Montgomery Community Media

Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Cokie Roberts headlined a lecture at Ingleside at King Farm this month. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. ORIGINAL POST It was standing room only at an author event featuring journalist and author Cokie Roberts at Ingleside at King Farm today in Rockville. A Montgomery County resident, Roberts was discussing her new […]

Here are your five things to know today, Jan. 14, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council’s Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committee will meet today at 9:30 a.m. to discuss the allocation of local income tax revenue by the State of Maryland. You can stream the meeting live on the Montgomery County […]

Here are your five things to know today, Jan. 13, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council declared Jan. 13th as Korean-American Day. 2. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will join Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers and members of the Board of Education to launch the Library Link program. Today’s event will take place at […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has issued a statewide proclamation declaring Jan. 13 as Korean-American Day in Maryland. The proclamation was presented to Korean-American leaders at a ceremony on Monday in acknowledgment of the invaluable contributions of the Korean-American community to Maryland and the United States. Korean-American Day is acknowledged yearly on January 13, commemorating the […]

Maryland state delegates Shane Robinson and Ariana Kelly toured the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control (DLC) headquarters last week ahead of the legislative session that begins later this week. DLC Director George Griffin told MyMCMedia that the purpose of the visit was for the delegates to see the Gaithersburg facilities. “They really were looking […]

As part of a national initiative to connect students with the wide-ranging resources of the library system, Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) are partnering to launch Library Link. The goal of the Library Link campaign is to ensure every child enrolled in school can receive a library card. With […]

Searchers are scouring Taylor’s Mountain in Bedford County, Va. as new leads point them to an area police say might contain the remains of the missing Lyon sisters. Montgomery County Police have eight investigators participating in that search this week, according to Montgomery County Police Capt. Darren Francke, director of the department’s Division of Major […]

The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced it will hold a Rockville hearing on Jan. 13 to receive public comments on the proposed merger of Exelon and Pepco Holdings, Inc. The merger would combine Exelon’s three top-performing utilities – BGE, PECO and ComEd – with Pepco Holdings electric and gas utilities – Pepco, Delmarva […]

Montgomery County officials launched a new Grants Portal containing the application process for the FY16 community collaboration grants. The new portal, located at https://montgomerycounty.fluidreview.com, replaces the application process from previous years and also houses the application process for County Council grants. The County’s other grant programs, such as Community Development Block Grants, remain unchanged. “I […]

The Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board convened for the first meeting of the new year on Jan. 13. One of the items on the Board’s agenda included a presentation by the development team of United Therapeutics. Other topics discussed at the meeting included an update on the operating budget and upcoming budget forum, and the […]