Montgomery Community Media

Some University of Maryland students and their professor helped lead an introduction to music composition for a third grade class at Stedwick Elementary in Montgomery Village on Sept. 24. The students and their professor were invited by third grade teacher Mary Ruth McGinn, who was looking for some outside help in teaching her students about […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, the co-founder of Startup Maryland has a message for Texas Governor Rick Perry. For one, Julie Lenzer Kirk said Maryland is a great state to start a business: take a look. The Startup Maryland bus made an unscheduled stop outside a lunch reception that Perry was attending on Sept. 18 in […]

The Startup Maryland Bus recently visited Bethesda Green in celebration of entrepreneurship. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. The bus will be back in Montgomery County on Sept. 26 when it visits the CoFounders Lab in Rockville. You can find out more about the tour on the Startup Maryland website: Startup Maryland.org.

The Gaithersburg Labor Day Parade marched down the streets of Olde Towne for the 75th year. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports:   Congratulations to the parade winners.

Supporters of local arts organizations joined Suzan Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer of The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC), at the Round House Theater on June 12 to officially launch a new fund raising tool called Power 2 Give.org. The goal is to attract new donors who may not have considered giving to […]

Seniors from all over Montgomery County traveled to Gaithersburg on May 6 for the 5th annual Active Aging Expo. The popular event featured educational talks, fitness demonstrations, preventive screenings and more. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.

A group of dedicated volunteers, known as the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, meet regularly to discuss upcoming events, issues and concerns in the Silver Spring area. Economic Development Director Steve Silverman addressed the group earlier this month. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.

Spring break is just around the corner and thanks to daylight saving time, there are now more sunny hours in the day to enjoy being out and about in Montgomery County. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports that the recent springlike weather is a boon for some area businesses too. A sure sign of spring: the Washingtonian […]

Area leaders and the business community are worried about the impacts on the local economy if sequestration goes in effect on March 1. Maryland has 130,000 federal workers whose salaries could be cut 20 percent due to furloughs and in fiscal year 2012, Montgomery County alone had $5 billion in prime federal contracting awards that […]

A “Night in the Spotlight” was the theme for the 2012 Monty Awards presented for excellence in access television at the BlackRock Center for the Arts on November 18. Volunteer hosts, producers and technicians were recognized for their contributions to MCM. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Awards were presented in a variety of categories, including arts […]