Montgomery Community Media

As a direct outcome of the connections developed from September’s China Mission trip led by County Executive Ike Leggett, Montgomery County was chosen as one of only three site visits to showcase investment opportunities to a group of select business executives from China on November 2, after the delegation’s participation in the “Select USA Investment […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett  joined county, school and state officials on Oct. 31 to urge the Governor and the Maryland General Assembly to support legislation that would benefit Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) similar to a bill passed last year for the Baltimore City Public Schools. The legislation would jump start a public school […]

A festival that celebrated the diverse cultural heritages that play an active role in the lives of area residents drew a large crowd to downtown Wheaton on Oct. 20 for the World of Montgomery Festival. The festival showcased this rich diversity through food, music, dance, traditional arts and hands-on projects for children and families. Exhibits […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will greet child care providers at the second annual Child Care Provider Resource Fair in Rockville today. More than 50 participants will provide information and resources to child care providers on topics including curriculum development, County services and continuing education opportunities. Last year’s fair was attended by more than 100 […]

Montgomery County’s Department of Economic Development (DED) today released the application and qualification criteria for an incentive program designed to drive green innovation locally by supporting early-stage investors. The Green Investor Incentive Program is a unique approach to encourage investments in green companies by reimbursing qualified investors with payments of up to $25,000.  Investors and […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett released this statement on July 22 about Old Farm Road in Sandy Spring: “I am pleased that the property owners along Old Farm Road have prevailed in their long quest to obtain addresses. Many of them who own land in this African American community have had to put their lives […]

UPDATED on 5/20 Montgomery County’s new Nighttime Economy Task Force will meet on May 20 at 5 p.m. at the Civic Building in Silver Spring. For more information about future meetings, visit the county’s website here: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/nighttimeeconomy/when.html Who’s Who: Nighttime Economy Task Force Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has announced his appointments to the county’s […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) will host a signing ceremony for companies who are joining the center as National Cybersecurity Excellence Partners at 2:30 p.m. on April 15. The new partners will pledge to contribute hardware and software components and share best cybersecurity practices and personnel […]

Video of President Barack Obama Nominating Tom Perez for Secretary of Labor Governor Martin O’Malley today issued the following statement on President Barack Obama’s nomination of Thomas Perez as U.S. Secretary of Labor: “I am pleased that President Obama has nominated Tom Perez for U.S. Secretary of Labor. Tom served as a valuable and outstanding […]

BREAKING NEWS! There is absolutely NO “breaking news” in this article. As someone who has spent my whole life around the news and media business – dating back to my first editor’s job on the junior high school newspaper staff – I have always loved the notion of “breaking news.” I was that 12-year-old geek […]