Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County parks officials are moving forward with a roundup of hundreds of Canada Geese at two local parks because the birds are considered a public safety nuisance. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You can find out more about the geese reduction effort, here. Montgomery Parks Will Remove Up to 300 Non-migratory Canada Geese in June […]

Montgomery Parks is launching a geese roundup at two park sites, Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreational Park and Rock Creek Regional Park. According to Parks officials, the geese removal project will take place this month, and up to 300 non-migratory Canada geese will be coralled and humanely euthanized. The animals will then be processed for […]

Montgomery County police officers say three teenagers were killed in a pickup truck crash last night in Damascus. It happened at 11:36 p.m. in the 25300 block of Burnt Hill Road. In a news release, police said the preliminary investigation indicates that the Ford F-250 was traveling southbound on Burnt Hill Road, approaching Kingstead Road, […]

Tiger Woods has announced that he will not be playing in the Quicken Loans National later this month at Congressional Country Club. You can read his statement, below: “While I continue to work hard on getting healthy, I am not physically ready to play in this year’s U.S. Open and the Quicken Loans National. I […]

UPDATED A total of 2,641 people visited the Water Park at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg on opening weekend for the kickoff of the summer swim season. Although the main pool was open for swimming and wading, the popular Splash Pool for young children was closed for maintenance. “Aquatics staff encountered issues with the internal components […]

Country singer Maggie Rose, who is also known as Margaret Durante, has tied the knot. The country music star, who hails from Montgomery County, was married to Austin Marshall over the weekend at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Potomac. You may remember that Rose got engaged to Marshall last year at the Bethesda Blues […]

Lindsey Hoggle, the mother of Catherine Hoggle and the grandmother of missing Sarah and Jacob Hoggle, has written a letter to The Washington Post about mental illness and incarceration. Her daughter, Catherine Hoggle, is being treated for mental health issues at Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital in Jessup, Maryland. Catherine is believed to be last […]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited with students at Montgomery Blair High School on June 1st to discuss ocean protection and other environmental issues. MCPS-TV reports. The group of students who met with Secretary Kerry included the Chesapeake Bay Regional Champions of the Ocean Science Bowl and the winners of the National Science Bowl. […]

Millions of Muslims around the world, including those residing in Montgomery County, began observing the holy month of Ramadan on Monday. During the entire month, Muslims fast everyday from sunrise to sunset; this includes refraining from consuming any food or drink (water too). It’s a sacred time for followers of the Islamic faith to reflect their relationship with […]

Dawson’s Farmers Market is open on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. now thru Sept. 28 at 225 N. Washington Street in Rockville Town Square. Beginning on June 8th, there will also be live music at the market to enjoy while you grab lunch or shop around. Vendors signed up for the 2016 season […]