Montgomery Community Media

Here are your five things to know today, March 3, in Montgomery County: 1. It may snow tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montgomery County. 2. Montgomery Parks staffers want to know what you think about the trail system. A Planning Board public hearing is scheduled today on the […]

Montgomery Community Media (MCM) and Montgomery Parks hosted the Josiah Henson Leadership Conference on Monday, Feb. 22 at MCM’s studios in Rockville. In this video, business leaders discuss the impact of Henson’s legacy and Montgomery Parks staff describe plans to open a new museum at Josiah Henson Park in North Bethesda. MyMCMedia’s Willie James Inman […]

Montgomery Community Media and Montgomery Parks hosted a leadership conference to discuss the life and legacy of Josiah Henson. The conference took place on the morning of Monday, Feb. 22 at the Montgomery Community Media studios in Rockville. Henson was enslaved on a plantation owned by Isaac Riley from 1795 until 1830 when he escaped […]

Montgomery Parks will celebrate Black History Month with free educational events that highlight the stories, struggles and successes of African Americans. The events will take place on February 27 and 28 at Josiah Henson Park and will include free guided tours, a screening of a PBS documentary about the park and a spoken word poetry […]

The Montgomery County Planning Department and Montgomery Parks have announced a meeting to discuss the Rock Spring Master Plan on Thursday, January 28. At the meeting, staff from Montgomery Parks will present information on planned amenities, open spaces and roles for County agencies and developers. Planning Department staff will also conduct a discussion during the […]

Talk about a pest. Montgomery Parks officials announced this week that a non-native invasive beetle from Asia, the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), has been detected in the county and it is destroying Ash trees across the county. The beetle feeds on the trees causing them to die within three years. While only two percent of […]

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar: Friday, November 6 The First Annual Doctors & Nurses Ball to raise funds for MobileHealth4All takes place in Bethesda tonight. Rockville Musical Theatre presents Footloose at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville at 8 p.m. Montgomery Playhouse’s production of Painting Churches opens tonight […]

There have been more reports of a juvenile barred owl encountering passersby on the Capital Crescent Trail, according to a Montgomery Parks official. Parks spokesperson Melissa Chotiner said the most recent incidents have occurred when the trail, north of Dorset Avenue, is officially closed at dusk or dawn. So she said parks officials are placing […]

Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 27, in Montgomery County: 1. Over 350 people are expected for Montgomery County’s Business Hall of Fame luncheon today at the Universities at Shady Grove. 2. Early voting takes place today from 3 – 8 p.m. at Gaithersburg City Hall. 3. In Rockville, the candidates running […]

Montgomery Parks officials have located, and caught on camera, an owl that has been swooping down and attacking runners on the Capital Crescent Trail in Bethesda. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury reports. For more  of our owl coverage, check out this MyMCMedia Extra.