Montgomery Community Media

To help mitigate transmission and minimize student quarantines, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will use random COVID-19 screening tests and rapid testing across all grades. However, school district officials say testing requires parent permission. MCPS Communications Specialist Melissa Rivera Pabón asks parents to “Say Yes to the Test”: In case you missed it, this community […]

The suspect in a string of sexual assault crimes and a murder in the 1990s pleaded not guilty to two murder charges in a D.C. courtroom Monday morning. Giles Warrick, 61, made his first courtroom appearance in D.C. Superior Court Monday accompanied by his lawyer, Stephen Mercer, pleading not guilty to one count of first-degree […]

Tras los resultados del Censo 2020, y como lo indica la Constitución del Condado de Montgomery, cada diez años se analiza el crecimiento de la población, y con éste se trazan los límites de los distritos. Después de la última distribución de los distritos en 2011, donde se trazaron cinco distritos municipales, ahora el condado […]

Bryan Bresee, Clemson’s all-ACC defensive lineman from Damascus, will miss the rest of the 2021 season with a torn ACL in his knee. Bresee, a sophomore, got hurt in the third quarter of the NC State game on Saturday. The Tigers, a perennial pick to make the four-team college football playoff,  lost the game 27-21 […]

La ciudad de Rockville ofrecerá hasta $ 2,500 a los residentes cuya propiedad fue dañada por el huracán Ida, el 1 de septiembre. Los afectados deben presentar su solicitud en este enlace: aquí, antes del 3 de enero de 2022 para ser elegibles para una compensación. Los gastos que la ciudad está dispuesta a cubrir […]

Durante el mes de Octubre, las Bibliotecas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPL) ofrecen talleres virtuales gratuitos y sesiones individuales para ayudar a las personas que están en busca de empleo, y a los empresarios, según el comunicado del condado. Las sesiones se llevarán a cabo todos los lunes 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Para […]

The Montgomery County Council will be hosting a virtual town hall Wednesday from 7:30 – 9 p.m. The Council will discuss the county’s Covid-19 response, the Thrive Montgomery 2050 Draft Plan which deals with benchmark goals involving land, housing and transportation use for the next 30 years and redistricting. “Ongoing community engagement is an essential […]

Today is Monday, Sept. 27, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Council Media Briefing: Council President Tom Hucker and Vice President Gabe Albornoz will hold a media briefing today at 11:30 a.m. to discuss Wednesday’s Town Hall, and the Police-Community Policing-Data bill. A public health official will provide a public […]

In the late 1800s, two Black men were lynched in the Rockville area. On Sunday, leaders and residents joined a remembrance walk and soil collection ceremony to memorialize John Diggs-Dorsey and Sidney Randolph. According to Montgomery History, Diggs-Dorsey was accused of assault in 1880 and jailed, when a mob captured him and lynched him. Randolph […]

Montgomery County will host a series of events on Saturday, Sept. 25 and Sunday, Sept. 26 dealing with the lynchings of two Black men. The two lynchings took place in Rockville in the late 19th century. According to the Montgomery History accounts, John Diggs-Dorsey was working as a servant in the home of James and […]