […]