Montgomery Community Media

Here are your five things to know today, Aug. 25, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Board of Education meets today in both closed and public sessions. You can peruse the BOE agenda, here. 2. The 2016 Power Conference: Women Doing Business takes place today at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. 3. […]

A Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) official announced on Tuesday that defense attorney and local activist Robin Ficker has collected more than the 10,000 signatures necessary to put term limits on the ballot later this year. In a letter to Ficker (that is posted on the BOE website), Election Director Margaret Jurgensen wrote, “the […]

Here are five things to know today, Aug. 23, in Montgomery County: 1. It’s the first day of school for students at Our Lady of Good Counsel high school in Olney. 2. Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) teachers also return to class today. When MCPS buses roll out next Monday to pick up students, there will be […]

MCPS Superintendent Dr. Jack Smith welcomed hundreds of new teachers at an orientation session earlier this month. MCPS-TV reports, below:  

UPDATED The Maryland Department of Agriculture is expanding its mosquito control services in two areas of Montgomery County tonight due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases, including the West Nile virus and the Zika virus. Julie Oberg, the agriculture department’s communications director, said that mosquito control truck-based spraying will take […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision involving a motorcyclist and a rental truck that occurred Saturday night on University Boulevard and Merrimac Drive. Around 10:37 p.m., police officers responded to a collision involving a black, 1999, Honda motorcycle that had been involved in a crash with a 2011 GMC Savana rental truck. […]

Here are five things you need to know today, Aug. 18th, in Montgomery County: 1. Michael Razavi is the keynote speaker for today’s Small Business University event at Montgomery Community Media (MCM) studios in Rockville. Live stream the talk starting at 8 a.m. here. 2.Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal crash that happened in Burtonsville Wednesday […]

UPDATED Here are five things you need to know today, Aug. 17th, in Montgomery County: 1. Metro has extended SafeTrack Surge #7 through the upcoming weekend, which will impact the Red Line. 2. Sprint cellular service has been restored in the Montgomery County region. 3. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin […]

The heat wave continues today with temperatures in the 90s and possible thunderstorms this afternoon according to the National Weather Service. Here are five more things you need to know today, Aug. 16th, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin are scheduled to tour the damaged buildings at […]

Temperatures may be slightly cooler today according to the National Weather Service forecast. Here are five more things you need to know today, Aug. 15th, in Montgomery County: 1. The investigation into the August 10th Silver Spring apartment explosion continues. The police have recovered five bodies and believe eight people total are missing. 2. It’s Family […]