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Black Friday is just around the corner and many stores have released a list of door buster deals and sales. While the deals look great on paper, are consumers really saving as much as they think? According to a report recently released by WalletHub 63 percent of American consumers say that Black Friday doesn’t offer […]

The days leading up to Thanksgiving are traditionally busy for the staff and volunteers at Manna Food Center and this year is no exception. “We are on track to help well over 4,000 families at this time of year,” said Jackie DeCarlo, the executive director of Manna Food Center. DeCarlo said her organization is seeing […]

Montgomery County held a Snow Summit earlier this month where county officials discussed how the county’s agencies are preparing for the upcoming winter season. Learn more in this video: Related:

With the holidays around the corner, Montgomery County officials are reminding residents about the importance of recycling. Lorna Virgili has the story. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The local holiday season kicks off on Saturday, November 21 with the 18th annual Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade in Downtown Silver Spring. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street in Downtown Silver Spring. Traveling the same route as previous years, the parade will proceed south on Georgia Avenue, ending at […]

AAA forecasts 46.9 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday, a 0.6 percent increase compared to last year. Nearly one million Marylanders are expected to get away for the holiday, a figure relatively flat from 2014 given the 0.1 percent increase forecasted. This year’s forecast marks the seventh […]

Tickets are now on sale for the “East Meets West 2015 Dive Show,” which is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. on Nov. 29th at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center in Boyds. Judy Stiles, a county spokesperson, said this event will feature 12 members from China’s Guangdong Provincial Diving Team who are considered among […]

Are you planning to shop the Black Friday, Cyber Monday or Maryland’s Giving Tuesday holiday deals this year? When you do your holiday shopping at AmazonSmile, Amazon makes a donation on your behalf to Montgomery Community Media at no cost to you. Bookmark the link http://smile.amazon.com/ch/52-1372897 or click on the Shop AmazonSmile button to the right […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, go behind the scenes of the 20th annual Winter Lights Festival in Gaithersburg. Work got started on the city’s holiday lights festival in October and the signature exhibit this year is a Fantasy Castle. As you will see in the video, below, some of the light displays are set up […]

It’s that time of year again, holiday season is in full swing and the stress of buying gifts for loved ones might be weighing on some consumers. An easy solution to that problem may be gift cards. CardHub reports that gift cards are one of the most sought after type of present for a ninth […]