Montgomery Community Media

State’s Attorney John McCarthy and Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett are scheduled to announce the creation of a new special unit to focus on crimes against seniors and vulnerable adults at a news conference on Oct. 16. Also joining McCarthy and Leggett will be Eric Friedman, Director of the County’s Department of Consumer Affairs. The […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett announced, as part of the Global Cities Team Challenge, that Montgomery County and several corporate and academic partners are working together on the Challenge to explore the “Internet of Things” (IoT) and their potential public sector benefits, according to a county press release. IoT systems are a critical component of […]

Montgomery County Councilwoman Nancy Navarro is calling on County Executive Isiah Leggett to issue a county directive so police agencies in Montgomery County are consistent when it comes to handling Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers. In her memo to the County Executive, Navarro said that it was her understanding that Montgomery County’s “policy for responding […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett was joined by a majority of the Montgomery County Council today at the Rockville Memorial Library to announce the expansion of new library hours and additional staffing and materials for local library branches. Montgomery County Public Libraries Director Parker Hamilton kicked off the news conference, which you can watch in […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has ordered the Maryland state flag to be flown at half-staff on Thursday, July 10, from sunrise to sunset in honor of Wayne Curry, who died on July 2. Curry served as Prince George’s County Executive from 1994 to 2002. Last week, O’Malley issued the following statement about the death of […]

For the incumbents early voters were a friendly bunch. County Executive Ike Leggett got 50 percent of the early votes in his bid to hold onto his seat netting a total of 8,114. Democratic challengers Doug Duncan got 4,525 early votes to Phil Andrews 3,403. In the race for the at-large seat on the Montgomery […]

Transportation Secretary James T. Smith, Jr. and Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett were joined by other state and local officials on June 4 to break ground on a $74.8 million interchange project to replace the existing MD 97 (Georgia Avenue) at Randolph Road signalized intersection in Montgomery County. Montgomery County provided more than $14 million […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will hold its annual Champions for Children celebration on Tuesday, April 29, during which it will honor several employees and school system partners, and name the MCPS Teacher of the Year. The Teacher of the Year will be chosen from among three finalists who are winners of the Veteran Teacher […]

U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Acting Undersecretary of Commerce Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, and Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett on Feb. 18 signed a Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) to more clearly define further the development of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE). The agreement expands on the collaboration outlined in a […]

The Committee for Montgomery Legislative Breakfast featured the first Maryland Gubernatorial Election Forum on Dec. 16 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. A crowd of 600-plus elected officials, government and business representatives, and community leaders from throughout Montgomery County and the State of Maryland were on hand for the Committee for Montgomery’s […]