Montgomery Community Media

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 13, in Montgomery County: 1. Check it out: Montgomery County’s website has a new look. 2. The Board of Education meets today and one of the topics on the agenda is the district’s growing enrollment. There are currently more than 156,000 students enrolled. That’s about 2,500 […]

It’s Columbus Day! Here are five more things to know today, Oct. 12th, in Montgomery County: 1. If you are flying Southwest Airlines today, company officials are advising you to arrive at the airport two hours early and to print your boarding passes because of some technical issues impacting customer service. 2. The Mayor and […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 9, in Montgomery County: 1. The Board of Education has resumed its search for the next superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools. 2. There’s a lot happening at the Maryland SoccerPlex this weekend in Boyds, including a goals for girls clinic with soccer star Cindy Parlow, […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 8, in Montgomery County: 1. What do Gaithersburg, Germantown, Silver Spring and Rockville have in common? These four Montgomery County communities have made WalletHub’s 2015 top ten list of ethnically diverse small cities. 2. Book lovers take note. Author John Feinstein headlines the Friends of the Library […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 7, in Montgomery County: 1. It’s International Walk to School Day and local leaders are celebrating at Bells Mill Elementary School in Potomac. 2. Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice will meet with residents at a community meeting in Germantown tonight. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 6, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Councilmembers are expected to vote on a pesticide bill today- a proposed legislation that would ban certain pesticides from being applied to lawns and county-owned properties. The chief sponsor of this bill is Council President George Leventhal. Councilmembers Marc Elrich, Nancy […]

UPDATED Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 5, in Montgomery County: 1. Congratulations Katie! Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky has been named USA Swimming’s top athlete again. 2.  A scheduled protest of Bill 15-42 at the County Council Office Building has been canceled today.  County Council members are scheduled to vote on the bill […]

UPDATED Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 2, in Montgomery County: 1. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Montgomery County effective through Saturday night. 2. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has declared a state of emergency. On Friday afternoon, Hogan rescinded that order for Montgomery and seven other counties. 3. […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 1, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County officials will break ground on a new Progress Place, a homeless facility, in Silver Spring today. 2. The head coach of the Washington Spirit, Mark Parsons, is stepping down. 3. There’s good news for commuters in Montgomery County. Department […]

Here are your five things to know today, Sept. 25, in Montgomery County: 1. You have one week from today to apply for a spot on the new Economic Development Corporation. 2. The Gaithersburg Board of Supervisors of Elections has certified the candidacies of Jud Ashman, Darline D.H. Bell-Zuccarelli and Henry Marraffa Jr. for the […]