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The African-American Democratic Club of Montgomery County will host its annual, “State of Black Montgomery” event in Silver Spring on Saturday, February 6. The forum will focus on key issues surrounding Montgomery County’s African-American community. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will give opening remarks and host a “TED talk” style dialogue about civic engagement, economic empowerment, education […]

MyMCMedia‘s Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on the Blizzard of 2016, Senator Ben Cardin’s recent visit with small business owners in Rockville, the reopening of Kefa Cafe in Silver Spring and much more. You can watch the show in its entirety, below:

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett helped cut the ribbon for the refreshed Twinbrook Library branch at 202 Meadow Hall Drive in Rockville on Saturday. “I am pleased to cut the ribbon for this freshly renewed Twinbrook Branch,” said Leggett at the grand reopening ceremony. “This is the first branch completed under my new CIP refresh […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is preparing to go to Cuba in February. Spokesperson Patrick Lacefield said the trip will take place from Feb. 20-25, and it  “represents a regional opening to Cuba – D.C.” According to Lacefield, the trip is being organized by the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He said officials from Washington, […]

As things begin to return to normal around Montgomery County after last weekends record blizzard, commuters are hitting the roads and sidewalks to head back to work. Delays and traffic jams are common place around the County but for some, mounds of snow are impeding their commutes. A bus stop at the intersection of Colesville […]

During a period of 36 hours, over 30 inches of snow fell on some areas of Montgomery County. The snowstorm closed schools, local businesses and government offices as residents hunkered down to wait it out. Now the clean up, after all that snow, is being measured in days not hours. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. According […]

Several days after a historic blizzard Montgomery County’s  3-1-1 government information and service request call center is still receiving thousands of calls. Montgomery County spokesperson Judy Stiles says that calls have decreased from the initial surge earlier,  but volume is still higher than average. The calls have dropped from 26,000 on Tuesday, Jan. 26, to […]

Montgomery County experienced record snow fall totals thanks to the Blizzard of 2016. Many residents may recall the storms of 2010 and 2011 when hundreds of thousands in the region lost power for days. This year, things were a bit different with only a few thousands residents losing power during the storm. PEPCO Communications Director […]

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:

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, Transportation Director Al Roshdieh, and Highways Services Chief Richard Dorsey provided an update about snow plow operations on Tuesday afternoon at the Bethesda Dept. The local officials pledged to have at least one snow plow down every county street by 7 a.m. on Wednesday. If you haven’t seen a plow […]