Montgomery Community Media

In this MyMCMedia extra, Sonya Burke talks to Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Ledecky, a Stone Ridge student, about what it was like to compete in the high school swimming championships at Metros this past weekend; what’s next for her training schedule; and, is she watching the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi? Take a look: Below […]

Stone Ridge’s Katie Ledecky broke the American record in the 500 free tonight (Feb. 7) during prelims at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center, which is the setting this weekend for the 2014 Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships. Ledecky’s record setting time: 4:28:71. In this cell phone video you can watch Ledecky (center lane, […]

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 Councilmember Phil Andrews held a  news conference on Feb. 3rd to detail his proposal to allow candidates for County Council and County Executive to use public financing for their campaigns. Councilmember Andrews will introduce Bill 16-14—the first of its type for County elections in Maryland—before the Council on Feb. 4.  A public hearing […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development (PHED) Committee will meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3 to continue its series of worksessions on issues relating to the proposed Bethesda station of the planned Purple Line. Monday’s worksession will focus on zoning, staging and open space and park issues. The PHED Committee, […]

Spring starts in January at Brookside Gardens with a global collection of plants that is sure to please your senses. Find out how you and your organization can take a tour in this report. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. For detailed information on tours visit brooksidegardens.org.

The city of Rockville is studying ways to improve pedestrian safety. Rockville 11’s Chris Peifer has more about what the city is doing to decrease the number of accidents on area roads involving pedestrians. Visit our PEG partner Rockville 11 to view more of its programming.

Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner is known as being an advocate for the environment, having sponsored a host of measures aimed at protection. This week, he has taken another step in that mission by introducing a package of bills that address climate change. Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view […]

The County’s Department of Health has received a financial boost to its child care subsidy, which assists working parents with funds for daycare. Lorna Virgili brings us the details. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. For more information on the Working Parent Child Care Program, call Department […]

Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which features reports on the new District 5 Councilmember, the child care subsidy, the Women’s Legislative Briefing, Councilmember Roger Berliner’s latest energy bills, the county’s new website for the need for school construction funding, the Intel Science Talent Search finalists, the Open Data Town […]