Montgomery Community Media

As of April 12, 42% of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) have no waitlist for returning to in-person learning, Superintendent Dr. Jack Smith said during a school board meeting Tuesday. Smith said another 38% of schools have a waitlist of nine or fewer students. “And that means some of them have come into the waitlist […]

Silver Spring is the most generous city in America—at least when it comes to GoFundMe donations. And Rockville is the 10th most generous city in the country, according to GoFundMe’s annual Year in Giving report released Tuesday. The list is based on the number of donations made per capita in cities with a population greater […]

In Maryland, a total of 52 public and private high schools had at least one former student graduate from Harvard, Princeton or Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring ranked first with 10 former students graduating in 2018: three from Harvard, two from Princeton, and five from MIT, according to […]

Rockville is GoFundMe’s second most generous city in the United States. According to one of GoFundMe’s 2019 Year in Giving lists, Rockville ranked behind Marietta, Ga. for city with the most donations on the platform. The list is based on the number of donations made per capita in cities with a population greater than 50,000. […]

There’s a new study out that looks at happiness in counties across America, and Montgomery County ranks 19th in the 2016 SmartAsset.com study, which is out this month. When it comes to the happiest places, Loudoun County, Virginia and Fairfax County, Virginia are ranked number one and two, respectively. This is the second year in […]

So where’s the best place to live in the country? According to a new list released today by Livability.com, that would be Rochester, Minnesota. But you will find two places from Montgomery County on this popular list, too. The city of Rockville is ranked number 17 and Bethesda just made the list coming in at number 100. […]

There are some storms in our forecast for later today, so don’t forget your umbrella. Here are five more things to know today, April 10, in Montgomery County: 1. Tax Talk: Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot has released a list of people and businesses who he says owe thousands of dollars in back taxes and penalties. […]

Movoto, the real estate blog, has a new list out that’s become a hot topic in Montgomery County. According to Movoto, two of the snobbiest small cities in America are Bethesda and Rockville. Bethesda makes the Movoto list at number two and Rockville is tied for 8th place with Encinitas, California. The number one snobbiest […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out. For the month of May, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Diary of a Wimpy […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out. For the month of April, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Babymouse series by Jennifer […]