Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council proclaimed Jan. 13th as Korean American Day. MyMCMedia’s Willie James Inman reports.

Korean-American Day commemorates the arrival of the first Korean immigrants to America in Hawaii on January 13, 1903. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Council President Nancy Floreen presents a proclamation to Korean-American leaders officially recognizing January 13th as Korean-American Day. Related:

Here are your five things to know today, Jan. 12, in Montgomery County: 1. Might want to bundle up, the National Weather Service forecasts scattered snow showers after 2 p.m. today. 2. The Montgomery County Council meets today and on the agenda is the Spending Affordability Guidelines for FY17. 3. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett will […]

County Executive Ike Leggett hosted a budget forum in Bethesda on Monday night. Residents gathered to listen and offer their opinions on the Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Center at 4805 Edgemoor Lane. The operating budget for Montgomery County is over $5 billion with the majority of those funds going […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and the County Council released a joint statement about the Department of Homeland Security’s deportation raids and its impact on the community. You can view the entire statement below. “Our nation faces a significant humanitarian challenge in how we deal with the thousands of children and families fleeing violence in Central America. […]

Montgomery County Councilmembers are scheduled to attend a retreat on Monday at Rockwood Manor on MacArthur Boulevard. The Jan. 11 retreat is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and it is open to the public. At 2 p.m. on Monday, the Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee, also known as PHED, meets to […]

Safe Silver Spring hosted its Annual Legislative Forum on Thursday, January 7th. Members of the public, political leaders and activists discussed human trafficking, police body cameras, immigrant deportations and criminal justice reform at the Silver Spring Civic Center . In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Councilmember Marc Elrich, chair of the Public Safety Committee adressed the Montgomery […]

Lorna Virgil hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week. This week’s show begins with a report from the first of five budget forums. Watch the show in its entirety, below:

This year marks the start of a complete ban on the use of styrofoam products in Montgomery County. Take-out containers, bowls, cups,  plates, trays, egg cartons and any other products made of styrofoam are banned for use within the county from January 1, 2016. Signed into law in January of last year, the ban prohibits the […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett is holding the first of five budget forums on Jan. 6th to seek input from residents about Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Operating Budget priorities. The forum will begin at 7 p.m. at the Eastern Montgomery Regional Services Center, 3300 Briggs Chaney Road, in Silver Spring. “Public forums are the residents […]