Montgomery Community Media

MyMCMedia‘s Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on Metro’s SafeTrack and what Montgomery County is doing to help commuters, a recent visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at Montgomery Blair High School, the importance of protecting the Chesapeake Bay, a visit by the founder of […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, chair of the Council’s Education Committee, issued the following statement today after learning that three Clarksburg High School students were killed in a vehicle accident late Tuesday night on Burnt Hill Road near Damascus: “Today was to be a day filled with joy in Clarksburg as the entire community was […]

The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved the fiscal year 2017 budget. CCM’s Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Gaithersburg Book Festival attracted people from around the country to the grounds of City Hall on May 21. Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice introduced one of the event’s speakers, Wayne Pacelle, who is the President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, below, Rice talks about why […]

Clarksburg will soon have a new shopping center later this year. Developers broke ground at the site of Clarksburg Premium Outlets in October of 2015 and the shopping center is scheduled to open October of this year. County Cable Montgomery’s Susan Kenedy reports on the progress at the construction site. Visit our PEG partner County […]

UPDATED Dozens of residents turned out for a Town Hall meeting hosted by police to discuss an uptick in crime in the Germantown central business district area on Wednesday. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury reports. The meeting was held at the Germantown Community Library, where Commander of the 5th District Dave Gillespie along with officers presented residents […]

The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday that would allow seniors to defer property tax increases at no cost.  Council Vice President Roger Berliner and Councilmembers Sidney Katz and Hans Riemer were the lead sponsors of Expedited Bill 10-16. Council President Nancy Floreen and Councilmembers Marc Elrich, Tom Hucker, Nancy Navarro and […]

Susan Kenedy hosts the latest episode of The Bottom Line, which begins with a report on the status of construction at the Clarksburg Premium Outlets.

A bill that would require a strategic plan to end “food insecurity” in Montgomery County was introduced last month before the County Council. Council Vice President Roger Berliner is the lead sponsor of Bill 19-16 and Councilmembers George Leventhal and Craig Rice are the co-sponsors. All three Councilmembers also are members of the Council’s Health and […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice is hoping to inspire area high school students to participate in a contest entitled, “Councilmember for a Day.” Rice, who serves as the chair of the Council’s Education Committee, is asking students in grades 8 -11 (in high school in the 2016-2017 school year) to answer one of the following […]