Montgomery Community Media

Gov. Larry Hogan will be the keynote speaker at the Montgomery County Business Hall of Fame on Oct. 24. The event will start at 11:30 a.m. at The Universities at Shady Grove Conference Center in Rockville. The Hall of Fame, founded by Grossberg Co. LLP and Revere Bank (successor to Monument Bank), is a celebration […]

Workers in the disability community will receive 125 percent of the minimum wage, even if Montgomery County approves an increase of the wage to $15 an hour, Council President Roger Berliner said Tuesday night. The County Council heard from about 40 people about a proposal to increase the minimum wage gradually from $11.50 an hour […]

Dawson’s Market in Rockville Town Square is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week. Bart Yablonsky is the store’s director of operations. In this MyMCMedia Extra, he describes his store and its staff: In this MyMCMedia Extra, Yablonsky describes Dawson’s Market focus on local produce and products: Previous Post: Rockville’s Dawson’s Market Kicks off Week of […]

News reports say national toy retailer Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy Monday and a local blogger who watches retail industry says the year has had a record number of closings of stores across the country. Cheryl Kane Heimlich, who writes the Store Reporter blog, said, “People are calling this a retail apocalypse. This is […]

Local television station Fox 5 is planning to move into the Apex building in Bethesda, a marquee location in the downcounty community’s massive development efforts. WTTG Fox 5 and WDCA Fox 5 Plus will move into the Apex building at 7272 Wisconsin Ave., a site that will become the Bethesda terminus of the Purple Line […]

About 500 people attended the Power Conference: Women Doing Business on Thursday at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in North Bethesda. Nearly 40 speakers led workshops or small group sessions to discuss entrepreneurship.  

The Montgomery County Council is seeking applicants to fill positions on the Montgomery County Airpark Liaison Committee. The council authorized the re-establishment of the committee on June 13. The committee was established to provide a forum for increased communication among interested groups and individuals concerned with the operations of the Montgomery County Airpark. Applicants are […]

County officials cut the ribbon Thursday on a 3,200-foot section of Stringtown Road in Clarksburg, widening the road from two lanes to four lanes, adding bike paths and a sidewalk. On Monday, County Executive Ike Leggett and other officials were in Prince George’s County to break ground for the Purple Line, a transit project that […]

To Jean Sperling of Chevy Chase, Pepco’s energy-efficiency programs save her more than the $7.37 a month her electricity bill would likely increase under a proposed rate hike. “Based upon a value for my buck theory, I support this increase,” Sperling said Wednesday night at a Rockville hearing on the proposed rate increase before the […]

How do you feel about spending $7.37 more a month for electricity? The Public Service Commission wants to know. The PSC is holding a hearing Wednesday night to get citizen input on Pepco’s proposed rate increase, which amounts to a 5.5 percent monthly increase for a typical residential customer. Collectively, rate hike amounts to a […]