Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a meeting on refugees and people seeking asylum on Thursday. The committee will discuss available services for refugees, asylum seekers, and receive an update from resettlement organizations. Participants include the Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC), the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Lutheran Social Services, all of […]

County and school officials kicked off a new initiative to ensure all students have library cards. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS-TV to view more of its local programming. Related:

The nine members of the Montgomery County Council have sent a letter to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Peter Rahn, the secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation, asking that the state proceed with the original design of the long-planned interchange at I-270 and Watkins Mill Road in Gaithersburg. It was recently learned that the […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Roger Berliner, George Leventhal and Craig Rice joined leaders of many groups that work to help the County’s less fortunate residents on Jan. 19 to recognize “Poverty in America Awareness Month.” Statistically, Montgomery is one of the most affluent jurisdictions in the country, but there is a less visible population as seven […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts this special edition of County Report This Week, which recaps some of the stories that defined 2015 in Montgomery County. Take a look:

In this special edition of County Report This Week, Lorna Virgili takes a look back at some of the biggest stories of 2015 in Montgomery County.

The Committee for Montgomery hosted its annual legislative breakfast on Dec. 16 at the Bethesda North Marriott.  The main event at this year’s breakfast was a conversation about regional economic development featuring the Executives of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and the Mayor of Washington, D.C. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Also at this event, the […]

Regional economic development was the theme at this year’s Committee for Montgomery legislative breakfast. The event featured a panel discussion with the Executives of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties as well as the Mayor of Washington, D.C. We have reaction from some of the local leaders who were in the crowd, in this MyMCMedia Extra […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers have elected Nancy Floreen as the new Council President and Roger Berliner as Council Vice President. Councilmember Craig Rice nominated Floreen as President and Councilmember Tom Hucker nominated Berliner at the Council’s Dec. 1st meeting. Bother Floreen and Berliner will serve a one-year term. Floreen said economic development, closing the achievement gap […]

Local leaders are asking questions in hopes of assuring constituents there is room for more development in the Bethesda area. Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal, Education Committee Chair Craig Rice, District 1 Councilmember Roger Berliner and Planning Board Chair Casey Anderson sent a letter to Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Acting Superintendent Larry Bowers […]