Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal is scheduled to hold his weekly briefing with reporters at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, July 13th, to discuss key items that will be facing the County Council and its respective committees in the coming weeks. Among the topics, he is expected to discuss the recommended Fiscal Year 2016 budget […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett signs the sick and safe leave bill at the Silver Spring Civic Building. Lorna Virgili reports. The new law goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2016. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on the county’s Sick and Safe Leave Bill, county budget cuts, and more. You can watch the show in its entirety, below:

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced last month that the state is moving forward with construction of the Purple Line. He also announced state transportation funds for improvements to I-270 in Montgomery County. Susan Kenedy has County Council reaction to this big transportation news. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its […]

A bill that guarantees earned sick and safe leave for folks who perform work within Montgomery County was recently passed by the Council. The goal of the bill is to reduce the number of employees who are forced to come to work when they are sick or send their children to school or day care […]

Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on the Purple Line, the Corridor Cities Transitway, the county’s new fire chief, the police department’s pilot program for body worn cameras, the latest on the safe and sick work leave bill and more. You can watch the show in its […]

A Montgomery County Ad Hoc Committee has been studying the operations of the county’s department of liquor control. Council President George Leventhal talked about this at his weekly briefing with reporters in this video: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal talks about the Purple Line and Corridor Cities Transitway projects and the funding capacity to do them both. Related:

The grand opening of the new Silver Spring Library was a historic display of community participation. Lorna Virgili has the story: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. <strong>Related: </strong>

The Montgomery County Council today approved a bill that will reorganize the county’s Department of Economic Development (DED) into a new nonprofit organization. The reorganization of the county’s economic development efforts was proposed by County Executive Ike Leggett. The bill will transfer certain duties of the current Department of Economic Development to a new Montgomery County […]