Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things to know today, Sept. 10, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County police need your help to find a missing Clarksburg mother and her two children. 2. Montgomery County officials announce the expansion of library hours, effective Oct. 5, and more staffing and materials for the county’s 21 branches. 3. Have you […]

Volunteers from the Multicultural Outreach Committee and Future Vote Program of the Montgomery County Board of Elections will conduct voter registration drives on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. during September at local public libraries. The schedule is posted below: Saturday, September 6: Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Rd, Rockville, MD […]

Here are five things to know today, July 9, in Montgomery County: 1. Severe thunderstorms knocked out power to thousands in Montgomery County last night. More storms are in the forecast today. 2. Montgomery County Councilmembers have passed a resolution that says marijuana arrests should be a low priority for police. 3. Young book lovers […]

School will soon be out but local library officials are hoping to keep Montgomery County youth reading over the summer months. Lorna Virgili reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Part of Montgomery County Public Libraries’ (MCPL) ACE (All Children Excel) initiative is to help children succeed in school by providing resources that will spark an interest in science. To help meet that need, MCPL has developed educational, interactive Go! Kits to introduce young children to various concepts in science, technology, engineering and math while […]

The Montgomery County Council will continue its review of County Executive Isiah Leggett’s recommended Fiscal Year 2015 operating budget on May 5. With less than two weeks to go before an expected agreement on the budget, the among the budget requests the Council will review on Monday include those of Montgomery College, the Maryland-National Capital […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews said he would like to see operating hours at local libraries extended. He made his comments after County Executive Ike Leggett unveiled the fiscal year 2015 recommended operating budget. Take a look: Related:

The Captal Improvements Program under consideration by the County Council includes funds for modernizing libraries as well as changes to how the improvements will be made. Susan Kenedy reports. CCM Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 24 to review the Fiscal Years 2015-20 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) requests of Montgomery County Public Libraries, the Public Arts Trust and the Department of Health and Human Services. The HHS Committee, which is chaired by George Leventhal […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) has kicked off the New Year by launching three new online services — Zinio for Libraries, 3M Cloud Library e-book lending system and Learn4Life – that will appeal to a wide variety of customers. Zinio, the world’s largest digital newsstand, is designed especially for public library users. The service digitally […]