Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by hosting a conversation with Latino leaders on Sept. 29 to talk about social justice issues that still affects the community. Each year Americans observe Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15. Latino leaders talked about inclusion, diversity in the workforce, the use of minority-owned […]

Meet Darren Duvall: one of Bethesda Cares’ most valuable volunteers and he is about to become an award winner. Duvall will be one of the many volunteers honored by County Executive Isiah Leggett at the Annual Montgomery Serves Awards on April 27 at Imagination Stage in Bethesda. The recognition comes after almost two decades serving lunch […]

The first month of the new year is already in the books and it’s been a busy start of the year for the web team at MyMCMedia. We produced 14 Montgomery Channel on Location (MCOL) video segments for Montgomery Channel 21. Our most watched video online was produced by Krista Brick and it spotlighted three […]

It was a day of service to honor Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday. MyMCMedia’s Aline Barros has the story on how Montgomery County residents spent MLK Day giving back to the community. Related:

A small group braved the cold weather Friday afternoon in Rockville to show their support for law enforcement officers on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. The group of about a dozen people walked several blocks in downtown Rockville holding signs of support for the police. Allie Frishkorn organized the rally she said was to counter […]

Members of the African Affairs Advisory Group and the Coalition Against Ebola hosted the Ebola: Get Informed, Get Involved town hall meeting on Nov. 25 in Silver Spring to educate attendees about the current Ebola outbreak situation. Aline Barros reports. “If you’re going to return to either Liberia or Sierra Leone, Guinea or now even Mali that […]

The Peace and Justice Studies Community of Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, hosted a conversation to celebrate the International Day of Peace- a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of nonviolent actions among all nations and all people. The event gave students the chance to ask questions and take notes about the significance of peace. Randall […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett held his first budget hearing of the new year on Jan. 6 at the BlackRock Center for the Arts on what may have been the coldest night of the year. Despite the cold temperatures outside, MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports that dozens of residents turned out to ask questions and to […]

A group of Chinese business executives recently visited Montgomery County to learn firsthand about investment opportunities in the form of public-private partnership projects.  MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. The theme for this visit was connecting the large market for healthcare needs in China with the world’s most advanced medical technologies in Montgomery County. The Select USA […]

There is a new community developing in the city of Gaithersburg, just off Fields Road and across from the Washingtonian Center. It’s called Crown and recently the first residents have moved in and the first storefront has opened its doors for business in Downtown Crown.  MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.