Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has been working from home following minor back surgery earlier this month, according to county spokesperson Patrick Lacefield. According to Lacefield, Leggett is due back in the office on Tuesday. Lacefield said he’s been in regular contact with the county executive, talking to him four or five times a day. […]

County Executive Isiah Leggett is putting the wheels in motion to move Montgomery County’s Department of Economic Development into a non-governmental agency. “He thinks the work of attracting investment and jobs obviously is something public officials have to be involved in, but the machinery to do it is a little more flexible and easier to […]

Recent media reports that Montgomery County is no longer looking to purchase and then raze the APEX Building in Bethesda to make way for the proposed Purple Line station came as a surprise to the attorney representing the building’s owners. David Simon, attorney for American Society of Health‑System Pharmacists which owns the building at 7272 […]

Montgomery County Councilwoman Nancy Navarro is calling on County Executive Isiah Leggett to issue a county directive so police agencies in Montgomery County are consistent when it comes to handling Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers. In her memo to the County Executive, Navarro said that it was her understanding that Montgomery County’s “policy for responding […]

Pedestrian collisions in parking garages and parking lots are on the rise. County Executive Isiah Leggett launched an educational campaign this holiday season to raise awareness among drivers and pedestrians about actions they can take to avoid becoming a statistic. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Peruse […]

The Gaithersburg Community Museum introduces a new speaker series Tuesday Topics, featuring local historians, authors and re-enactors on August 13 at the Community Museum Plaza, 9 South Summit Avenue, Gaithersburg. Living History presenter Patrick Lacefield will present Stories and Songs from the Blue and the Grey at the Community Museum Plaza from 7 to 8:30 […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett is scheduled to deliver his “State of the County” address on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Silver Spring Civic Building. This is the first time in four years that Leggett will have delivered a “State of the County” address, according to County Spokesperson Patrick Lacefield. Although […]