Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things to know today, Oct. 12, in Montgomery County: 1. Hoyles Mill Conservation Park Closed: The park in Boyds is closed today for the county’s annual deer population management operation. 2. Lunch with the Mayor: Takoma Park Mayor Kate Stewart invites residents to a monthly lunch featuring restaurants located in the Takoma Langley Crossroads area. […]

Rain and wind are in the forecast. Here are five things to know today, Oct. 11, in Montgomery County: 1. Communication Strategies: The Alzheimer’s Association leads this free workshop to help families learn strategies to communicate with a loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias.  From 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. at the Inter-Faith […]

Here are five things to know for Monday, May 14, in Montgomery County: 1. Budget Time: The Montgomery County Council continues work on the fiscal 2019 budget with a session that starts at 9:30 a.m. in the Third Floor Council Room. Here’s the agenda. 2. Meeting the Media: Council President Hans Riemer will meet reporters […]

Bethesda Green, a local green business incubator, held its eighth annual Green Gala, in partnership with Bethesda Magazine, to honor organizations and businesses in the county for their sustainability initiatives. “Sustainability means acting in a way that provides for the needs of the current generation without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their needs,” Stu […]

The Third Annual Montgomery County GreenFest is planned for Saturday, May 6 in Gaithersburg. GreenFest is the county’s largest environmentally themed festival for residents and businesses. The festival will be held at the Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm, located at 506 S. Frederick Ave. in Gaithersburg. The event is open from 11 a.m. – […]

The 2nd annual Montgomery County Greenfest is scheduled for April 30th, at the Takoma Park Community Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Susan Stark previews the event, below: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

UPDATED, Oct. 9, 11:20 a.m. — The annual Bethesda Green Gala was held at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club on Oct. 8. More than 300 hundred people gathered at the fundraiser that featured “green champions” from the businesses, nonprofits, school and faith community. In this MyMCMedia Extra, County and Bethesda Green officials said it […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 8, in Montgomery County: 1. What do Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and Rockville have in common? These four Montgomery County communities have made WalletHub’s 2015 top ten list of ethnically diverse small cities. 2. Book lovers take note. Author John Feinstein headlines the Friends of the Library […]

Montgomery County’s Department of Environmental Protection and the Chesapeake Bay Trust have announced that $370,756 in grant funding has been awarded to 13 organizations to improve water quality and help manage stormwater runoff in Montgomery County. The grant program was launched in September 2014 to support watershed restoration and outreach efforts and to implement projects […]

Dress It UP Dressing is a brand of organic salad dressing created by Sophia Maroon who started her company So Fine Foods with the help of the Bethesda Green incubator. In this MyMCMedia Extra she talks about launching her company.   Related: Related: