Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer is scheduled to announce his initiative to plant 100,000 new trees in Montgomery County at a news conference on June 2 at James Monroe Park in downtown Rockville. County officials said funding for the program will come from the $138,210 recently approved by the Council for the fiscal year 2015 […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will join Lieutenant Governor Anthony G. Brown, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards and Deputy Transportation Secretary Wilson H. Parran for the greenlighting of the MD 355 and Cedar Lane Intersection Project for the Naval Support Activity Bethesda on May 19 at the National […]

Montgomery County officials are celebrating the official opening of the Circuit Courthouse’s south tower, which includes ten, state-of-the-art courtrooms, eight hearing rooms, mediation facilities and offices. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the six-story south tower was held on May 15 in Rockville. The new building is located at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Maryland Avenue. […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has released the following statement about a recent report by an independent advisory committee regarding the Silver Spring Transit Center: “I have received the report by Norman Augustine and his associates reviewing timelines, costs, and methods involving the Silver Spring Transit Center. I very much appreciate their pro bono work. […]

The Montgomery County Council will receive its seventh status report on the Silver Spring Transit Center on April 8. It will be the first briefing the elected leaders have received on the project, which is behind schedule and over budget, since November. Instead of the usual written status report from the Department of General Services, […]

In this MyMCMedia extra video, former Montgomery County Councilmember Valerie Ervin describes the democratic field in the race for county executive as “boring.” Take a look: The primary election is set for June 24. Ervin resigned from her elected seat on the Montgomery County Council earlier this year to become the executive director of the […]

CCM’s Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which begins with a report on the County Executive Ike Leggett’s fiscal year 2015 recommended operating budget:

In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews describes County Executive Ike Leggett’s decision to go over Maintenance of Effort, “a bad move.” Related:

In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett shares the back story of the county’s new animal shelter. “This was the right thing to do,” said County Executive Isiah Leggett at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the county’s new animal shelter. “This is something I am really, really proud of because it brought together the […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett today announced this week, according to a report from the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, the County’s unemployment rate dipped to 4.1 percent in December 2013 — the lowest level since 2008 and a nearly 30 percent decrease since its high in 2010. “Despite the great recession, Montgomery […]