Montgomery Community Media

On Oct. 7, the day before International Walk to School Day, two Kingsview Middle School students were struck by a car as they walked to school in Germantown. It happened at the intersection of Kingsview Road and Clopper Road. Although their injuries were not serious, MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports that local officials are not taking […]

Save the date! Montgomery Community Media and the League of Women Voters are scheduled to host a candidates forum for the County Council race at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13. The race includes the following seats: Four At-Large seats. Candidates include: Democratic Incumbents- Marc Elrich, Nancy Floreen, George Leventhal, Hans Riemer. Republican Challengers- Robert […]

The Montgomery County Planning Board has its first Latino member. On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council appointed Natali Fani-Gonzalez of Kensington to the council to fill the seat of Francoise Carrier, whose term expired in June.  Fani-Gonzalez will serve a four-year term. Carrier was chairperson of the board and on July 15 the Council designated boardmember Casey Anderson […]

The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to appoint a new member to the County Planning Board at 10 a.m. on Oct. 7. The Council received 25 applications for the position and interviewed four of those applicants. The scheduled appointment will be part of the Council’s regular weekly session, which will begin at 9:30 a.m. in […]

The Montgomery County Council has approved a measure that allows candidates for County Council and County Executive to use public financing for their campaigns. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice met with the media on Sept. 29 and shared some updates on a variety of issues, including the county’s procurement process, campaign financing, a federal grant for Montgomery College and more. He also fielded questions about the new Holy Cross Hospital, drones, the missing Hoggle kids, an Ebola exposed […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice held his weekly briefing with the media on Sept. 22 and fielded a variety of questions ranging in topics from the county’s drone policy to the status of the Silver Spring Transit Center to the latest on the Hoggle investigation. You can watch the briefing in its entirety here:

The Montgomery County Council on Sept. 23, is scheduled to  interview four applicants to fill a vacant position on the Montgomery County Planning Board. The Council received letters of interest from 25 applicants for the four-year term position. The interview schedule will be as follows: • 2 p.m. Charles Kauffman • 2:30 p.m. Victor Weissberg • […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice, who represents District 2 that includes much of the Upcounty area and Montgomery Village, will meet with residents starting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 22, at the Gaithersburg Library. Rice is expected to address the future redevelopment on the Montgomery Village golf course site, schools, the possible northward extension of […]

You Only Live Once or YOLO is the theme of a new educational safety campaign in Montgomery County to curb pedestrian collisions involving teens. MCPS-TV reports. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming. Related: