Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council hosted a Town Hall meeting in Clarksburg on Feb. 26. The hour-long meeting covered an array of topics, but for some, it wasn’t long enough to discuss the key issues for Clarksburg’s future. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk reports. “We didn’t get a chance to talk about the issues in depth that most […]

As households start turning their attention to preparing annual tax returns, the Montgomery County Council on Feb. 25 sought to bring attention to a credit available to certain low-income families by declaring Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day. Montgomery County is one of only three local jurisdictions in the U.S. to provide a local […]

The Montgomery County Council will meet with residents at a Town Hall Meeting in Clarksburg on Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. at Rocky Hill Middle School. A pre-meeting reception will begin at 7:30 p.m.  Council President Craig Rice, Vice President George Leventhal, and councilmembers Phil Andrews, Roger Berliner, Cherri Branson, Marc Elrich, Nancy Floreen, Nancy Navarro […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner has written a letter to Mary Bradford, the director of the Department of Parks for Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and Arthur Holmes, the director of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, asking for an improved snow removal plan for the Capital Crescent Trail. Councilmembers Phil Andrews, Cherri Branson, […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer is requesting Council staff to draft legislation that would require Montgomery County’s Department of Transportation to create a Sidewalk Snow Removal Plan. In a Feb. 21 memo to his colleagues on the Council, Riemer said although the county’s snow plow operation clears roads efficiently there is no sufficient plan or […]

The Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board held its monthly meeting on Feb. 10 at the Silver Spring Civic Building. At the top of the agenda, Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer who told the Board that the Council’s number one priority remains the need to obtain state funds for school construction. During his remarks, Riemer said […]

Councilmember Hans Riemer will speak to community members at the second Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board meeting on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. Other agenda items include dialogue on major projects in the vicinity of the Silver Spring including White Oak, Wheaton and Walter Reed. All meetings are held at the Silver Spring Civic Building […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee will meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3 to continue its series of worksessions on issues relating to the proposed Bethesda station of the planned Purple Line. Monday’s worksession will focus on zoning, staging and open space and park issues. The PHED Committee, […]

In this short video clip, Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer tells us what Martin Luther King, Jr. Day means to him: Related posts:      

Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer volunteered on Jan. 20 at Seneca Creek Community Church in Gaithersburg. Find out more about his service at this Day of Service event on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in this short video: Related posts: