Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice is holding his annual education budget meetings where residents are invited to ask questions about the upcoming Fiscal Year 2017 budget. Videographer Mike Springirth covered the first meeting: Remaining education budget forums: March 9 – Gaithersburg High School, 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 16 – Magruder High School, 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 23 […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, Education Committee chair, will hold a series of five public forums to discuss programs and budgets for the County’s public school system and community college. Councilmember Rice is hosting the event along with MCPS Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers, and Montgomery County College President DeRionne Pollard. According to a news release, the […]

Here are five things you need to know today, March 23, in Montgomery County: 1. The Board of Elections (BOE) needs election judges, especially in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, North Bethesda and Cabin John, for the June 24 gubernatorial primary. You can find out more on the BOE website. 2. The Montgomery County Council is […]

Montgomery County has once again partnered with WSSC to present the 4th Annual H2O Summit Saturday, March 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building. The focus of the day long event is everyone plays an important role in protecting the region’s water and watersheds. The morning roundtable discussions occur […]

Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal car accident that occurred in the early morning hours of March 24. Shortly after 1 a.m., police said, dispatchers were alerted to an erratic driver by an off-duty police employee. Police were put on the lookout for a gray pick up truck in the area of Route 108 […]

Dozens of people were having a ball hula hooping in Kentlands on March 23 as Whole Foods Market set out to break a world record for the most people hula hooping. As you can see from these photos and video: There were some people who really knew how to move too. Take a look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVedstZgND4 […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a townhouse fire in the 19300 block of Elderberry Terrace in Germantown shortly around 3 p.m. on March 23. According to Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham, the fire caused $200,000 damage to the middle town house unit and the family lost two dogs in the blaze.   There were no […]

Updated March 23. Water restrictions for WSSC customers have been lifted. The 60″ pipe went back in service late this afternoon. Updated March 22. Repairs to the 60” water main are nearing completion. Crews will be flushing the repaired line to ensure water quality, before putting the transmission main back into service. If everything goes […]