Montgomery Community Media

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot’s task force to modernize beer laws has tapped three Montgomery County residents — including two associated with county breweries. Julie Verratti, co-founder and director of business development for the Denizens Brewing Co. in Silver Spring, and  John (Phil) Muth, co-owner of Brookeville Brewing LLC, have been selected as has Gary Hailey a lawyer […]

Writing and composing an original opera keeps third graders at Stedwick Elementary on a year long mission of learning. This week the students in Mary Ruth McGinn’s class in Montgomery Village worked on polishing their opera’s theme song. Students visiting from the International School of the Hague (ISH) helped arrange the music. MyMCMedia’s Phyllis Armstrong […]

UPDATED 10:10 a.m. WMATA is reporting delays and detours on Metro’s Red Line during Tuesday morning’s commute. Commuters are advised to prepare for 45-minute delays. Red Line: Main't crews continue to replace insulators after AM arcing events. Trains single tracking, expect track work thru midday. #wmata — Metrorail Info (@Metrorailinfo) May 24, 2016 Red Line continues to […]

Visitors to Rockville’s Hometown Holidays should bring their appetites, as 19 local restaurants are lined up to offer tasty bites from pulled pork sliders, pizza and wings to kebabs, gyros and empanadas. These foods and more will be featured at the Taste of Rockville, from 2 to 10 p.m. on  May 24 and May 25 […]

Montgomery County firefighters responded to a kitchen fire on the second floor at Diamond Square Apartments, 80 Bureau Drive, in Gaithersburg on May 24. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said the sprinkler system helped extinguish the blaze. He said there were no injuries. Residents were seen standing and sitting in the building’s parking lot […]

Kick off summer with Rockville’s Annual Hometown Holidays May 24 and 25. The street festival features 30 bands playing on five stages, children’s activities including rides and a chance to enjoy food from local restaurants. Visit Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg to honor local heroes at the Montgomery Village Rotary Club’s Flags for our Local Heroes […]

Hometown Holidays is a three-day street festival in Rockville Town Center celebrating the beginning of summer over the Memorial Day weekend. Two days of music, food and family fun are followed by Rockville’s Memorial Day Ceremony and parade on Monday, May 26. The music entertainment features national, regional and local performers playing a broad spectrum […]

The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a $4.6 billion total county operating budget for Fiscal Year 2013. The budget, which reflects a 5.6 percent increase over the approved budget for FY 2012, “makes strategic restorations to county services that have recently sustained deep cuts and reflects the tenor of the times: Guarded optimism for our […]