Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Oct. 29, 12:10 p.m. Police report that Makayla and Marshaye Hebron have returned home and are safe and unharmed. Montgomery County police officers are asking for the public’s help to locate two missing sisters. Police said Makayla Hebron, age 17, and Marshaye Hebron, age 16, of the 1300 block of Greencastle Ridge Terrace in the Burtonsville area, […]

Montgomery County Board of Elections decided to restore all voting sites, including the previously disputed Bethesda and Burtonsville locations on Monday. The board will also propose the addition of a Potomac site as well for the 2016 elections. MyMCMedia contacted Montgomery County Board of Elections President Jim Shalleck who supported moving two sites.  Shalleck says […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 20, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) has restored early voting centers in Bethesda and Burtonsville and the BOE is asking the state of Maryland for a tenth site in Potomac. #earlyvoting 2. You can pay off your library fines with […]

Montgomery County Board of Elections will not only restore early voting sites in Bethesda (Jane E. Lawton Community Center) and Burtonsville (Marilyn J Praisner Community Recreation Center), but also request the State to allow a tenth site.  Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal tweeted the news earlier today. County Board of Elections Chair Jim Shalleck […]

Council Members Tom Hucker and Roger Berliner hosted a joint news conference with  faith and community leaders announcing a 2,500 signature petition opposing moving early voting sites; 50 hours before sites are finalized. Watch the video for more:

Montgomery County Council Members Tom Hucker and Roger Berliner revealed a 2,500 signature petition against moving early voting sites at a jointly held press conference today. Both Hucker and Berliner were joined by fellow council members, community, and faith leaders. The petition urges the State Board of Elections to reject the County Board of Election’s […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 13, in Montgomery County: 1. Check it out: Montgomery County’s website has a new look. 2. The Board of Education meets today and one of the topics on the agenda is the district’s growing enrollment. There are currently more than 156,000 students enrolled. That’s about 2,500 […]

The Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) has voted to change two early voting locations and that decision has outraged some area Democrats. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, James Shalleck, the president of the Board of Elections, talks about that decision. The Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee has called an Oct. […]

Congressman Chris Van Hollen sent a letter to the Maryland Board of Elections this week urging the rejection of a proposal to change early voting sites in Montgomery County. The Board is considering a proposal to eliminate early voting at the Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center in Bethesda and the Marilyn J. Praisner Community […]

New developers are hoping to turn around the Burtonsville Crossing shopping center and the adjacent park-and-ride lot. EDENS, a retail development company with offices in Bethesda, along with Montgomery County announced plans for redeveloping the shopping center that has been empty since 2010. “We are excited that EDENS has crossed the first milestone for this redevelopment. This […]