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The grocery store Lidl announced plans to open 50 new stores throughout the country by the end of 2021, three of which will be in Montgomery County. The three new stores will be located on Montgomery Village Avenue in Montgomery Village, New Hampshire Avenue in Takoma Park and Randolph Road in Wheaton. Maryland will be […]

Talk about having a good day. A Gaithersburg resident won the lottery and became $100,000 richer last week. The 49-year-old Gaithersburg resident, whose name was not identified by the Maryland lottery, purchased the $10 scratch-off ticket at a beer and wine store to win the top prize of $100,000. The person is described as a lottery […]

Bram Weinstein is the new radio play-by-play announcer for the Washington Football Team. Weinstein grew up in Montgomery County a huge fan of the football team. He graduated from Springbrook High School and then American University. He has worked at ESPN, ESPN radio and FOX5 over the last several years. In the late 1990’s, Weinstein […]

Montgomery Community Media se llevó a casa dos premios Emmy el sábado por la noche en la 62ª entrega anual de los premios Emmy para el Capítulo de la Bahía de Chesapeake de la Capital Nacional. La reportera Andrea Sarralde y el camarógrafo/editor Nic Rhule ganaron por La Maestra del Año en la categoría Education/Schools […]

Montgomery Community Media took home two Emmys Saturday night at the 62nd annual Emmy Awards for the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter. Reporter Andrea Sarralde and cameraman/editor Nic Rhule won for La Maestra del Año in the Education/Schools – Program Feature/Segment category: Reporter/producer Andrea Sarralde and cameraman James Murphy won for La última esperanza para encontrar […]

Keeping Up with Katie: The latest news and information about the Olympic champion swimmer and Montgomery County’s own Katie Ledecky. A glass of chocolate milk made its way across a swimming pool atop Katie Ledecky’s head in her latest ad for “Got Milk?” No drops of chocolate milk were spilled along the way. On Monday, the […]

Quick. What’s Maryland’s state sport? Give up? Jousting became the official sport of Maryland in 1962. The Annual St. Mary’s Chicken Dinner and Jousting Tournament in Barnesville has held a tournament every year for more than a century to commemorate the game and its legacy in Maryland. 

Montgomery Community Media’s annual youth summer camps have received a makeover this year because of the coronavirus. MCM is still offering youth podcasting camp and smartphone video production camp for children ages 12 and up, but this summer the camps for are virtual. We caught up with Krushae Starnes, the assistant teacher for podcasting camp. […]

It’s a summer like we’ve never seen before. Camps are virtual, swim team is (mostly) canceled, and we are all walking around in face masks. But one thing has not changed here in Montgomery County: McKee-Beshers WMA sunflowers have bloomed and are back in full force. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCegoSsj7Pg/ Maryland Department of Natural Resources-Wildlife and Heritage Service […]

Lee Holland, corporation vice president of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35, has been a Montgomery County Police officer for 13 years and most recently served in the Germantown area. Holland took time to reflect on the recent death of George Floyd Jr. after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine […]