Montgomery Community Media

The Riderwood Senior Citizens community recently presented 35 college scholarships to Montgomery County students. The residents and staff of Riderwood raised more than $215,000 and awarded $6,000 dollar scholarships to each student. Take a look at this special story.

Community Relations Manager Tom Pogue of the department of transportation has information about this month’s give and ride program (April 22-28). Passengers who donate food can ride free on local Ride On buses. Take a look: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D6jJ_22VLSA

The Maryland Presidential Primary election is over and we know who is advancing in most of the key races but the District 2 Montgomery County School Board seat is still too close to call. We should know for sure who advances on April 16 after all the absentee ballots have been counted. Take a look […]

Earth Day is April 22 but Montgomery County celebrates it all month. Susan Stark tells us about the upcoming Rock Creek Conservancy clean up in this video report. https://youtube.com/watch?v=-FS0-rJ4aYA

Mark your calendars for Tuesday at 2 p.m. to listen to Montgomery Al Dia (Montgomery Today): the county’s new Spanish radio show airs on Radio America WACA, 1540 AM. The County Executive was one of the guests on the inaugural show. Take a look. https://youtube.com/watch?v=3ISEMgRJNIg View County Cable Montgomery site to see all episodes of […]

Councilmember Valerie Ervin tells us why the county’s Truancy Court pilot program is important in this video clip. https://youtube.com/watch?v=QgR25NtNFcg

This 19-month-old “money” cat needs a good home. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dcc1DLytl-k

Five thousand curb miles of roads in Montgomery County are being cleaned as part of the annual street sweeping program. Officials say the sweeping program removes more than three thousand tons of material that would otherwise end up in county streams. Take a look. https://youtube.com/watch?v=9C-6hYx0Gi0

The weather is warmer and more people are walking on our county streets. Montgomery County Police Officer Janelle Smith tells us about the 2012 Street Smart campaign aimed at increasing public awareness of pedestrian and traffic safety in our local communities. https://youtube.com/watch?v=g2bgzZgJjxE For more information: www.bestreetsmart.net

Meet Avery, a female black and white pitbull, who is featured in this week’s “Pet of the Week” segment. https://youtu.be/rTXZ-ihoqok