Montgomery Community Media

The Greater Silver Spring Democratic Club is sponsoring a forum for the Democratic candidates for County Council District 5 at Takoma Park Middle School on Tuesday, May 27. The forum is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and is co-sponsored by the following clubs: Women’s Democratic Club of Montgomery County Montgomery County Young Democrats Hispanic Democratic Club […]

The Montgomery County Council appointed Cherri Branson to the vacant District 5 Council seat on Jan. 28. District 5 includes the communities of Burtonsville, Colesville, Silver Spring, Takoma Park and White Oak. Branson, a Silver Spring resident, will be sworn in later this afternoon and will serve the remainder of Valerie Ervin’s term, which expires […]

Just last month, Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice outlined the process to appoint a new Councilmember for District 5. As you may remember, on Dec. 10, Councilmember Valerie Ervin announced that she was resigning from the Council effective  Jan. 3, 2014 to become executive director of the Center for Working Families. As provided in Sections […]

After serving the residents of District 5 as a member of the County Council for the past seven years, Valerie Ervin has announced she will be leaving public office next month to become executive director of The Center for Working Families. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

In this MyMCMedia extra, MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk asked County Councilmember Hans Riemer for his reaction to County Councilmember Valerie Ervin’s resignation and who he thought should fill the District 5 seat. Riemer attended the pre-launch party for a Urban Butcher, a new restaurant in Silver Spring. Take a look:

Montgomery County Council President released this statement on Dec. 11 on the District 5 vacancy: “Councilmember Valerie Ervin announced on Dec. 10 that she will resign from the Council on Jan. 3, 2014 to become executive director of the Center for Working Families. We wish her the best in this new position. “Under Section 106 […]