Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Public School students will get extra time to get to classes in the morning when school starts on August 31st.  The starting bells for middle and high schools will ring 20 minutes later this year.  Elementary schools will begin 10 minutes later.  It’s all part of an effort to give adolescents more time to sleep. […]

It’s becoming an annual back-to-school tradition – tax free shopping during the second week of August. Started eight years ago by the Maryland General Assembly, Maryland’s Tax Free Week encourages shoppers to take advantage of no sales tax on clothes and shoes up to $100.  As MyMCMedia’s Cindy Peña explains, shoppers and retailers benefit:   […]