Montgomery Community Media

We are often asked what does a Chamber of Commerce do? In short, a Chamber is a form of business network, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Essentially, we create an environment in which businesses can prosper. One of the many benefits from being associated with the […]

Maryland Health Connection le recuerda a los residentes de Maryland que la inscripción abierta comienza el 1 de noviembre de 2020 y se extiende hasta el 15 de diciembre de 2020. Según Maryland Health Connection la comunidad de habla hispana no está al tanto de su elegibilidad y el apoyo financiero disponible- 9 de cada […]

Watch a video preview of the next episode of 21 This Week, below: 21 This Week airs on Montgomery Channel 21 on Sundays at 11 a.m. and again at 7 p.m.; Mondays at noon and again at 8 p.m.; Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m.

Almost 18% of children in Maryland between the ages of 10 and 17 are obese, according to a recently released study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. That is the tenth highest rate in the United States, where the average obesity rate for this age group is 15.5%, according to the study. In Montgomery County, […]

Tuesday was the second day for early voting in Maryland. MyMCMedia was at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg – the location had the highest turnout in the county as of 4 p.m. Voters said this election feels different from previous ones they’ve participated in. The state Board of Elections said more than 161,000 residents early-voted on […]

El setenta y ocho por ciento de los residentes del condado de Montgomery respondieron al censo de EE.UU., lo que representa un aumento de casi el 2% con respecto al censo de 2010. A nivel nacional, el 67% de los estadounidenses completaron el censo. Según la oficina del censo de EE.UU., el 71.2% de los […]

Lead levels in children living in Maryland continue to decrease and currently are at the lowest levels since data has been collected in connection with the state’s 1994 lead law. According to the Maryland Department of the Environment’s 2019 Childhood Blood Level Surveillance newly-release report, almost 150,000 children between the ages of birth and 18 […]

Early voting began Monday in Maryland. The Wheaton Library and Recreation Center is one of 11 early voting locations in Montgomery County. Residents were eager to get to the polls and MyMCMedia spoke to voters about their experiences around this election and ongoing political climate. The last day for early in-person voting in Maryland is […]

Councilmember Craig Rice is the new co-chair of the National Association of Counties’ Broadband Task Force. The goal of the task force is to study the lack of reliable broadband, including a focus on the challenges of facing underserved communities. The task force consists of about three dozen county government officials from across the country. […]

Seventy eight percent of Montgomery County residents responded to the U.S. census, which is an increase of nearly 2% from the 2010 census. Nationally, 67% of Americans completed the census. According to the U.S. Census, 71.2% of Marylanders filled out their census forms. Residents in the City of Rockville had a 76.9% response rate, and […]