Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council is now on summer break but when Council members return after Labor Day their agenda is packed. That’s the word from County Council President Nancy Floreen. At her August news briefing earlier this month, Floreen previewed the Council’s agenda, which she said includes some land use public hearings and the subdivision […]

After decades of pushing for better transportation options and nearly four months after a resident testified for bus service in front of the Montgomery County Council, Tobytown residents will finally have Ride On bus access. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury reports. The County Council approved $407,000 for a Ride On route in the FY 2017 budget in […]

Redline commuters take note: the elevator between the east side parking lot and kiss & ride and the mezzanine at Shady Grove is out of service for major rehabilitation beginning today, and continuing through October of 2016. According to WMATA officials, this construction project will improve reliability by replacing and upgrading all major components of […]

Fans lined up at Community Night in Olney on Oct. 12 to meet American Ninja Warrior Geoff Britten at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Britten, an Olney resident, talks about his experience on the NBC television show and his future. Take a look:

UPDATED: Sharon Brown has been located safe and unharmed. Montgomery County police officers need your help to find a missing Rockville woman. Police said that Sharon Ann Brown, age 60, of the 200 block of Forest Avenue in Rockville, was last seen on October 1st at her residence. According to police, Brown told a housemate […]

UPDATED Here are your five things to know today, Oct. 2, in Montgomery County: 1. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Montgomery County effective through Saturday night. 2. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has declared a state of emergency. On Friday afternoon, Hogan rescinded that order for Montgomery and seven other counties. 3. […]

Montgomery County residents will have a chance to see on-the-street performances, folk dances, and the best of Indonesia at the fourth Made in Indonesia festival on Oct. 4 in downtown Silver Spring. The event is produced by Maya Naratama, an Indonesian-native, who said the fair aims to build a cross-cultural relationship between the Indonesian community […]

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. […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out. For the month of October, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s […]

This month when customers buy art supplies at any of the three Plaza Artist Materials stores in Montgomery County they will have the option of rounding up their bill and donating the money to support local artists. The effort is called Round Up for the Visual Arts! and it is launched in conjunction with the […]