Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice met with members of the media on Feb. 3 to discuss key items facing the County Council and its respective committees in the near future. This was his third meeting with the media since he became Council President. There were a variety of topics addressed at the meeting […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice met with the media on Dec. 9 to discuss his goals and objectives for the year ahead. During the nearly 20-minute briefing he stressed his top priorities for small businesses and the agricultural community. He talked about “growing” farming and said he has been in talks with Montgomery County […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice, who was unanimously elected by his fellow Councilmembers on Dec. 3 to head the Council for the next year, will meet with members of the media on Monday, Dec. 9, to discuss key items that will be facing the County Council and its respective committees in the near future. […]

Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro met with the media on March 18. Navarro provided briefings on a variety of topics, including the county executive’s recommended budget, Wheaton revitalization and redevelopment, the Silver Spring Transit Center, an Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) report on the academic achievement gap, several bills (MOE and Lockheed Martin) in […]

Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro met with the media on Feb. 11 for her weekly press briefing. Among the topics Navarro addressed were poverty in the county, the SNAP the silence challenge, the need for transportation funding dollars, the smoking bill, artificial turf, accessory apartments, Glenmont sector plan and more.

Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro met with the media on Jan. 28 to discuss a variety of topics. She began with transportation funding (specifically proposals to raise the gas tax) and released a joint statement with Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett on the topic. She also fielded questions from reporters. You can watch the […]

Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro held her first press conference of the year on Jan. 14. Some of the topics she discussed: schools and security, gun control, transportation and more. Take a look.

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner met with the media on Nov. 26 to discuss some of the important issues coming up this week in county government, including a FY 14 budget forum scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 29. He said this is the first time the Council has done a forum like this before and […]

Montgomery County Council member Roger Berliner met with the media on Nov. 5 for his weekly press conference. Berliner talked about a number of topics including Hurricane Sandy, Pepco’s planning and response to the storm (which he complimented), the upcoming election and some of the items on the Council’s Nov. 6 meeting agenda. He also […]

Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner on Monday, Nov. 5, will meet with members of the media to discuss key items that will be facing the County Council and its respective committees in the near future. Among the topics he is expected to discuss are the response of the county and Pepco to the impact […]