Montgomery Community Media

It’s Friday, July 24, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Wheaton COVID-19 Testing Clinic: Today’s clinic has moved from the County’s Amherst parking garage to the parking garage beneath the Wheaton Library and Community Recreation Center. Testing hours are 8 a.m. to noon. 2. Smithsonian Begins to Reopen: The Smithsonian’s […]

It’s Friday, July 17, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. COVID-19 Update:  The City of Rockville’s Mayor and Council hold a virtual conference call at 9 a.m. today to discuss city operations in response to the pandemic. Here’s the agenda. 2. Business Briefing:  Council President Sidney Katz hosts the tenth […]

The Sierra Club of Maryland Chapter and Montgomery County group is urging residents to email councilmembers to support a resolution that would allow the construction of solar panel systems on the county agricultural reserve. The resolution, formally known as Zoning Text Amendment 20-01, will allow a portion of land within the agricultural reserve to be […]

The Montgomery County Council introduced a special appropriation of $2,025,000 Tuesday to assist financially distressed, affordable common ownership communities.  Today the Council introduced a special appropriation of $2,025,000 to provide short-term assistance for financially distressed, affordable common ownership communities. It was spearheaded by Council President @MC_Council_Katz. 👀➡️Learn more about it: https://t.co/F90R4q2HJy pic.twitter.com/kQklaU0Pw6 — Montgomery Council […]

It’s Friday, July 10, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Business Briefing:  Council President Sidney Katz hosts the ninth in a series of business briefings at 12:30 p.m. Los Chorros restaurant owner Omar Lazo and Tusculum Farm’s Trish Schechtman join Katz for the zoom based briefing. The briefing will focus […]

Montgomery County Chief Administrative Officer Andrew Kleine is facing ethics violations for allegedly maintaining conflicts of interest through business relationships with outside companies while serving as a government employee. On Tuesday, Council President Sidney Katz made the following statement on behalf of the Montgomery County Council about the July 1 Ethics Commission agreement with Kleine: “Our system of […]

County Council President Sidney Katz and Council Vice President Tom Hucker urged Maryland officials to resolve ongoing conflicts with purple line contractors in a statement released Thursday.  The announcement comes as Purple Line Transit Partners, the company tasked with constructing the more than $2 billion light-rail project, announced that it would lay off at least […]

Today is Friday, June 26, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. LGBTQIA Webinar: The county planning department will hold a webinar called “Community Connectedness for LGBTQIA Youths and Seniors: From Coming Out to Growing Old, Still We” from 12-1:30 p.m. 2. Business Briefing: Council President Sidney Katz will hold his […]

Montgomery County Council President Sidney Katz will host his next Business Briefing on Friday, June 26, from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. Katz will be accompanied by Connie Pawloski, owner of Rockville’s ComForCare Home Care as well as Mark Rittenberg, Principal at AMR Commercial, LLC. Similar to last week’s Business Briefing, the group will discuss […]

The County Council introduced a bill on June 16 that would create a new assistant chief of police position which would be filled by a civilian. The job of the fifth assistant police chief will be to “focus on community relations and evidenced-based policing,” according to the proposed bill. County Executive Marc Elrich proposed the […]