Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery Parks’ first dedicated pickleball courts are open at Bauer Drive Local Park in Rockville. Residents could play pickleball on tennis courts converted into pickleball courts, but these six courts are permanent and designed specifically for the sport. Pickleball combines games like badminton, tennis and table tennis, Montgomery Parks explains. It’s a cross-generational sport in […]

Brood X cicadas have returned after 17 years, and Maryland is the epicenter for the swarms. MyMCM joined two college students from Montgomery County who are seeing the creatures for the first time – that they can remember – and who were set on having the “full” experience. Natalie Hays, an incoming sophomore at the […]

At her weekly briefing on Monday, Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen discussed a variety of topics including the “Stand Up for the Montgomery Way” rally, election results, term limits, the county’s Triple-A bond rating, the state’s transportation program, the proposed independent Liquor Authority, the landlord tenant bill, the Economic Development Corporation, the subdivision staging […]

UPDATED Just one week ago, every public school in Montgomery County was placed on “shelter in place” as police searched for a suspect in the shopping center shootings in Aspen Hill and Bethesda on May 6th. That decision to shelter every school was a first for the district in a decade, according to Derek Turner […]

UPDATED Montgomery County government will observe the following holiday schedule on New Year’s Day: County Offices – closed. Libraries – closed Jan. 1 and Jan. 2; all branches will close at 6 p.m. on Dec. 31. County Liquor stores – closed Dec. 31 at 7 p.m.; closed Jan. 1. Recreation – all facilities are closed on […]

UPDATED One man was killed and another was injured in a crash on the ICC near Layhill Road on Wednesday afternoon, according to Maryland Authority Transportation Police. Montgomery County officials said the driver of a MCDOT vehicle was fatally injured in this collision. In a statement, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett identified the county employee […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued his first executive order today following his inauguration as Maryland’s 62nd governor. Executive Order 01.01.2015.07 outlines standards of conduct for executive branch employees, effective immediately. “My first act as Governor holds all those who serve in the Executive Branch of state government to the highest possible ethical standards,” Governor Hogan […]