Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council postponed voting on County Executive Marc Elrich’s order reinstating some COVID-19 restrictions. A vote is tentatively scheduled for the council’s next meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The order was intended to be approved Thursday and go into effect Friday, however, the council and county officials agreed some wording needs to be […]

The Montgomery County Commission for Women will host a series of virtual listening sessions during the month of November. According to a press release, these virtual sessions will allow women in the county to share how they’ve been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The tours will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with […]

Takoma Park Mayor Kate Stewart spoke to MyMCMedia Monday about the city’s election on Nov. 3. (Stewart is seeking reelection in the local election, running against Roger Schlegel.) Stewart says it’s the first time in Takoma Park history that the city’s election has fallen on the same day as the national election. She added that […]

The Col. E. Brooke Lee Middle School in Silver Spring moved closer to rid its ties with a state and county politician from the early 1900s whose company developed racially-restricted properties. During its Sept. 10 meeting, the Montgomery County Board of Education added the name of Brigadier General Charles Edward McGee of Bethesda, a retired […]

El Día de los Veteranos es un feriado nacional para recordar a todos los veteranos militares de EE. UU. Se celebra cada 11 de noviembre. La Comisión de Asuntos de Veteranos del Condado de Montgomery da a conocer los siguientes eventos que se llevarán a cabo en el condado para honrar y celebrar a nuestros […]

Veterans Day is a national holiday set aside to remember all U.S. military veterans, past and present. It is celebrated every November 11th. Montgomery County’s Commission on Veterans Affairs lists the following events occurring in the county to honor and celebrate our veterans. 4th Annual Veterans Day Program Sunday, November 10, 2:30 p.m. American Jewish Veterans Memorial, Bender […]

Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church will host a lecture by Congressman Jamie Raskin on the constitutional meaning of impeachment in American Democracy Sunday, November 10 at 7 p.m. Congressman Raskin is a constitutional scholar and was a professor of constitutional law for more than a quarter-century at American University Washington College of Law before entering […]

La pupusa es el plato nacional de El Salvador. Desde el primero de abril de 2005, la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador decretó el segundo domingo de cada noviembre como “El Día Nacional de la Pupusa”, platillo típico hecho a mano, elaborado a base de muchos tipos de masa por ejemplo masa de maíz y […]

Her poems about the tragic realities of life – gun violence and opioid addiction – have won her international acclaim, and yet this award-winning poet, Lydia Wei is still in high school.  Wei, a senior at Richard Montgomery County High School, is a special guest at DiVerse Gaithersburg on Sunday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m., at […]

This weekend is the perfect time for holiday shopping at Strathmore’s Holiday Market. More than a dozen non-profit organizations bring their museum gift shops to the Mansion at Strathmore. The popular holiday bazaar is back for its 29th year and it takes place from Nov. 8-Nov. 11. Friday, Nov. 9 Mary Poppins Jr.  KAT Second Stage presents […]