Montgomery Community Media

Gaithersburg Police (GPD) and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) are investigating five fires and a commercial burglary that occurred around 1-2 a.m. Thursday morning, GPD said in a release. The “suspicious situations” happened in the Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village areas, police said. GPD asks anyone with information to call the Investigative Section at […]

La fundación Latino Education Advancement Fund (LEAF) se estableció en 2016 como una organización sin fines de lucro y, desde entonces, el número de padres y estudiantes que asisten a sus talleres y conferencias se ha triplicado, según se resalta en la página web de la organización. Como resultado, más estudiantes asisten a escuelas especializadas, […]

With the 2022 Gubernatorial Primary Election nine months away – Tuesday, June 28 to be exact – county officials are emphasizing the importance of residents being registered to vote. MyMCM spoke with Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) Public Information Officer Dr. Gilberto Zelaya about the importance of residents having up-to-date voter registration information and other […]

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) awarded a grant of $85,000 for design work on a path for walkers and bikers to get to the Germantown MARC station. This station has the highest ridership in Montgomery County for the MARC train. The grant is for preliminary engineering and short-term consultation services at the Walter […]

The Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education (BOE) seeks candidates to fill the District 3 seat, which has been vacant since Patricia O’Neill’s death in September. District 3 includes parts of Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Kensington and Potomac. Applicants cannot work for the school system. Applications are due by Nov. 5 at 5 p.m. and must […]

It took a grand jury one hour to declare that four Gaithersburg police officers should not be charged in the Jan. 8 fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man. According to police, the officers from Gaithersburg Street Crimes Unit approached Kwamena Ocran who was walking on South Frederick Avenue after receiving information he had a handgun. […]

Se aproximan las elecciones primarias para gobernador de 2022,  en nueve meses, el martes 28 de junio serán las elecciones, y es vital que los residentes estén registrados para votar, según los funcionarios del condado, de lo contrario no podrán participar con su voto. MyMCM habló con el Oficial de Información Pública de la Junta Electoral […]

El Dr. Cesar Palacios, Director Ejecutivo de la Clínica Comunitaria Proyecto Salud, ha trabajado arduamente a través de los años para proveer servicios médicos a personas de escasos recursos.  La clínica ubicada en Wheaton mantuvo su compromiso con sus pacientes durante la pandemia del COVID-19 y no cerró ni un solo día. El doctor de […]

Today is Friday, Oct. 8 and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Rockville Bike Drive:  The county transportation department is holding a bike donation event Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the Council Office Building parking garage at the corner of East Jefferson Street and Monroe Street. 2. MyMCMedia’s […]

Montgomery County leaders are developing a COVID-19 test-to-stay program for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) with a goal to reduce quarantines, County Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Dr. Earl Stoddard explained during a virtual media briefing Wednesday. The program will look similar to the one in Massachusetts, Stoddard wrote on Twitter. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary […]