Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations (MCCPTA) hosted a news conference on May 5 at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda. Educators, parents, state and county officials urged Governor Larry Hogan to fully fund education in the state of Maryland. Watch the full conference: Here’s a list of the speakers by order: Doug Prouty, president […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Bethesda Cares employees talk about the 20 years serving the community and the programs they have to help those living in homelessness in Montgomery County. “We’ve grown over the years. … We can help ease living on the street with our program as well as we can help end homelessness by […]

The annual Taste the World in Fenton Village, a restaurant crawl event, brought more than 1,000 people to downtown Silver Spring. The annual event, held on May 3, brought hundreds of people to support the local business in the community and have the chance to try a taste of the diverse ethnic restaurants that are part of the […]

Paul Vance, a former Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent, died May 2 at the age of 83. The longtime Maryland educator, a Montgomery County resident, was with MCPS for more than 20 years. He served as the county school superintendent from 1991 to 1999. Montgomery County Council George Leventhal said Vance understood the needs of every […]

UPDATE Rockville resident Namita Acharya will be at the Rockville Town Center fundraising to help Nepal earthquake victims on May 7, 8 and 9 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Acharya, along with other volunteers, was there on April 30 and May 1 and the group so far raised $1,066. “After each night of fundraising we provide an […]

The annual Taste the World in Fenton Village, a restaurant crawl event, where visitors ended up tasting the world right at the heart of downtown Silver Spring. The annual event, held on May 3, brought hundreds of people to support the local business in the community and have the chance to try a taste of the diverse ethnic restaurants […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Reemberto Rodriguez, director of the Silver Spring Regional Center, invites the community to the fifth annual Taste the World in Fenton Village. More than two-dozen local restaurants are participating and festival goers can taste some of the diverse ethnic restaurants that are part of downtown Silver Spring. The event is scheduled […]

During Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, on April 29, U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski hand-delivered a letter to Jeh Johnson, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, to conduct an audit on the number of non-immigrant H-2B visas that have been both requested and used in 2015. H-2B visa is a program that provides seasonal labor to Maryland’s […]

Montgomery Community Media (MCM) is among the four organizations that received community grants from the Montgomery County Delta Alumnae Foundation, Inc. on April 29 at the 2015 MCDAF Annual Meeting and Community Grant Awards ceremony. According to Tony Spearman-Leach, director of development and communications Montgomery Community Media, said it’s important to enable Montgomery County youth […]

Monica Abuliak, world languages resource teacher and academic intervention coordinator at James Hubert Blake High School, is this year’s recipient of the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award. The award is presented by The Washington Post and has been honoring teaching excellence the past three decades. According to a press release, Abuliak began her career as a Spanish […]