Montgomery Community Media

You are almost to the weekend! Here are five things to know today, June 19th, in Montgomery County: 1. Ordering Alcohol: The Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control is scheduled to meet today with the county’s ad hoc committee on liquor control to talk about plans to update and improve the department’s inventory and ordering systems. […]

Montgomery County Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Liquor Control has wrapped up a segment of its discussions about how the liquor control department handles business. We have team coverage: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker met with about two dozen people involved in the liquor industry Wednesday in an effort to hear their opinions on the review of the County’s Department of Liquor Control. Since February, the Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Liquor Control has been holding worksessions to look at five options presented in […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters on March 30 to discuss a variety of topics, including news that Montgomery County is the healthiest county in Maryland. Other topics discussed included the camaraderie and productivity of the County Council, the Department of Liquor Control, the Purple Line, Silver Spring Transit Center, the Pepco/Exelon […]

Public health experts sent a clear message today to Montgomery County Council members considering privatization of Montgomery Local Liquor Control system: Montgomery County’s Local Liquor Control system is superior in protecting the public health, combating underage drinking and striking the balance between the sale of a legal, controlled substance and meeting community concerns and the […]

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters at his weekly briefing on March 9. Some of the issues he discussed included, the pesticide bill, the Ad Hoc Committee on Liquor Control, the impact of snow on the county’s budget, the achievement gap and more. You can watch the briefing in its entirety, below:

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on school start times, the new public safety training academy, a report about the Department of Liquor Control, the high school swim and dive championships and more.

The Council’s Ad Hoc Committee on Liquor Control will hold its first meeting on Feb. 27. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal explains the work ahead: The Office of Legislative Oversight delivered a review report about Alcohol Control to the Montgomery County Council on Feb. 10. You can read a summary […]

There could be a big change in the way alcohol is sold here in Montgomery County if county leaders buy into one of the changes suggested by the Montgomery County’s Office of Legislative Oversight. A report released Tuesday by the Montgomery County’s Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) that analyzes the County’s Department of Liquor Control […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers Hans Riemer, George Leventhal and Marc Elrich have sent a memo to their colleagues to create a Council ad hoc committee to study the County’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) and its current system of distributing alcohol to restaurants and retail beer and wine stores. The memo proposes that one issue the […]