Montgomery Community Media

Germantown resident Marilyn Balcombe, who is the president and CEO of the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, is planning a run for Montgomery County Council in 2018. In an interview at the studios of Montgomery Community Media (see videos below), Balcombe, a Democrat, said she wants to make sure the County Council has experienced, knowledgeable, and […]

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services recently held a “Ladies Night Out” recruiting event that was designed to introduce more women to the career of firefighting. CCM’s Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

One Mongomery, a grassroots organization of parents, teachers, and community members in Montgomery County that is dedicated to public school improvement, has endorsed Sebastian Johnson in the Board of Education at-large seat in the April 26 Primary Election. According to a news release from the organization, Johnson “has a keen understanding of the challenges our […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Ana Sol-Guiterrez talks about her candidacy for Congress. You can find out more about Sol-Guiterrez online, here.

Leading a slate of candidates known as Team Rockville, Sima Osdoby announces she is running to be the next mayor of Rockville. “I am running for mayor because I love Rockville,” said Osdoby at the New Mark Commons Clubhouse on Monday night. Watch her announcement in this MyMCMedia Extra: Find out more about the city […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Ana Sol-Gutierrez talks about her background and why she is now running for Congress. Take a look: https://youtu.be/jsQd2cdXTLk

Valerie Ervin, the former Montgomery County Councilmember, made her bid for Congress official today with the launch of her campaign via a website video. Ervin joins five other candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the 8th Congressional District seat left open by Rep. Chris Van Hollen who is vacating the seat to run for the […]

Newcomers and some incumbents have picked up the information they need to become candidates in the upcoming race for the Gaithersburg City Council or to serve as the city’s next mayor. The city’s election is set for Nov. 3rd. Gaithersburg officials made the candidate packets available starting June 5, however the information can also be […]

Gaithersburg residents looking to enter the race for city councilmember or mayor are now able to pick up candidate packets a month early. Starting June 5, potential candidates can pick up the candidate packets that had formerly been unavailable until July 6. The Board of Supervisors of Elections decided to make that change on Wednesday. […]

The Montgomery County Council will join the Montgomery County Democratic and Republican central committees on June 15, for a forum on the new law that will allow candidates for County Council and County Executive to qualify for partial public financing for their campaigns. The law, which was unanimously approved by the Council in September, is the […]