Montgomery Community Media

President Barack Obama recently cited the jobs training program in the Montgomery County correctional system during an address he made at the NAACP convention in Philadelphia. “Some places are doing better than others. Montgomery County, Maryland, put a job training center inside the prison walls to give folks and head start in thinking about what may […]

President Obama was in Montgomery County today playing golf at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. MyMCMedia’s Michael Walsh captured some photos of Obama on the links and he said the smiling President even walked over to say hello to some spectators. Take a look at these photos which also show the President at the wheel […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, U.S. Congressman John Delaney talks State of the Union address, and adds “It’s clear that we need to make investments in our children.”  

Around the country a college education is becoming more and more expensive. A new initiative from President Barack Obama to try to make college more affordable is winning fans nationally and locally.

In this MyMCMedia Extra Council President George Leventhal shares his thoughts on a proposal by  President Barack Obama to make two years of community college free for responsible students, letting students earn the first half of a bachelor’s degree and earn skills needed in the workforce at no cost.  A full-time community college student could […]

It’s Giving Tuesday. Here are five more things to know today, Dec. 2, in Montgomery County: 1. Traffic may be impacted this afternoon when President Obama visits NIH in Bethesda. 2. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett announced a new six point economic plan during his Inaugural Address. Watch him take the Oath of Office here. […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley released the following statement on President Obama’s State of the Union address: “President Obama’s focus on strengthening and growing our middle class tonight was right-on. In Maryland, we share many of the President’s priorities, including expanding opportunity, creating high-paid and high-skilled jobs, and lifting more people out of poverty by raising […]

President Barack Obama delivered a statement on Dec. 5 about the death of former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, calling him “a man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.” “We will not likely see the likes of Nelson Mandela again,” President Obama […]

Civil rights leaders, celebrities and marchers from across the country have been commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington in the nation’s capital. The initial events started on August 24 with organizations to include the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Action Network, and National Association […]

President Barack Obama says the FBI is investigating the two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon as “an act of terror.” “We also know this: the American people refuse to be terrorized,” Obama said. Watch the video of his April 16 remarks here: