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November 1, 2012 | Staff Writer

Carol Leahy Receives Award

Lifetime Achievement Award (Video)

Carol Leahy is a longtime supporter and advocate of the arts and humanities.  On Oct. 22, Leahy received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities. Take a look at her acceptance speech. For a recap of all the awards winners: Watch our two-minute Montgomery Channel on […]

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November 1, 2012 | Staff Writer

Eliot Pfanstiehl

Lifetime Impact Award (Video)

Eliot Pfanstiehl received the Lifetime Impact Award at the County Executive’s Awards for Excellence in the arts and humanities. Take a look. For a recap of all the awards winners: Watch our two-minute Montgomery Channel on Location Arts and Humanities Awards (Video)

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October 31, 2012 | Staff Writer

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No Place for Statements Like This

Statement by Montgomery County Human Rights Commission on Demeaning Advertising Placed in Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Locations October 31, 2012 “Recently, an organization called The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) placed the following ad within the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) system: ‘In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support […]

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October 30, 2012 | Staff Writer

Isiah Leggett

Crackdown on Parking Violations (Video)

Montgomery County police now have tools to better enforce disability parking violations because the information systems used to track disability parking placards have been improved. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

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October 29, 2012 | Staff Writer

Patrick McNerney at Town Hall Meeting

Police Express Frustration with Question B (Video)

Several Police Officers and Police Union leaders attended Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett’s October 23rd Town Hall Meeting in Olney. The police representatives expressed their frustration with Ballot Question B. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

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October 27, 2012 | Staff Writer

Karla Silvestre

Community Outreach (Video)

Montgomery Week in Review host Don Mooers talks with guest Karla Silvestre, Latino Liaison in the Montgomery County Office of Community Partnerships. With the large diverse immigrant population in Montgomery County, Silvestre talks about County Executive Leggett’s initiatives, including the Office of Community Partnerships. Silvestre also oversees the Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity. Visit Montgomery […]

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October 18, 2012 | Staff Writer

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Lights on Afterschool Day

Montgomery County Proclaims Lights on Afterschool Day in Montgomery County County Executive Isiah Leggett, the County Council, Montgomery County Recreation, the Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families and the Montgomery County Board of Education will proclaim October 18 as Lights On Afterschool Day in Montgomery County. Events are planned to bring attention to the […]

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October 15, 2012 | Staff Writer

Ike Leggett

“This is Hate Speech”

Statement by Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett on “Hate Speech” Advertising Placed in Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Locations October 15, 2012 “I am very disturbed by advertisements placed within the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) system by an organization that calls itself ‘The American Freedom Defense Initiative.’ “These ads state: ‘In Any War […]

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October 11, 2012 | Staff Writer

Crown Groundbreaking (Video & Photos)

Gaithersburg leaders and senior staff joined Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and development representatives from SunBrook Partners, JBG Rosenfeld, Bozzuto Homes and other community leaders in a ceremonial groundbreaking for Crown, the largest mixed use development currently underway in Gaithersburg at the intersection of Fields Road and Sam Eig Highway. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. One […]

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October 5, 2012 | Staff Writer

Leggett in Gondar, Ethiopia

Leggett Visits Ethiopia (Video)

Montogmery County Executive Isiah Leggett recently traveled to Gondar, Ethiopia to sign a second Sister City Agreement. The counties first Sister City Agreement was with Morazan, El Salvador. Visit our PEG partner MCTV10 (Montgomery College Television program schedule) to see more Montgomery College Television. Find more information at the Montgomery Sister Cities website.

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