Montgomery Community Media

Shaadi Ghorbani is only 12-years-old and has managed to raise more than $4,000 to help children at Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan; a mission that all started with her dad. “Watching the news over the past year the situation wasn’t getting any better and I felt like I wanted to do something,” said Dr. Ali […]

The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is finishing up the $2.75 million safety and resurfacing project along a 2.3 mile stretch of Quince Orchard Road between Orchard Ridge Drive and Frederick Road in the city of Gaithersburg this month. Over the last two weeks, drivers may have noted that temporary tape used for lane markings […]

UPDATED 12.20.16 Poolesville commissioners will continue conversations about plans for a synthetic ice rink at the town’s next meeting on Jan. 9 and now there is talk of transforming the rink to accommodate roller hockey in the warmer months. Town Manager Wade Yost said the elected leaders have decided to move forward with a 4,000 […]

Take a drive through Gaithersburg’s Winter Lights Festival at Seneca Creek State Park in this video, below: The Winter Lights Festival is now open thru Dec. 31. The festival will be closed on Dec. 25.

Montgomery County residents saw their first wintry precipitation of the season on Dec. 17. It arrived in the form of sleet, ice and rain that fell across Montgomery County for several hours on Saturday morning. Here’s a look at some of the frozen scenes that were shared with MyMCMedia: It’s sleeting in @GburgMD – crunchy […]

Students at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart have a new addition to their playground. Mayor of Somerset Jeffrey Slavin donated a playhouse to the Bethesda school and on Dec. 15th there was a dedication ceremony to celebrate the occasion. Slavin bought the playhouse at an auction benefiting Rebuilding Together Montgomery County. The playhouse […]

The 70th anniversary of Montgomery College (MC) was recognized by the Montgomery County Council today as College President DeRionne Pollard and members of the faculty and staff joined the tribute. County Councilmembers Nancy Navarro and Craig Rice led the ceremonies. “[The College] has helped to change our community, our society, our world,” said Rice. MC […]

The reopening of the Little Falls Library in Bethesda has been delayed because of water damage. That’s the word from Montgomery County officials who said the library was damaged after a 4-inch, fire-main pipe broke this week flooding the mechanical room and the lower level. The library, located at 5501 Massachusetts Avenue, was scheduled to […]

For a second year in a row, the Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets take home the 3A state football title. They defeated the Franklin Indians, 14-12, Thursday night in Annapolis. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury was there.

Flags have been lowered to half staff in honor of John Glenn, who died on Dec. 8th. .@POTUS: As a mark of respect for the memory of John Glenn, I direct the flag be flown at half-staff at US embassieshttps://t.co/7IE5XDLWco — Department of State (@StateDept) December 9, 2016 Breaking News: John Glenn has died at […]