Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County wants to help residents get solar panels installed faster and the jurisdiction is joining a pilot to meet that goal. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm joined Councilmember Will Jawando, U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and homeowner Laura Morales at Morales’ Silver Spring residence to announce the county will pilot ‘SolarAPP+.’ The online […]

Watch County Report This Week for coverage of the Stand Up for the Montgomery Way rally, an update on taser use by the Montgomery County Police Department, and more:

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett talks about Mel’s Rink, a backyard ice rink in Poolesville, and the options county officials may discuss in a meeting this week. You can find more coverage of Mel’s Rink, below:

UPDATED A Poolesville resident, Marc Kohn, has constructed a synthetic ice rink in his Poolesville backyard on Sugarland Road in memory of his stepdaughter, who passed away in July and who loved hockey. In December, he invited the community to skate and play hockey at the rink. But, according to published reports, Montgomery County officials […]

UPDATED About 100 Pepco customers were without power in the Rockville area on Friday morning. Pepco Spokesperson Marcus Beal said the outage –which impacted both residential and commercial customers – was a result of an underground cable failure. He said it took some time for crews to find the exact location of the damage. According […]

An innovative improvement in processing development approvals was announced on March 10 by County Executive Ike Leggett and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s (WSSC) General Manager and CEO Jerry Johnson. WSSC is opening an office at the Department of Permitting Services (DPS) in Rockville that will make it more convenient and efficient for customers to […]

Montgomery County’s Department of Permitting Services is conducting a sign sweep around the county today. The idea is to collect signs placed illegally in right-of-ways throughout the county. More than 50 county staffers are participating in this effort. The signs will be dropped off at the Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station later this […]

Montgomery County’s Department of Permitting Services is hosting an open house from 7:30 a.m. -noon on March 31 for customers to introduce its new Fee Payment Office at 255 Rockville Pike. The new office improves operations by creating a centralized point for payment and collection of fees and making the system that handles sensitive information […]