Montgomery Community Media

Robert Dorfman, the new director of the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control (DLC), met with restaurant owners and beer and wine store owners in Silver Spring on Monday to explain changes and improvements that are being made at the DLC. The meeting was organized by County Councilmember Tom Hucker so that Dorfman could hear […]

A bill designed to help Maryland’s craft beer industry seemed like a good idea. Then it got mixed up in Annapolis politics, according to Del. Charles Barkley. When it first appeared before the House of Delegates, the measure passed 139-0. Then delegates and breweries found out that bill didn’t help the smaller brewers at all. […]

Montgomery County is unlikely to step in to try to prevent Barnes and Noble from leaving its prime location in the Bethesda Row shopping district, Council President Roger Berliner said Monday. “I think if we were to try and step into this kind of … issue, that it’s unending. These are national phenomena, as to […]

The future of the Kentlands Square shopping center was the topic of a town hall meeting hosted by the Kentlands Community Foundation on Tuesday night at the Kentlands Mansion. Dozens of Gaithersburg residents attended the meeting to hear from representatives of Saul Centers, the company that owns the shopping center that is anchored by a […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner and Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) Director Marla Bilonick were the guests at the Small Business Network event at Montgomery Community Media (MCM) studios in Rockville on March 16. Their discussion with host Kelly Leonard focused on creating economic opportunity by establishing and expanding microlending in Montgomery County. Watch […]

Governor Larry Hogan visited Montgomery College Germantown campus early Tuesday to discuss Maryland’s economy with women in the commercial real estate industry. In his address during an event entitled,”2017 Economic Development Update for the State of Maryland,” Hogan stated Maryland is ranked number eight as best states to live in the nation, according to a […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner is promising that a $15 minimum wage will pass by the end of this year. Berliner was asked about the minimum wage issue at a rally in Silver Spring on Sunday night and at a news briefing with reporters on Monday morning. “Before the year is out, we will […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner, who chairs the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment (T&E) Committee, is asking the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) to enforce the reliability requirements in its order approving the Pepco/Exelon merger. According to Berliner, a key element of the PSC’s approval, back in 2015, “was that Pepco’s reliability performance […]

Need a new appliance? You can save money and help the environment by taking part in Shop Maryland Energy Tax Free Weekend from Feb. 18 – 20. Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot has been traveling across the state of Maryland to kick off his statewide promotional tour to encourage Marylanders to go green. During the weekend […]

Award-winning author Alan Gregerman was the featured speaker at the Feb. 16 Small Business Network event at Montgomery Community Media (MCM) studios in Rockville. Dr. Gregerman’s topic was titled, “The Necessity of Strangers: Unlocking the Brilliance in Yourself, Your Organization, and the World Around You.” You may watch Gregerman’s presentation, below: Gregerman is an award-winning […]