Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County residents are invited to take one last stroll through Brown Station Elementary School on Nov. 21st before the building is closed for modernization. Principal Mary Jo Powell is inviting the community to walk the halls and reminisce with friends at the 46-year-old building between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday. The school […]

Saturday is the last day to visit the Twinbrook Library for a while. As of 6 p.m. on July 25th, the Twinbrook Library will be closed for four and a half months so the facility can be refreshed. Renovations include creating new conference rooms, rearranging the circulation and information service desks, modernizing the public restrooms […]

The Twinbrook Library will close on Saturday, July 25 at 6 p.m. for approximately four and a half months so the facility can be renovated. “Twinbrook is the first of our branches to be modernized using an exciting and innovative approach we introduced in our FY13-16 Strategic Facilities Plan,” said Library Director Parker Hamilton. “We […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal shares his reaction about the news that the Gazette newspaper is closing. Shutting down The Gazette is a gigantic abandonment by The Washington Post Company of its responsibilities to the… Posted by George Leventhal on Friday, June 12, 2015

The Washington Post Community Media is shutting down the Montgomery County Gazette and the community and staff of the newspaper took to social media to give their thoughts. Gazette staff told that next week’s editions are our last. Lot of great people lost their jobs today. pic.twitter.com/AnIZnMcMzR — Ken Sain (@GazSptsEd) June 12, 2015 Thank […]

UPDATED, June 12, 12:09 p.m. – The Washington Post Community Media is shutting down the Montgomery County Gazette effective Aug. 11, according to the Washington Post. A letter from Donna Johnson, Post Community Media vice president, states the 69 affected employees are not represented by any labor organization. The Gazette offices are at 9030 Comprint […]

The Noyes Library for Young Children in Kensington will be closed from Tuesday, April 21 until Tuesday, May 5 while the building’s exterior is re-painted as part of an abatement program to address the presence of lead-based paint found on the structure. A contractor for the county’s Department of General Services will remove the exterior […]

The Silver Spring Library will be celebrating the close of one chapter and opening of a new one when the current location shuts its doors on March 15. After 58 years of service, Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) officials have announced that the Silver Spring Library branch will close to the public at 5 p.m. […]

Montgomery County Public Schools officials have now announced schools are closed today because of emergency weather conditions. All school and community activities in school buildings also are canceled. Administrative offices will open two hours late. Day care programs in schools may open at 9 a.m. Earlier this morning, MCPS officials announced a two hour delay. […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner, who chairs the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, made the following statement after learning that NRG Energy in 2017 will close its coal-fired generating plant in Dickerson in northern Montgomery County: “I have been advised by NRG officials, owners of the Dickerson coal plant in Montgomery County, that […]