Montgomery Community Media

Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland (HFHMM) celebrates its newest ReStore location in Rockville on Feb. 19. The store is located at 1029 East Gude Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. Local officials including Rockville Mayor Bridget Newton and Montgomery County Councilmember Sidney Katz participated in a ribbon cutting to mark the occasion. The new ReStore location officially opened […]

Talk about a pest. Montgomery Parks officials announced this week that a non-native invasive beetle from Asia, the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), has been detected in the county and it is destroying Ash trees across the county. The beetle feeds on the trees causing them to die within three years. While only two percent of […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today issued a statewide proclamation declaring the week of Sunday, October 25, to Saturday, October 31, as Lead Poisoning Prevention Week in Maryland. Hogan also announced the new Lead Testing Targeting Plan for Childhood Lead, which calls for all Maryland children to be tested at ages 1 and 2, no matter […]

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s parking management division is installing electric vehicle charging stations at five more County-owned parking garages this month. The five locations will each have one station providing service to two parking spaces. You can find the new locations at: Woodmont Corner Garage (Garage 11) and Waverly Garage (Garage 47) in […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has announced the County’s largest solar initiative ever. According to a news release, the solar initiative with SolarCity encompasses 14 individual projects and is expected to produce approximately six million kilowatt-hours each year – enough to power nearly 600 average size homes. According to a county news release, Montgomery County […]

Are you ready to take the pledge? Car Free Day is set for Tuesday, Sept. 22nd. Find out more about Car Free Day, here. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

According to a new report, the state of Maryland ranks number 12 in the nation for total solar power capacity per person. Susan Kenedy reports. You can read the report, here. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Here are your five things to know today, Sept. 3rd, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Planning Board returns from its summer recess and board members are scheduled to review the White Flint 2 Sector Plan – Scope of Work today. 2. Solar power is the topic of an Environment Maryland news conference to be […]

Here are your five things to know today, August 14, in Montgomery County: 1. The 20th annual Public Safety Awards will be handed out a Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce breakfast this morning at the Montgomery County fairgrounds. Follow @MyMCMedia on Twitter for the latest from the ceremony. Don’t forget!  The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair opens […]

A Montgomery County Council Committee will learn more about the status of the Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT) on Monday morning. The Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee is scheduled to receive an update on the CCT, which is a planned busway extension from the Shady Grove Metrorail Station north to Clarksburg. The Committee is chaired […]