Montgomery Community Media

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General refused to give County Councilmember Roger Berliner advice on his provisions for reducing the use of pesticides in Montgomery County. In a letter dated May 28, Berliner asked Attorney General Brian Frosh to weigh in on whether four measures being proposed by Berliner would be preempted by state law. […]

The Silver Spring Transit Center just might be open by late August. Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice told MyMCMedia Monday that he has heard an opening date is planned for late August for the transportation hub that is years behind schedule and more than $50 million over budget. “It is one more thing to put behind […]

The Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League is swinging into season and four of the ten teams in the league are in Montgomery County. Krista Brick has the story.

Almost half of all the drivers who took the Maryland drivers’ license roads test in Montgomery County over the past year failed it, according to the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration. Krista Brick has the story about a change to the test that might reduce that fail rate.   Related:

With funding and volunteers from The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, Marriott International, Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless and organizers from KaBoom! volunteers dug holes, mixed concrete, painted sidewalks and put together slides to build a playground for formerly homeless children living in the apartment complex in Gaithersburg. Krista Brick has the […]

Silver Spring’s Morgan Dailey has one win under her belt as an amateur mixed martial arts fighter and at the end of May she’ll go for a second. The fight will come just over a week after this 21-year-old mom of a toddler expects to graduate from University of Maryland with a degree in criminal justice […]

Catherine Hoggle, the mother charged in connection with the disappearance of her two toddlers in September, appeared in a Montgomery County District Court Thursday. Krista Brick has the story. Related:

Catherine Hoggle, charged in the disappearance of her two small children, appeared before District Court Judge Eugene Wolfe Thursday morning. You can watch the press conference that followed in its entirety here. Related:

Catherine Hoggle is still incompetent to stand trial in the case against her, as police and family members continue their search for the two toddlers missing since early September. Montgomery County District Court Judge Eugene Wolfe said a recent report from Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, where Hoggle is being treated for mental illness, stated that the […]

Catherine Hoggle, the mother of two missing children from Clarksburg, is due in a Montgomery County District courtroom this morning. According to Montgomery County State’s Attorney Spokesman Ramon Korionoff, she will appear in court at 9 a.m. Hoggle is being treated at the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center for mental illness. She faces charges of child […]