Montgomery Community Media

Depending on where you live, you’ve probably seen your share of cicadas by now. At Brookside Gardens, they’re not hard to see or hear. Plants Collections Manager Phil Normandy has worked at the popular Wheaton destination  for the past 42 years where he’s witnessed the last three cicadas invasions. He says Brookside Gardens had to […]

Montgomery County leaders joined a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to celebrate the new Avery Road Treatment Center in Rockville. Under construction since fall 2018, the center offers 64 residential beds for substance use disorder treatment, as well as outpatient treatment services. County Council Vice President Gabe Albornoz said the facility is needed now more than ever. […]

Montgomery County Public Schools is encouraging the community to get the COVID-19 vaccine now that children ages 12 and older are eligible to get vaccinated. The school district is partnering with the county’s Department of Health and Human Services to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics at several MCPS schools. MCPS Communications Department Supervisor Gboyinde Onijala explains. […]

The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Virtual Academy is another option for some students who decide not to return to in-person instruction come fall. “This is completely separate from what happens in a traditional school building; it is a stand-alone virtual school where students will be engaged with their teachers for synchronous and asynchronous learning,” said […]

Los centros para personas de la tercera edad, en todo el condado de Montgomery, reabrirán a partir del 14 de junio. De los siete centros, las locaciones de Wheaton y White Oak seguirán siendo lugares de vacunación COVID-19, por ahora. El ejecutivo del condado, Marc Elrich, desglosa qué instalaciones brindarán servicios para personas mayores en […]

Senior centers throughout Montgomery County will reopen starting June 14. Of the seven county senior centers, the Wheaton and White Oak locations will remain COVID-19 vaccination sites for now. County Executive Marc Elrich breaks down which facilities will provide in-person senior services.   According to a Montgomery County Recreation Department press release: The Holiday Park […]

Applications are open for Montgomery Virtual, Montgomery County Public Schools’ (MCPS) virtual learning academy for the 2021-2022 school year. In order to be eligible for the K-12 online academy, the MCPS student or student’s family must be experiencing extenuating health circumstances that could be helped through virtual learning, according to the application form. Families must […]

Montgomery County continues to provide grant funding for those who have been financially impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Thus far, we’ve provided about $80 million in business grants,” Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said “and we’ve provided $115 million in rental assistance”. During his weekly virtual media briefing on Wednesday, Elrich discussed grants awarded so […]

Manny Hidalgo, el director ejecutivo de Shepherd’s Table cuenta sobre la misión de la organización, que por tres décadas ha ayudado a los más vulnerables del condado, el trabajo que han realizado durante la pandemia y su emotiva historia al perder a su hermano menor a raíz del Covid-19. Hidalgo dice: “esto es lo que […]

With only 2.6 new cases of COVID-19 out of 100,000 people recorded Tuesday and a test positivity rate of less than one percent, Montgomery County continues to move forward in its recovery. During a news briefing Wednesday, Executive Marc Elrich said that hiring to fill vacant county jobs is beginning again. “We are beginning to […]