Montgomery Community Media

Here’s a look at what “21 This Week” host Susan Heltemes and guests are talking about on this week’s show: the crowded Maryland governor’s race, the Montgomery County Executive race, and Ike Leggett asking the Fillmore to cancel the performance by the band Molotov. Take a look. “21 This Week” airs on Sundays at 11 […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is urging residents to express — to all levels of government — their opposition to the pricing tactics employed by book publishers that result in public libraries paying more for e-books than general consumers. “We need to act now to end this discriminatory practice and bring fairness back to the […]

Beginning July 14, the Long Branch Library at 8800 Garland Ave. in Silver Spring will be open on Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett said he was pleased to have included adding Sunday hours for the Long Branch Library in the Recommended Fiscal Year 2014 Operating Budget. “I know, very […]

The Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick corridor is number one on a list of “Most Secure Places to Live” in the large metropolitan category (population of 500,000+) in a national study conducted by Farmer’s Insurance Group.   The rankings, compiled by Sperling’s BestPlaces, took into consideration economic stability, crime statistics, extreme weather, risk of natural disasters, housing depreciation, foreclosures, […]

Montgomery County politicians and candidates were decked out in red, white and blue this Fourth of July holiday weekend as many of them were spotted taking part in community parades, etc.  Take a look: Photos | Alan Bowser

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett recently met with hispanic leaders in Silver Spring in hopes of encouraging more of the local leaders to volunteer on county boards, etc. CCM’s Lorna Virgili reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County has joined 13 local governments across the nation to participate in the Welcoming Cities and Counties initiative with Welcoming America. The initiative signals the growing importance of an innovative and proactive role for local governments and the growing recognition of immigrants as assets in any community. The Welcoming America organization was formed in […]

Montgomery County kicked off its entrance to the nationwide 100,000 Homes Campaign on June 26 as it seeks to find at least 300 volunteers to assess the needs of the most vulnerable homeless residents during a three-day effort in November. The county joins more than 200 communities already in the campaign who have collectively found […]

As part of National Small Business Week, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett toured M. Luis Construction’s asphalt manufacturing plant in Rockville on June 17 to recognize the critical contributions of small business owners and entrepreneurs to the nation’s economy. M. Luis Construction is a minority- and women-owned road construction […]

Jim Smith, left, the new Maryland Secretary of Transportation, came to Montgomery County on June 19 to discuss the County’s transportation needs, initiatives and priorities. He met with, left to right: County Executive Isiah Leggett; Roger Berliner, who chairs the County Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee; and Council President Nancy Navarro.