Montgomery Community Media

The Annual Meeting of Montgomery Sister Cities is scheduled to take place Tuesday, Jan. 13, 5:30 p.m. at the Rockville Memorial Library in Rockville. Today, Montgomery County has established partnerships with Morazán in El Salvador, Gondar in Ethiopia, Xi’an in China, and Hyderabad in India. The mission is to encourage friendship and cooperation through education, humanitarian, cultural, and economic […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, Captain Joe Bell explains how firefighters practice an ice rescue from a frozen pond in Potomac. Take a look: The message from firefighters: “stay off the ice.”

Safe Silver Spring, a community civic group, is scheduled to host a meeting tonight to discuss police body cameras, what happens after police confiscates assets, wiretapping laws, sex crime reporting, among others. Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger, Montgomery County Councilmembers Tom Hucker and Marc Elrich, and State Senator Jamie Raskin are scheduled to speak […]

The City of Gaithersburg Board of Supervisors of Elections is scheduled to hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7 at City Hall to discuss the 2015 elections for Mayor and three Councilmembers. Among the topics to be discussed is location and numbers of polling stations, election equipment, early voting, write-in candidate procedure, […]

Zengo Cycle, an indoor cycling studio, is getting ready for its grand opening on Dec. 31 in Gaithersburg. According to Marc Caputo, studio’s founder, Zengo Cycle is a full body workout where members cycle for 50-minutes in a low lit blue glow room and intense music where people can just “turn your brain off.” “There’s no judgment. […]

On the eve of New Year’s we thought we would take a look back at the top five blog posts in 2014 on the MyMCMedia website. These are the articles with the most page views. 1. Our number one post was a health warning at Lake Needwood from Montgomery Parks with 41,366 page views. 2. “When […]

The Montgomery County government launched a website on Dec. 19 that allows residents to check on how the county spends money. At spendingMontgomery, taxpayers can browse on categories such as “the biggest spenders,” “payment details,” and “the most expensive items.” “The new spendingMontgomery initiative is a groundbreaking application of the open data vision, and I […]

It was a morning to network, meet local business owners, and to learn from county officials about the role of small businesses in the county’s economy. Approximately 50 local entrepreneurs attended the Small Business University’s networking breakfast on Dec. 18 at Montgomery Community Media’s television station. Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal was the keynote speaker. […]

CASA de Maryland has been holding a series of orientation clinics to inform residents about President Barack Obama’s executive action for immigration relief. On Sunday, Dec. 21, CASA is scheduled to host the last informative session at 2 p.m. in Riverdale at the St. Bernard’s Church. “It’s design for us to provide information on the […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker talks about what residents can expect from him as he begins his journey in the County Council.