Montgomery Community Media

Students from The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) hosted an expo to fight hunger in Montgomery County. They also presented a series of proposals part of Hunger For Solutions Challenge to a panel of business owners, experts, and county officials. The Hungry for Solutions Expo took place on April 16 from 3 p.m. to 6 […]

Safe Silver Spring, a community civic group, is scheduled to host a meeting on April. 20, 7 p.m. at the Long Branch Community Center at 8700 Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring. According to the organization’s newsletter, the purpose of this meeting is to discuss current job opportunities and training programs for teens, especially minority […]

The Annual AAHP Community Day featured health screenings, live cooking demonstrations, group fitness, children’s activities and more. The event took place on April 18 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building. The initiative was hosted by The African American Health Program to raise awareness about the“State of Black Health in the County.” To […]

Montgomery County Fire Department is donating personal protective gear to the African Fire Mission– a nonprofit organization that helps fire services in Africa. A shipment containing helmets, coats, gloves, boots and more will be delivered to Zambia. “For decades, we’ve been donating surplus gear overseas. … It’s gear that is no longer available for us to use. […]

They are hungry for solutions. Students from The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) presented a series of proposals to fight hunger in Montgomery County. The Hungry for Solutions Expo took place April 16 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and the program was part of USG’s Civic Engagement Series 2015. “Today we’re talking about who is […]

No one else in the family had been a police officer. Montgomery County Captain Laura Lanham and Commander of the 4th District- Wheaton station- said her family was “in shock” when she decided to join the force. “It was working hard every day and always doing my job that got me here,” she said. She […]

An 18-year-old from Gaithersburg faces charges in connection with the vandalism at the Shaare Torah Synagogue in the Kentlands area of Gaithersburg. Sebastian Espinoza-Carranza, 18, of the 16700 block of Sioux Lane, was arrested on April 14 and charged with property damage to a religious institution, defacement of a religious property, and malicious destruction of […]

Children in Montgomery County had a chance to explore trucks, climb trees and turn on police sirens at the county’s first Touch-a-Truck event. Whether they were climbing into the cab of a backhoe, or riding in a bucket truck parents and children learned about the trucks that help upkeep Montgomery County’s urban parks. The county’s […]

UPDATED, April 14 – Doris Trujillo has been located safe and unharmed. ORIGINAL – Montgomery County Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing Rockville teenager. According to police, Doris Trujillo, 16, of the 4700 block of Renn Street in Rockville has been reported missing. Trujillo is described by police as a Hispanic female, 5’3″ […]

UPDATE It was a full house at the meeting regarding the new Wheaton Library and Recreation Center Project. Residents asked questions about the quantity of books in the library, computer labs, children space, gymnasium, and traffic. County officials expect to break ground on the new Wheaton Library and Recreating Center July 2016, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open […]