Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Public Schools Division of Food  and Nutrition Services provided free meals to students in the County during snow days. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Director Marla Caplon talks about how the program was organized.

After record snow falls across the region forced many commuter services to close, daily commutes are starting to return to normal. Bike riders in Montgomery County can now return to the streets once again. Capital Bikeshare announced on Wednesday that it would start to re-open bike stations in Montgomery County. Stations in the County will […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, founder of the “MoCo Snow” blog Alex Tsironis talks about the rating system he created to predict school closings. Related Posts:

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today signed an Executive Order, which rescinds the current State of Emergency in Maryland that was enacted on January 22nd in response to severe winter weather. “The entire state of Maryland was impacted by the most significant and widespread storm our state has ever experienced, but together – thanks to the […]

Things are slowly but surely returning to normal in Montgomery County after a record blizzard last weekend. Ride On, the County’s bus service started normal operations on Thursday, but some commuters have had problems accessing bus stops. There are nearly 5,300 bus stops across the County and removing snow from all stops is a big […]

After an extraordinarily busy week, MC311, Montgomery County’s informational call center is resuming regular weekday hours, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 29. For one week, the call center has been taking calls 24/7. MC311 staff will have provided more than 200 consecutive hours of call-taking service when the extended emergency hours conclude […]

As things begin to return to normal around Montgomery County after last weekends record blizzard, commuters are hitting the roads and sidewalks to head back to work. Delays and traffic jams are common place around the County but for some, mounds of snow are impeding their commutes. A bus stop at the intersection of Colesville […]

What a week! Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) officials have announced that schools are closed Friday, January 29.  School-sponsored and community activities in school buildings also are canceled.  Administrative offices will open on time. Day care programs in school buildings will remain open as scheduled. Free lunch will be provided at 12 school sites. Weekend […]

During a period of 36 hours, over 30 inches of snow fell on some areas of Montgomery County. The snowstorm closed schools, local businesses and government offices as residents hunkered down to wait it out. Now the clean up, after all that snow, is being measured in days not hours. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. According […]

Montgomery County officials are overseeing building repairs at the Red Brick Courthouse, 29 Courthouse Square, in the city of Rockville, after some pieces of the historic building fell to the ground from the weight of heavy snow earlier this week. General Services Director David Dise said crews shoveling sidewalks in the area heard a giant […]