Montgomery Community Media

In celebration of National Minority Health Month, Montgomery County’s African-American Health Program (AAHP) will host it’s 3rd Annual Community Day in Silver Spring. The event is set to take place on April 16 and will have a full line up of activities for members of the community. Activities include, a 5K walk and run, healthy […]

Montgomery Community Media’s 4th annual “Day in the Life of Montgomery County” celebration takes place on Friday, April 22nd. We need your help celebrating the people and places that make Montgomery County extraordinary. For each photo or video we receive, a donation of $1 will be made to Manna Food Center. Help feed the hungry […]

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar: Friday, April 15 The 17th annual Bethesda Literary Festival takes place this weekend featuring bestselling authors Cokie Roberts, Kate Alcott and David Ignatius.  The festival is open today from 7 to 10 p.m. Shakespeare & Company’s production of Twelfth Night at the Cultural Arts Center […]

UPDATED Early voting is now underway in Montgomery County at ten locations across Montgomery County. According to preliminary information released by the Montgomery County Board of Elections, 820 ballots were cast at the Silver Spring Civic Building on day one of early voting. Silver Spring was by far the busiest precinct in Montgomery County. The […]

Here are five things to know today, April 15, in Montgomery County: 1. It’s your last chance to become a local celebrity by auditioning for Moco’s Got Talent. Final auditions will take place at the White Oak Community Center. Montgomery County students in middle and high school are eligible to participate. 2. Damascus Community Bank will open […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan visited United Therapeutics headquarters in Silver Spring on Thursday afternoon. He was joined by Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen and Council member Tom Hucker. The elected leaders posted photos of the visit on their social media sites. “This afternoon I had the opportunity visit the United Therapeutics headquarters in Silver Spring […]

Five Montgomery Blair High School students will soon head to New York City for an national math competition that will take place on April 25. The students were chosen to participate in Moody’s Mega Math (M3) Challenge, a mathematics competition that includes over 5,000 11th and 12th grade students from across the country. Ethan Holland, Raymond […]

UPDATED Over 300 people attended a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday at Leisure World in Silver Spring.  The event comes a day before early voting in Maryland and one day after Hillary Clinton’s campaign opened an office in Bethesda. Several County leaders attended the event throwing their support behind the Clinton campaign including […]

Hundreds of Verizon workers in Silver Spring walked off the job on Wednesday to strike for better benefits. The workers joined nearly 40,000 other Verizon employees along the east coast on the picket lines to fight for better benefits and job security.  The Communications Workers of America (CWA), a union that represents 700,000 workers in the United […]

Montgomery County police officers cited some drivers and pedestrians on Monday in downtown Silver Spring. The pedestrian safety enforcement action took place from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. at Colesville Road and Wayne Avenue. Police said the area has been identified as a pedestrian High Incidence Area (HIA) — an area with a higher frequency of […]