Montgomery Community Media

Officials gathered to honor some of Montgomery County’s most distinguished volunteers and community servants at the Montgomery Serves Awards Ceremony in Bethesda on April 29. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. For more information about voluntering in Montgomery County, visit the www.montgomeryserves.org website.

The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development (DED) announced on May 2nd that employment in the county between 2010 and 2012 grew by nearly 25,000 jobs – from 631,154 jobs in 2010 to 655,824 jobs in 2012. That represents a 3.9% job growth rate. During the same period job growth in Fairfax City & County […]

A bill that would revise Montgomery County’s five-cent excise tax on disposable bags was introduced before the County Council during the Council’s general session on April 23. Bill 10-13 would limit the tax to bags distributed at food stores. It also would repeal the tax on plastic food take-out bags. The County’s tax on bags […]

Ride On bus passengers can help needy families and receive a free bus ride by donating canned or nonperishable food during Ride On’s annual food drive. The food drive, started by a group of bus drivers over 20 years ago, goes from Sunday, April 22, through Saturday April 28, 2012. During the week, food collection […]

UPDATED 4/24 The committee meeting on Wheaton redevelopment has been rescheduled from today (April 24) to May 8 at 2 p.m. =================================================================== Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro  sent the following memo to Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett on April 16 in reference to the Wheaton Redevelopment Program and the potential relocation of the headquarters […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett addresses the audience  gathered for the April 15 signing ceremony at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE). View National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Partnership Signing video on NIST YouTube channel.

County Executive Isiah Leggett was joined on April 2 by County Council Vice President Craig Rice to kick off April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. They urged residents to help families and children in Montgomery County through the “Power of One” campaign.  The backdrop for the event was a sea of blue pinwheels, which are […]

The Montgomery Coalition for the Homeless recently awarded Montgomery College the Distinguished Partner Award at their gala. MC TV’s Stan Jones covered the event. Take a look. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television.

The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce honored local public safety heroes at its annual awards luncheon earlier this month. County, state, and federal officials attended the event, including Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and Maryland Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D). The awards are targeted to members of any of the five branches of public […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett announced the winners of the Montgomery Serves awards, the Neal Potter Path of Achievement awards and the Roscoe R. Nix Distinguished Community Leadership awards today (March 28). A ceremony to present the awards to the nine honorees will take place on Monday, April 29 at the Imagination Stage in Bethesda. […]