Montgomery Community Media

The Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce honored first responders on Aug. 14 at its annual public safety awards. Members from Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Paramedic Engine 728, City of Gaithersburg Police Department, Montgomery County Police Department 5th and 6th District Stations, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office were recognized for their bravery and commitment […]

Ocean City Mayor Richard Meehan presented Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett with the “key to the city” at last week’s summer conference of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACO), which was held in Ocean City. The honor was bestowed to Leggett in recognition of his role as President of MACO. You can find out more […]

Friends of the Library, Montgomery County (FOLMC), the not-for-profit organization that supports Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) by raising funds and awareness for the system, is accepting applications for its Board of Trustees. Board members serve one three-year term, may be reappointed for up to two additional terms and must attend quarterly meetings. They also […]

Montgomery Parks officials are advising residents to use caution when recreating on or near Lake Needwood and Lake Frank which are both located at Rock Creek Regional Park. Testing has shown there are elevated levels of microcystin, a toxic substance produced by some species of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), in both lakes. Microcystin, a hepatotoxin, can […]

The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair opens its doors at 3 p.m. today. In this MyMCMedia extra video, find some of the things to see and do. The fair is open from Aug. 14 to 22. Children 11 and younger do not pay to get in. General admission to the fair is $10 for adults. Parking at […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts the latest edition of County Report This Week, which includes reports about Senator Barbara Mikulski’s college affordability tour, the renters tax credit, tax free shopping in Maryland, the Rockville Rewards program, the Rock Spring Master Plan, the new Active Montgomery system and more. You can watch the show, below:

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar: Friday, August 14 Downtown Live outdoor concert features rhythm and blues music by 8 Ohms band at Fountain Plaza in Silver Spring. Concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Gold’s Gym leads a workout at Rockville Town Square from 10 to 11 a.m. every Friday morning […]

It’s becoming an annual back-to-school tradition – tax free shopping during the second week of August. Started eight years ago by the Maryland General Assembly, Maryland’s Tax Free Week encourages shoppers to take advantage of no sales tax on clothes and shoes up to $100.  As MyMCMedia’s Cindy Peña explains, shoppers and retailers benefit:   […]

There are plenty of folks who stay at their jobs for 25 years but, in this story, Susan Kenedy catches up with a gentleman who has also touched thousands of lives during the quarter century he has spent helping students cross the road safely in the city of Gaithersburg. Visit our PEG partner County Cable […]

Joi Brown has been named Strathmore‘s new vice president of programming. As part of the leadership team headed by CEO Eliot Pfanstiehl and President Monica Jeffries Hazangeles, Brown is scheduled to take the helm of Strathmore’s programming department beginning in September. With primary responsibility for conceptualizing and implementing performance programming in the 1,976-seat Music Center […]