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Six students as part of the Montgomery County’s Adventure in Science program won the Verizon Innovative App Challenge this week. The team conceptualized an mobile app, AutBuddy, for students with autism. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury reports.

Correction: In an earlier version of this article it stated that AutBuddy won the Fan Favorite Award. The team from Michigan won the Fan Favorite Award for their POP-Protect Our Parks app.  Six Montgomery County middle school students have been named Best in Nation winners in the annual Verizon Innovative App Challenge for their mobile app […]

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Ride On bus service will operate most routes on Jan. 27 as crews continue to clear County roads. According to a news release, Ride On will operate its weekday routes, except Route 94, with some service. The “S” service plan can be viewed online in both English and Spanish. Customers can expect possible delays and […]

Montgomery Community Media (MCM) is broadcasting the Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute at The Music Center at Strathmore on Jan. 18 live on Montgomery Channel 21. The program, which begins at 3:30 p.m., will also be live streamed on the MyMCMedia website. The theme of the 2016 program is “Renewing the Dream: Hope in Today’s […]

Montgomery County authorities are investigating the death of a Frederick man who was killed in an industrial accident on Monday morning. It happened at 24420 Frederick Road in Clarksburg. On his Twitter account, Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the worker involved in the accident died from his injuries at the scene. Police have […]

CANCELED:  The Town Hall Meeting scheduled for Jan. 27 is canceled following the recent winter blizzard. Original Post  The Montgomery County Council will host a Town Hall Meeting in Clarksburg on Jan. 27. According to a news release, the meeting will be held at Rocky Hill Middle School located at 22401 Brick Haven Way. Issues […]

As we prepare to welcome a New Year, we wanted to take a look back at ten of the top MyMCMedia stories of 2015:

UPDATED The National Weather Service has extended the dense fog advisory to noon. ORIGINAL POST The National Weather Advisory has issued a dense fog advisory for Montgomery County, effective until 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning. According to the advisory, visibility may be less than a few hundred feet in places. If driving, slow down, use your low […]

The National Weather Advisory has issued a dense fog advisory for Montgomery County, effective from 3 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Thursday morning. According to the advisory, visibility may be less than a quarter of a mile in places. If driving, slow down, use your low beam headlights and leave plenty of distance ahead of […]