Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council will meet with residents at a Town Hall Meeting in Clarksburg on Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. at Rocky Hill Middle School. A pre-meeting reception will begin at 7:30 p.m.  Council President Craig Rice, Vice President George Leventhal, and councilmembers Phil Andrews, Roger Berliner, Cherri Branson, Marc Elrich, Nancy Floreen, Nancy Navarro […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner has written a letter to Mary Bradford, the director of the Department of Parks for Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and Arthur Holmes, the director of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, asking for an improved snow removal plan for the Capital Crescent Trail. Councilmembers Phil Andrews, Cherri Branson, […]

Black History Month’s 2014 theme of “Civil Rights in America” was celebrated on Feb. 4 by the Montgomery County Council and members of the County’s Black History Month Committee. This year’s theme chronicles the important milestones achieved by African-Americans and others in the battle for civil rights, as well as marks the 50th anniversary of […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice met with members of the media on Feb. 3 to discuss key items facing the County Council and its respective committees in the near future. This was his third meeting with the media since he became Council President. There were a variety of topics addressed at the meeting […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee will meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3 to continue its series of worksessions on issues relating to the proposed Bethesda station of the planned Purple Line. Monday’s worksession will focus on zoning, staging and open space and park issues. The PHED Committee, […]

The Montgomery County Council has filled the District 5 council seat vacated earlier this month by Valerie Ervin. As Susan Kennedy reports, Cherri Branson was chosen by unanimous acclamation. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Council appointed Cherri Branson to the vacant District 5 Council seat on Jan. 28. District 5 includes the communities of Burtonsville, Colesville, Silver Spring, Takoma Park and White Oak. Branson, a Silver Spring resident, will be sworn in later this afternoon and will serve the remainder of Valerie Ervin’s term, which expires […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice has outlined next steps in the process to appoint a new County Councilmember for District 5. The Council will interview 13 applicants. One applicant, Harold McDougall, withdrew. Interviews are scheduled for 2 p.m. on Jan. 17, 22, and 24 in the Third Floor Hearing Room of the Council Office […]

UPDATED The number of people interested in taking Valerie Ervin’s place on the Montgomery County Council is now final. There are 18 people who have applied for the vacant District 5 seat. The applicants include: 1. Alan Bowser 2. Cherri Branson 3. Esther Stein Chayt 4. Michael Diegel 5. Jeanette Dixon 6. Larry E. Edmonds […]