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On Tuesday, Pepco filed rate hike request with the Maryland Public Service Commission. The proposed rate hike would cost the average customer about $15.80 per month.  In this MyMCMedia Extra video, Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner, who is the Chair of the Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee, promised to fight Pepco’s proposed rate […]

The latest episode of County Report This Week includes reports on the legislative session in Annapolis, a WSSC meeting with Councilmembers, a bill to increase the minimum wage to $15 in Montgomery County, the Westbard Sector Plan, the need for bus service in Tobytown , early voting and the primary election, and much more.

Montgomery County Councilmembers Roger Berliner, Sidney Katz and State’s Attorney John McCarthy plan to cast their ballots early in the Presidential Primary Election. Find out more in this MyMCMedia Extra video, below: You can cast your ballot early at one of ten locations across Montgomery County from April 14-21. Find out more about early voting […]

The County Council recognized April as Autism Awareness month on Tuesday. Councilmembers George Leventhal, Roger Berliner, and Craig Rice presented the proclamation, followed by remarks by Whitney Ellenby and Jake Edwards. To view the proclamation in its entirety, watch the MyMCMedia Extra video, below.

Montgomery County Council Vice President Roger Berliner has posted an open letter about the Westbard Sector Plan on his Facebook page. “I believe this plan will enhance the Westbard area, not degrade it,” he writes on his Facebook page as as a preface. He also notes that the plan has been “reduced in half from […]

UPDATED On a rainy and cold Saturday morning, dozens of Bethesda residents held umbrellas and protest signs as they marched along Westbard Avenue. It was the second day in a row that many of them took to the streets to protest the Westbard Sector Plan. “Hey-hey, ho-ho! Density has got to go,” they chanted. “We […]

Residents of Tobytown, a historic neighborhood located right off of River Road near the C&O Canal in Potomac, are in need of Ride On bus service. Currently,  residents say they have to trek nearly three miles to the nearest Ride On bus stop, located on Travilah Road. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury reports.

UPDATED Tobytown resident James Martin testified at the Council’s April 6th budget hearing about the need for Ride On bus service to his community in Potomac. According to Martin, it is about a 45-minute walk to the nearest bus stop on Travilah Road. “It’s a pretty dangerous walk,” he said, noting there is no sidewalk and […]

Montgomery County Council Vice President Roger Berliner said his office is hearing from lots of constituents with concerns about the Westbard Sector Plan, and that pains him because of all the work that has gone in to scale back the current plan. Find out more in this MyMCMedia Extra video, below: Berliner said he knows […]

Montgomery County Council members Roger Berliner and Sidney Katz hosted a Senior Forum at Asbury Methodist Village on April 8th from 9:30 a.m. – noon. The event included presentations from Eric Friedman, the director of the Office of Consumer Protection and State’s Attorney John McCarthy. “We love our seniors in Montgomery County,” said Berliner. “We […]