Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection and Montgomery Parks teamed up on Oct. 15 at the Maydale Nature Classroom in Colesville to teach children about the county’s “critters in crisis” due to water quality issues. Pollution in county streams and parks is harming the habitats of certain fish, insects and amphibians. “There is a direct […]

Spoiler alert: if you have not watched Wednesday night’s episode of Jeopardy! and plan to, do not read on. Bethesda resident Jack Hodges had a great opportunity Wednesday night. He and another contestant were up against reigning Jeopardy! champ Jonathan Fisher who had won seven straight games. Fisher got out to an early lead and […]

The Montgomery County Public Schools created three calendar scenarios for the 2022-2023 school year. After public comment and discussion by Board of Education members, the new calendar will be adopted Dec. 2. All three calendars bring back a full-length spring break. All three options call for no school on Sept. 26, Oct. 5, Dec. 23 […]

Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) emitieron una mensaje a la comunidad estudiantil sobre la seguridad en los eventos deportivos. Dicho mensaje surge luego de las disputas presentadas recientemente en el partido de fútbol americano en la Escuela Secundaria Seneca Valley. El mensaje resalta que: “Últimamente, ha habido informes de altercados e incidentes […]

La Academia Nacional de Administración Pública ha seleccionado a la concejal Nancy Navarro como miembro de la Clase 2021 de becarios de la Academia. La selección para esta beca se basa en contribuciones al campo de la administración pública y las políticas. La concejal Navarro se une a más de 950 becarios de la academia, […]

Los residentes del estado de Maryland, incluido el condado de Montgomery, así como los dueños de negocios, que fueron afectados por desastres causados por los remanentes del huracán Ida pueden solicitar préstamos por desastre a bajo interés de la Administración de Pequeñas Empresas de los Estados Unidos. “El Condado de Montgomery enfrentó consecuencias mortales el mes […]

David L. Williams of Boyds was sentenced to 45 years after pleading guilty to first degree rape in a 2017 assault that Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy called “an incredibly vicious and heinous crime.” Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Steven Salant also sentenced Williams, 31, to five-years of supervised probation once he is released […]

Attorney General Brian Frosh announced in a letter to his staff Thursday that he will not run for re-election. “I am writing to let you know that after 35 years in public service, I have made the difficult decision not to seek re-election as Attorney General,” he stated in the letter. He called his efforts […]

The Sandy Spring Slave Museum held a virtual event on Critical Race Theory (CRT) on Friday, Oct. 15, focusing on “the hype” surrounding CRT. “People were there to learn and to deepen their understanding of what Critical Race Theory is because there is so much false information out there,” said Dr. Troy Boddy, one of […]

Los miembros de la Comisión de Redistribución de Distritos votaron 6-5 por el mapa, que enviará al concejo del condado, con las recomendaciones de cómo dividir el condado en nuevos distritos. El mapa divide el condado de Montgomery en siete distritos, cada uno de los cuales puede elegir un miembro del concejo y un miembro […]