Montgomery Community Media

Ari Brooks, executive director of Friends of the Library (FOLMC), talks with “Montgomery Week in Review” host Don Mooers about the successful Wheaton Used Book Store and Library Snapshot Day scheduled for Oct. 9. Take a look. The Friends of the Library Bookstore, located under the Wheaton Regional Library (11701 Georgia Ave,. Wheaton), was recently […]

The Montgomery County Council will receive an update from the executive branch on remediation plans for the Silver Spring Transit Center at 1:45 p.m. on July 23. The center has been delayed due to construction problems and last week, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA—or better known as Metro) questioned the remediation plans that […]

County Council Vice-President Craig Rice introduced a resolution to examine the higher price libraries pay for electronic books. Learn more in this report. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. The article “Leggett Urges Action on E-Book Prices for Libraries” contains more information on this topic.

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is urging residents to express — to all levels of government — their opposition to the pricing tactics employed by book publishers that result in public libraries paying more for e-books than general consumers. “We need to act now to end this discriminatory practice and bring fairness back to the […]

Ari Brooks, executive director of Friends of the Library, talks with “Montgomery Week in Review” host Don Mooers talks about the increase in funding for public libraries in the coming fiscal year (FY 14). The 10.5% increase will provide for improvements such as 33 employees, e-readers, and digital lab for Long Branch Library. Take a […]

The Montgomery County Council will review the Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget requests of the Department of Libraries and the County Department of Transportation on May 7. The worksessions are part of the Council’s examination of the recommended budget presented by County Executive Isiah Leggett. The Council also is scheduled to tentatively approve more than […]

February is Library Lovers Month. Many family fun events are planned at Montgomery County’s 21 public libraries. Take a look. For more information, call 240.777.0020 Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Library Lovers Month, the annual month-long celebration of libraries, will kick off in Montgomery County with a free performance featuring children’s entertainers, DinoRock, on Saturday, February 2 at 11 a.m. at the Kensington Park Library, 4201 Knowles Ave., Kensington. Seating is limited to the first 100 people. DinoRock Productions, Inc. is a nationally recognized puppet […]

It’s my pleasure to interview Diane Farr, four time Rita Award Nominee, YA and Regency Romance Author of eleven books!  She’s not only a fantastic author, but she is also a proponent of the arts and works for the California Arts Council.  Her Wicked Cool/Scary Cool paranormal YA series is among my favorites, following the adventures of […]

Volunteers from the Multicultural Outreach Committee and Future Vote Program of the Montgomery County Board of Elections will conduct voter registration drives on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. during September and October at local public libraries according to the following schedule: Long Branch Library 8800 […]