Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service has a new chief. Scott Goldstein was sworn in as the county’s newest fire chief on June 25. In this MyMCMedia Extra, Goldstein said, “We answer many calls a day … and each call is somebody else’s bad day and we need to be ready and we need to always have […]

At it’s June 16th meeting, Montgomery County Councilmembers unanimously confirmed Robert Green as the new director of the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation. Green was County Executive Ike Leggett’s nominee for the post and served as the Acting Director. He is also the former warden of the jail. ORIGINAL POST Robert Green, the former warden […]

The County Council voted unanimously on June 16th to confirm Acting Fire Chief Scott Goldstein as Fire Chief. Goldstein was County Executive Ike Leggett’s nominee for the post. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett says Acting Fire Chief Scott Goldstein is his nominee to head the Montgomery County Fire-Rescue Service (MCFRS). “As a 25-year […]

Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers is recommending that Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) eliminate hundreds of positions, delay further implementation of a districtwide technology initiative, and make several other reductions to close a $53 million budget shortfall for next school year. The Montgomery County Board of Education will consider the recommendations at a meeting on Tuesday, […]

Here are five things to know today, June 16, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County police are investigating a double shooting that has left two people dead in Gaithersburg as a murder-suicide. 2. Montgomery County police say they are investigating the death of a 14-year-old girl as a possible drowning. It happened at a community […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett  thanked the organizers of the fifth Silver Spring Blues Festival on June 16. He gave special thanks and recognition to Alan Bowser who has been organizing the festival since it began. Take a look.

The Montgomery County Police Department’s Animal Services Division will be sponsoring five rabies vaccination clinics this spring and summer. The clinics will be held at the Montgomery County Animal Shelter located at 14645 Rothgeb Drive in Rockville. Each clinic will run from 10 am. to (noon) on the following dates: Sunday, April 21 Sunday, May […]