Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council will hold a worksession on County Executive Ike Leggett’s proposed plan to build a new Wheaton Library and Community Recreation Center during their regular session meeting on April 1.  The plan is part of the Executive’s recommended Fiscal Years 2015-20 Capital Improvements Program. Last week, the Council voted against placing an […]

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. at local public libraries in April according to the following schedule: Saturday, April 5: Aspen Hill Library, 4407 Aspen Hill Road, Rockville, MD […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) have an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out and learned that some authors have more than one book on the local list. For the month of […]

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:

In this MyMCMedia extra, New York Times bestselling author Brian Jay Jones tells us about the significant roles the state of Maryland and television played in the early career of Muppets creator Jim Henson. Take a look: Jones is the author of “Jim Henson: The Biography,” which he wrote in the basement of his Montgomery […]

Here’s a quick look at five things you should know today (March 15) in Montgomery County. 1. County officials will celebrate the grand reopening of the Olney Library. 2. The annual Gaithersburg St. Patrick’s Day Parade marches down Grand Corner Avenue today at the Washingtonian Center. 3. Maryland State Police have deployed DUI patrols in […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) have an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out and learned that some authors have more than one book on the local list. For the month of […]

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) have an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out and learned that some authors have more than one book on the local list. For the month of […]

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 […]