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In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot says Montgomery County’s liquor monopoly should end by July 2016.  

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot is set to present legislation that will  introduce private sector competition to Montgomery County’s liquor monopoly, when the General Assembly convenes next year. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Franchot talks about details of the legislation and why it’s needed.  

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a serious collision that sent three people, including two young boys, to the hospital on Saturday night. The one-car collision happened at 9:30 p.m. in the area of Muddy Branch Road and West Diamond Avenue in Gaithersburg. According to police, the preliminary investigation indicates that a 2004 Infiniti with […]

An Ad Hoc Committee on liquor control looking at issues within the Department of Liquor Control including product delivery and inventory control, is scheduled to talk to bar and restaurant owners and other licensees March 20. The Ad Hoc Committee includes Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer, who serves as its chairman;  Council President George Leventhal, chair of the Council’s […]

A workshop to promote prevention of substance abuse among teens in Montgomery County is scheduled to take place on March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Northwood High School in Silver Spring. The coalition Many Voices for Smart Choices– a partnership between Montgomery County Health and Human Services Prevention Office and the Collaboration Council For […]

A 35-year-old man was struck and killed early Saturday morning at the intersection of Goshen Road and East Village Drive in Montgomery Village, according to Montgomery County Police. Police said they were notified of the incident at approximately 1:22 a.m. on March 7. The pedestrian, identified by police as Osmin de Jesus Montano Carrillo of […]

Montgomery County’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) has partnered with the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s (MVA) Highway Safety Office to develop and print 2015 identification (ID) checking calendars for distribution to every establishment in the County with a liquor license to help ensure that underage patrons cannot buy alcohol. The ID checking calendar is part […]

A new report from the Council’s Office of Legislative Oversight that analyzes the county’s Department of Liquor Control is now in the hands of the Montgomery County Council. Susan Kenedy has more on the report. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

There could be a big change in the way alcohol is sold here in Montgomery County if county leaders buy into one of the changes suggested by the Montgomery County’s Office of Legislative Oversight. A report released Tuesday by the Montgomery County’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) that analyzes the County’s Department of Liquor Control […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, Meghan Westwood, the executive director of the 60-bed Avery Road Treatment Center, tells us that the facility does not often turn people away. Take a look:   Related: