Montgomery Community Media

Here are your five things to know today, August 14, in Montgomery County: 1. The 20th annual Public Safety Awards will be handed out a Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce breakfast this morning at the Montgomery County fairgrounds. Follow @MyMCMedia on Twitter for the latest from the ceremony. Don’t forget!  The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair opens […]

The Montgomery County Council and County Executive Isiah Leggett have proclaimed the month of July as Parks and Recreation Month. In fact, this month marks 30 years that park systems around the United States have celebrated Parks and Recreation Month. However, a survey financed by the National Recreation and Park Association in May 2014 indicated […]

Montgomery Parks officials are delaying the opening of Little Seneca Lake in Black Hill Regional Park and Lake Needwood in Rock Creek Regional Park for the second time this season, until March 28th at the soonest. Both lakes typically open on March 1st for recreational boating, fishing and other uses because the lakes remain frozen. […]

Here are five things to know today, March 2, in Montgomery County: 1. Two people were injured on Saturday when a car hit them as they waited for a bus in Kensington. 2. You can catch the latest episode of 21 This Week on Montgomery Channel 21. Watch a preview here. 3. MCM’s Aline Barros gave […]

Here are five things to know today, Feb. 28, in Montgomery County: 1. Check out some of the photos from the Silver Spring YMCA’s Brazilian Carnival here. 2.Montgomery County may soon have its first parkland solar arrays. Find out where. 3.The Montgomery County Office of Human Rights is again co-sponsoring a civil rights historic bus […]

Here are five things to know today, Feb. 27, in Montgomery County: 1. The cold weather hasn’t just closed the schools. Two local lakes are delaying the opening of fishing and boating season. Find out which ones. 2. The county’s Department of General Services is working on reigning in costs for the Wheaton Library/Recreation Center project. […]

Montgomery Parks officials announced today that they are delaying the original March 1 opening of Little Seneca Lake in Black Hill Regional Park and Lake Needwood in Rock Creek Regional Park until March 14th for recreational boating, fishing and other uses because of inclement weather conditions. Boaters with a daily or seasonal boating permit are […]

On the eve of New Year’s we thought we would take a look back at the top five blog posts in 2014 on the MyMCMedia website. These are the articles with the most page views. 1. Our number one post was a health warning at Lake Needwood from Montgomery Parks with 41,366 page views. 2. “When […]

Here are five things to know today, August 1, in Montgomery County: 1.The Lake Needwood warning could continue through the fall. 2. A Germantown woman turns 100 and celebrates by becoming an American citizen. 3. An overnight Rockville apartment fire has displaced nine people and injured two. 4. You can catch up on all the […]

Swimming at Montgomery Parks’ Lake Needwood has always been off limits, but park officials warn that elevated levels of a toxic bacteria found in the water right now can also make you sick. The parks department issued the warning in late July and it could stay up until November depending on the amount of rainfall […]