Montgomery Community Media

Safe Silver Spring will sponsor a candidates forum for County Executive on March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Long Branch Community Center, 8700 Piney Branch Rd, Silver Spring. The meeting will be held in the second floor Social Hall. All four candidates have accepted. Democrats: County Executive Ike Leggett, Former County Executive Doug Duncan, […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, we asked Louis Peck, a reporter who covers politics for Bethesda magazine, about the June 24 primary and the impact that summer date may play on voter turnout come Election Day. Take a look: Peck served as the moderator of a debate between the democratic candidates (Phil Andrews, Doug Duncan, and […]

UPDATED The deadline to declare candidacy for the Montgomery County office of County Executive is at 9 p.m. on Feb. 25. As of 1 p.m. on  Feb. 24, four candidates have filed their candidacy in the race for County Executive: Phil Andrews, Democrat, filed on 4/17/13, www.philandrews.com Doug Duncan, Democrat, filed on 02/24/14, www.dougduncan.com Isiah Leggett, […]

Purple Line NOW! hosted a Transportation Forum with Maryland’s gubernatorial candidates on February 18 at the Montgomery College Cultural Arts Center on the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus. Candidates who declared or filed their intentions by the end of January 2014 were invited to participate in the event. Participants included:  Howard County Executive Ken Ulman running […]

The Board of Elections is reminding anyone  who plans to run for office that the deadline to file as a candidate for the 2014 Primary Election is Tuesday, February 25 at 9 p.m. Montgomery County individuals interested in running for County Executive, County Council, State’s Attorney, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Register of Wills, Sheriff, […]

Things are moving quickly in the process to fill the District 5 Council seat vacated by Councilmember Valerie Ervin. In all, 18 residents of the District applied for the position. The Council will interview 13 of those applicants. Those interviews take place Jan. 17, 22 and 24 and will be televised live on County Cable […]

Rosa M. Parks Middle School hosted a naturalization ceremony on Sept. 17 and over two dozen citizenship candidates were sworn in as U.S. citizens. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Associate Director Rendell Jones presided over the event. The school’s eighth grade students attended the ceremony as part of learning about the government and the […]

The 2014 election is not as far off as you might think. Leadership Montgomery recently hosted a workshop, “How to Run for Elected Office,” for area residents interested in running a successful political campaign. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Panelists included: Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews, former County Councilmember Mike Knapp, Katja Bullock of the Republican […]

Leadership Montgomery hosted a workshop on running a successful political campaign on March 2 at the Bethesda – Chevy Chase Regional Service Center. The workshop was titled, “How to Run for Elected Office.” The keynote speakers included: Phil Andrews, Montgomery County Council member; Mike Knapp, former Montgomery County Council member; David Moon, founder of the […]