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Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. Aiken and his panel discuss the Maryland Health Care Exchanges, Obamacare, Superintendent of Schools Joshua Starr’s budget request, County Executive Isiah Leggett’s support of the MCPS budget and more. The panel consists of; Jerry Cave, Republican activist Susan Heltemes, Democrat activist Sam Statland, Democrat activist […]

Three Wall Street bond-rating agencies all affirmed the “AAA” rating – the highest achievable — for the county. They all termed the outlook for Montgomery County as “stable.” Learn more in this video. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Related Post

Maritza Rivera received the Volunteer Award at the County Executive’s Arts and Humanities awards ceremony on Oct. 21. Take a look: Additional coverage on the County Executive Awards:

David Minton was awarded the Outstanding Artist Award at the County Executive’s Awards Oct. 21. Minton is the Executive and Artistic Director of Lumina Studio Theatre in Silver Spring. Additional coverage on the County Executive Awards:

Heena Genti was awarded the Emerging Leader Award for her work with CREATE! Arts Center at the County Executive’s Awards Oct. 21.   Additional coverage on the County Executive Awards:

Over 20 elected officials will join County Executive Isiah Leggett at Julius West Middle School on Oct. 31 to call for $20 million in state support to jump-start a public school building program to increase capacity and modernize facilities. Double-digit enrollment jumps occurring in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) are leading to a crisis in […]

Patricia Woolsey was awarded the Community Leader Award at the County Executive’s Awards on Oct. 21. Woolsey is the Executive Director of ArtStream.   Additional coverage on the County Executive Awards:

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett celebrated the opening of the new David F. Bone Equipment Maintenance and Transit Operations Center (EMTOC) in Rockville on Oct 30. The EMTOC is a Smart Growth Initiative (SGI) project that is transforming a light industrial area around the Shady Grove Metro into to transit-oriented development, which will eventually include […]

Betty Scott was awarded the Education Award at the County Executive’s Arts and Humanities awards ceremony on Oct. 21. Scott is the education program coordinator at Strathmore and works with the Strathmore Artists in Residence program. Additional coverage on the County Executive Awards:

Arts advocate Busy Graham was awarded the Lifetime Impact Award at the County Executive’s Awards Oct. 21. Graham echoed the celebratory sentiments of the evening while accepting her award for Lifetime Impact. “Time and time again,” she stated, “the arts and humanities have proven to be the most accessible and affordable way to celebrate what […]