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June 2, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Street Mural on Silver Spring’s Ellworth Avenue Encourages People to Zig Zag Through

Downtown Silver Spring’s $10 million redevelopment project now includes a brightly-colored Ellsworth Drive. The street mural is called Energy Waves and was inspired by sound and electricity waves, according to the artists Chalk Riot. The idea is to show “the slow and exciting return of our community gathering once again,” it states on a poster […]

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June 2, 2021 | Andrea Sarralde

Concejal Riemer Aspira al Puesto de Ejecutivo del Condado

Ya hay tres candidatos que se postularon para el Ejecutivo del Condado de Montgomery en las primarias de junio de 2022. El ejecutivo del condado, Marc Elrich, anunció previamente que busca la reelección. Fue elegido para ese puesto en noviembre de 2018. Al 1 de junio, tiene dos oponentes, el concejal del condado Hans Riemer […]

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June 2, 2021 | Andrea Sarralde

Líderes Locales Muestran su Apoyo al mes del Orgullo LGBTQ +

Junio es el Mes del Orgullo LGBTQ + (Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales, Transgénero y Queer), y los líderes estatales y del condado de Montgomery están expresando su apoyo en las redes sociales. Este mes se designa como el Mes del Orgullo porque en junio de 1969 comenzó una serie de manifestaciones llamadas el Levantamiento de Stonewall. […]

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June 2, 2021 | Staff Writer

Graduation Caps thrown in sky photo

26 Montgomery County Students Earn National Merit Scholarships

26 Montgomery County students have earned college and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships in the latest round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Awardees are selected by each sponsoring college or university from a group of finalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. The awards provide recipients between $500 to $2,000 annually for […]

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June 2, 2021 | Maryam Shahzad

5 Things to Know Today, June 2, in Montgomery County

Today is Wednesday, June 2 and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. MCPS Graduations Begin: High school graduations begin today for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students. Ceremonies will take place on home school campuses, and June 17 is the last day for graduations. Families are invited to share their graduate’s […]

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June 1, 2021 | Maryam Shahzad

Local Leaders Mark Beginning of LGBTQ+ Pride Month

June is LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) Pride Month, and Montgomery County and state leaders are expressing their support on social media. This month is designated Pride Month because in June 1969, a series of demonstrations called the Stonewall Uprising began. On June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in […]

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June 1, 2021 | Michelle Queen

Rockville’s RedGate Park to Host Four Days of Live Music

The city of Rockville is hosting four days of live concerts at the RedGate Park from Wednesday, June 23 through Saturday, June 26. The event, Live at RedGate, features live music, family entertainment and food and will be the first live music hosted by the city in more than a year. Rockville returns to live […]

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June 1, 2021 | Deirdre Byrne

Vaccinated at a CVS Pharmacy? You Can Enter Several Sweepstakes

A VIP trip to Super Bowl LVI—along with several other potential prizes—is now available for those vaccinated at a CVS Pharmacy. CVS Health announced that starting Tuesday, customers who’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine or plan to receive the vaccine through one of its pharmacies can enter into several sweepstakes. CVS is launching these sweepstakes over […]

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June 1, 2021 | Michelle Queen

First Day of June Marks Fewest New COVID-19 Cases Since March 2020

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for June 1 The Maryland Department of Health reported nine new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Tuesday morning. The county’s cumulative case count is 70,930. This is the lowest number of new cases in a 24 hour period since March 19, 2020, when two cases were confirmed in Montgomery County. There were […]

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June 1, 2021 | Andrea Sarralde

TV’s ‘Diva Chef’ Demonstrates How to Make a Cicada Feast at Home

TV celebrity chef Elise Harris, known as “The Diva Chef”, is taking full advantage of the cicada season that happens once every 17 years. Harris, a nutrition and fitness coach who competed on Hell’s Kitchen, invited MyMCM to watch and learn the best ways to prepare the cicadas at home and explained some of the […]

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