Montgomery Community Media

Here are your five things to know today, Nov. 12, in Montgomery County: 1. A Walter Johnson graduate, retired Captain Florent Groberg will receive the Medal of Honor today at the White House. 2. The Montgomery County Planning Board meets today and one of the items on the agenda is an annexation petition that is […]

Montgomery County Public Schools fifth graders recently experienced the blues at a jazz concert at the Music Center at Strathmore. MCPS-TV reports. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

Here are your five things to know today, Aug. 26, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker and Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot will lead a promotional tour of Silver Spring Restaurant Week this evening.  The elected leaders plan to kick off the tour at 5 p.m. with a happy hour social at […]

Cheick Hamala Diabate will perform traditional Malian melodies and rhythms Wednesday, Aug. 5 at Strathmore in North Bethesda. According to his website, Diabate is a West African historian in the Girot tradition, and a world-recognized master of the n’goni, a traditional Malian instrument. Diabate began touring in the U.S. in 1995 after many years touring throughout […]

Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen will perform country and bluegrass tonight at Strathmore in North Bethesda. According to their website, this Virginia-based band play a wide variety of music focusing on bluegrass and acoustic country. The group won eight awards from the Washington Area Music Association in March. Also known as the Wammies, the event […]

Demolition of three sections of the White Flint Mall parking garage started on July 8. In a video posted on You Tube, Mike Purks captures from a drone the mall’s empty garages, naked walls, and dusty floors.

Demolition of three sections of the White Flint Mall parking garage started July 8, according to a community notice letter signed by Desharri Bell, general manager of the White Flint Mall. The work is scheduled to take place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and will follow Montgomery County codes and regulations. […]

UPDATE at 2:30 p.m: Strathmore moving the concert indoors due to the high humidity, according to their Facebook page. Las Cafeteras, a group born in the streets of Los Angeles, will perform their crossed-genre music style tonight at Strathmore in North Bethesda. According to the group’s website, they tell lyrical stories of life and love in […]

The fast casual pizza company, &pizza, will open its fourth Montgomery County location on Friday, June 12th, in North Bethesda. The new location, at the Pike & Rose community, is the brand’s 13th location in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. “Maryland has been incredibly supportive of &pizza and we are excited to be apart of […]

Gables Residential has received Preliminary Plan and Site Plan approval from the Montgomery County Planning Board for Gables Pike District, a mixed-use development at Old Georgetown Road and Executive Boulevard. The approval is for 521,000 square feet of new development comprised of up to 476 apartment homes and 31,000 square feet of retail. According to a news […]