Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Councilmember Nancy Navarro headlined November’s Small Business University event at MCM’s studios on Nov. 19th. Navarro’s topic: “Montgomery County’s Small Business Assistance Program.” Watch Navarro’s session here: Nancy Navarro represents District 4 on the Montgomery County Council. Since December 2010, she has chaired the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee and serves on the Health […]

Here are your five things to know today, Nov. 19, in Montgomery County: 1.) Montgomery County Councilmember Nancy Navarro will be the keynote speaker at today’s  Small Business University event at Montgomery Community Media. The event starts at 7 a.m. and will be live streamed on the MyMCMedia website. 2.) Montgomery County and the City of Gaithersburg […]

Eight Montgomery County Councilmembers wrote a letter to State Senator Nancy King, chair of Montgomery’s State Senate Delegation, and to chair of the County’s State House Delegation Shane Robinson,  regarding their position on possible liquor control changes. According to a news release, Council President George Leventhal, Vice President Nancy Floreen, and Councilmembers Marc Elrich, Tom […]

More than 100 leaders of the faith community gathered at a town hall meeting on Sept 16. to ask Montgomery County Councilmembers about issues such as affordable housing, religious holidays, and land use. Many of the speakers expressed a higher need for low-cost housing, and councilmembers said affordable housing is a top priority for the […]

The Maryland State Maintenance of Effort law requires local jurisdictions provide the same level of local funding per pupil year to year. Montgomery County was notified by the state that it was non-compliant with the Fiscal Year 2016 Maintenance of Effort Requirement. The county has appealed that ruling. Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner […]

Leaders of various faith communities in Montgomery County gathered at the Council Office Building on Sept. 16 for an annual town hall meeting. Faith leaders had a chance to talk about specific issues including plans to extend Pre-K programs, affordable housing, land use, property tax exemption for religious use, and programs for the needy and […]

A bill that guarantees earned sick and safe leave for folks who perform work within Montgomery County was recently passed by the Council. The goal of the bill is to reduce the number of employees who are forced to come to work when they are sick or send their children to school or day care […]

A discussion on a proposal that could have the county council government either moving out of its space on Maryland Avenue and into a another county-owned building in Rockville or renovate its current building was pulled from the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy committee meeting scheduled for Thursday. According to Adam Fogel, chief of staff […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Councilmember Nancy Navarro talks about the legacy of Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr following the announcement of his resignation. Take a look: Related:

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Councilmember Nancy Navarron explains the process to extend and review the public school superintendent’s contract must conform to state law. This following the resignation of Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent Joshua Starr. Take a look: Related: