Montgomery Community Media

Gun safety was a hot top at the Safe Silver Spring Annual Legislative Forum held on Thursday night. Residents, political leaders and activists gathered at the Silver Spring Civic Center to discuss human trafficking, police body cameras, immigrant deportations and criminal justice reform. Councilmember Marc Elrich, Councilmember Tom Hucker, State Senator Jamie Raskin and Delegate […]

Safe Silver Spring will host its annual legislative forum on Thursday, January 7th. The meeting will take place in the spring room at the Silver Spring Civic Center which is located at 1 Veterans Plaza. The major focus of the meeting will be gun safety legislative proposals that deal with domestic violence, police body cameras […]

On Wednesday night, 1,460 people of different faiths and backgrounds filled the pews of St. Camilus Church in Silver Spring to discuss affordable housing and education. Organized by Action in Montgomery (AIM), the event sought to challenge members of the Montgomery County Council and engage local residents on the two key issues of affordable housing […]

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 […]

It is estimated that by 2040, 250,000 seniors will reside in Montgomery County. The Council’s Public Safety Committee recently heard from various county agencies that are working to protect senior citizens. Susan Kenedy has the story. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

A bill before Montgomery County Council that would restrict pesticide use on private lawns and some private property is scheduled for a vote in the coming weeks. Susan Kenedy reports: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

About three dozen restaurants in Silver Spring are joining together from Sept. 8 – 13 to start a new tradition, Silver Spring Restaurant Week. Participating restaurants will offer special lunch and dinner fixed-price menus throughout the week to encourage residents from around Montgomery County to discover some of the area’s best dining establishments. Susan Kenedy reports. […]

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 […]

It was a full house at the Silver Spring Advisory Board meeting on Dec. 15 at the Silver Spring Civic Center. Legislators from Districts 18, 19 and 20 were at the event to answer questions from residents, and to share their priorities in Annapolis. “This is the first time we actually have this type of […]