Montgomery Community Media

It’s going to be a steamy one and there are some showers in the forecast today. Here are five more things to know today, June 15th, in Montgomery County: 1. Last Day of School: You may see a lot of smiling kids today. That’s because today is the official last day of school for Montgomery […]

Parents at Rockville High School (RHS) are being informed of a case of active tuberculosis (TB) at the school. “The affected individual is being treated at this time and there is no risk of additional exposure to any students or staff at this time,” wrote Ulder Tillman, Montgomery County health officer, and Billie Jean Benson, […]

U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski today sent a letter to Mortimer Downey, chair of the Board of Directors for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), with questions regarding Metro safety, financial and leadership following this week’s smoke incident. You can read the text from her letter in its entirety below: “I am very frustrated with […]

Doug Duncan, a democratic candidate in the race for County Executive, sent a letter, dated May 29, to County Executive Isiah Leggett asking to him to fire the county’s general services director. “Last week, the Inspector General released a report that confirmed what every other review of the Silver Spring Transit Center has found – […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Roger Berliner and Valerie Ervin wrote a letter to Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett on Sept. 30 concerning a settlement that the Executive reached with Columbia Country Club on the alignment of the future Purple Line. You can read the letter below:

Power Up Montgomery County urges resident action on two currently before the Maryland General Assembly. They are House Bill 89 and Senate Bill 8 which involve natural gas surcharges. Take a look at their latest email to supporters. Please join Powerupmontco and AARP on: Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Annapolis for Lobby Day from 9:30 […]

Power Up Montgomery County urges resident action on Pepco’s recent rate increase request. Take a look at their latest email to supporters. Dear Powerupmontco Supporters: Thank you all for your continued emails and support. Over the past few weeks there have been several notable events. After emailing Powerupmontco’s letter denouncing Pepco’s latest rate hike application […]

Power Up Montgomery County reacts to Pepco’s recent rate increase request. Take a look. Dear Powerupmontco Supporters and Pepco Ratepayers: On Friday, November 30, 2012, PEPCO filed a rate request with the Maryland Public Service Commission asking for a $60,827,000 annual increase in its base revenue. Pepco also asked for an increase in its rate […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and six other Maryland executives sent a letter to the state Public Service Commission regarding Pepco’s response to the June 29 storm. The elected leaders expressed their concern over the utility company’s staffing levels and disclosing outage information to emergency services. In this video clip, Leggett explains why this is […]