Montgomery Community Media

Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which includes reports on the Ban the Box legislation, Veterans Day ceremonies, the two new Councilmembers-elect and much more.

It’s cold outside! Here are five more things to know today, Nov. 14, in Montgomery County: 1. There’s a new reward offered in the case of the missing Hoggle children. 2. A new parking project is now underway at Westfield Montgomery. 3. Two people were injured when a minivan crashed through a storefront in Gaithersburg […]

UPDATE Nov. 15 about 10 a.m. The repairs have been completed at Maryland Avenue and West Argyle Street. The road is fully open. UPDATE One day after a water main break, the city of Rockville reports a second break at the intersection of Maryland Avenue and West Argyle Street. Repair crews are on site but […]

Montgomery College’s Frank Islam Athenaeum Symposia presents Dr. Maria Massi Dakake speaking on Women in Islam Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. at Globe Hall, Germantown Campus. The fall 2013 Speaker Series includes timely, stimulating topics delivered by today’s leading experts in international affairs, the arts, politics and economics. The lecture is free and open to […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee at 9:30 a.m. on  Nov. 14, will hold a worksession on the Alternative Response system that has been implemented by the County’s Child Welfare Service for child abuse allegations. There has been a growing recognition nationally that the traditional investigative response to reports of child […]

The Community Stories Festival, which takes place Nov. 14 – Nov. 18, will feature two nights of screenings of films about local people and places as well as filmmaking workshops and interactive storytelling sessions. Organized by Docs in Progress, a Silver Spring based arts nonprofit, this five-day event will be held at several venues around […]