Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery Parks will open all athletic fields tomorrow, April 1. This includes fields in parks, at elementary and middle schools as well as Blair and Blake High School fields. The field openings were delayed from the initial date of March 15 due to conditions created by this year’s unusually harsh winter weather. Updates on field […]

Montgomery Parks officials are delaying the opening of Little Seneca Lake in Black Hill Regional Park and Lake Needwood in Rock Creek Regional Park for the second time this season, until March 28th at the soonest. Both lakes typically open on March 1st for recreational boating, fishing and other uses because the lakes remain frozen. […]

The Montgomery County Planning Board approved on March 12 two solar arrays proposed for South Germantown Recreational and Rock Creek Regional Parks to reduce the county’s carbon footprint. Each array is about five acres. The Planning Board voted 4-0 in favor of the placement of the commission’s first solar arrays in the county. Commissioner Norman […]

Athletic teams that use Montgomery county’s parks or middle and elementary school fields will have their spring season delayed by two weeks. The opening of all Montgomery Parks’ park and elementary / middle school athletic fields (excluding synthetic turf fields) will be delayed from the original opening date of March 15 until April 1 at […]

Montgomery County may soon have its first parkland solar arrays. The two arrays are proposed for South Germantown Recreational and Rock Creek Regional Park to reduce the county’s carbon footprint. Each array is proposed to be about five acres. Montgomery Parks staff evaluated approximately 135 park owned properties from an inventory of more than 400 parks, […]

Montgomery Parks officials announced today that they are delaying the original March 1 opening of Little Seneca Lake in Black Hill Regional Park and Lake Needwood in Rock Creek Regional Park until March 14th for recreational boating, fishing and other uses because of inclement weather conditions. Boaters with a daily or seasonal boating permit are […]

Montgomery Parks is hosting a special celebration at Wheaton Ice Arena on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. for skaters who have returned from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, NC as well as those heading out for International Championship Competitions. The skaters will be performing in various competitions in the U.S. and abroad, representing […]

Montgomery County parks are open during the winter months and Park Police are urging patrons to follow safety guidelines. Susan Kenedy has the story. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

Montgomery Parks officials are asking residents to use caution when recreating on or near Lake Needwood. Testing has shown there are elevated levels of microcystin, a toxic substance produced by some species of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), in the 75-acre lake. Microcystin, hepatoxin, can cause harm to the liver of humans and pets. Of particular concern […]

Montgomery Parks officials are reporting on the organization’s Facebook page that a black bear has been sighted more than once this week in the Wheaton area. In fact, Wildlife Manager Ken D’Loughy of the Department of Natural Resources, said there have been reports of bear sightings at multiple locations in Montgomery County this week “ranging […]