Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews, who on Dec. 1 will conclude 16 years serving on the Council, was honored on Oct. 30 for his efforts to enhance public safety in his long-term role as chair of the Council’s Public Safety Committee. Among the presentations at the meeting was one from County Fire Chief Steve Lohr […]

A Montgomery County Council committee is scheduled to discuss today a bill that would ban the use of styrofoam as packaging for most food products. The meeting is to be held at 2:30 p.m. in the Third Floor Conference Room before the Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, which is chaired by Councilmember Roger Berliner […]

A bill expected to be introduced Tuesday could have an impact on the way you take care of your lawn. Montgomery County Council Vice President George Leventhal, who chairs the Council’s Health and Human Services Committee,  is scheduled to introduce  Bill 52-14 on Tuesday  that seeks to prohibit use of certain pesticides on county lawns […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice met with reporters at his weekly briefing on Oct. 27. The first topic he wanted to talk about this week was getting the vote out. Take a look:

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice held his weekly briefing with reporters on Oct. 20 and the first topic he wanted to talk about was Ebola. Other issues discussed at the briefing included the Department of Liquor Control, the procurement process, early voting, the transportation lockbox amendment and more. You can watch the briefing in […]

The Montgomery County Council and its staff are joining together for their annual Community Service Week project, which this year will benefit the Helping Kids Eat Backpack Weekend Meal Program. The council and staff will work with the Women Who Care Ministries, Inc., to collect food items that would be appropriate for weekend meals for […]

Bullying, the environment, teen suicide, school construction and funding: It was a night for students to speak up. The fifth Montgomery County Council Youth Town Hall Meeting was held on Oct. 15 at the County Council Building in Rockville. The event was open to high and middle school students from public and private schools from […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, Councilmember Marc Elrich tells us what committee assignment is important to him if he is reelected to the Council on Nov. 4. Take a look: Elrich and the other candidates running for the at large County Council seats participated in a candidates forum at MCM on Oct. 13. You can […]

Since January 825 citations have been issued to drivers who passed a stopped school bus that has its stop sign and stop arm extended, Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice said Monday. The council’s education and public safety committees met to get an update on the issue and other school issues Monday. According to County […]

The Montgomery County Council on Oct. 14 recognized October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, joining with representatives of the Montgomery County Women’s Cancer Control Program, Suburban Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital to remind women to get regularly checked. Since the program began in 1985, mammography rates have more than doubled for women age 50 […]