Montgomery Community Media

Summer began for Montgomery County Public Schools student June 15. Students and teachers share their thoughts on the last day and their summer plans with MCPS TV. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming.

The Montgomery County Swim League season is underway and under some cloudy skies swimmers at Westleigh and Quince Orchard reached for the wall Wednesday night. PHOTOS | Phil Fabrizio

It’s getting hot outside and you know summer is just beginning. MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick was out and about talking to residents today about this first heatwave and how residents are keeping cool. A daddy-daughter day at the #Rockville fountain to cool off today.@mymcmedia pic.twitter.com/jitUd0vVQt — krista brick (@lmjpbrick) June 11, 2015

You can still sign up for a a few of the City of Gaithersburg’s summer camps. The camps are designed for elementary and middle school aged students and they are offered at several locations throughout the city of Gaithersburg. The city camps offer a variety of activities including sports, team challenges, games, special events, arts […]

The National Weather Service has designated this week as National Hurricane Preparedness Week leading up to the June start of the summer storm and hurricane season. The Atlantic Hurricane season lasts from June to November. The Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (OEMHS) joins the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the […]

The Montgomery County Police Department is preparing to launch its body worn cameras pilot program early this summer. Police Chief Tom Manger said the plan is for 100 officers to participate and he plans to be one of them. Chief Manger discussed the plan for the body worn cameras pilot program at a Council budget […]

The Maryland State Board of Education is expected to make a decision Tuesday morning on how many days Montgomery County Public School students will spend in class in June. The state board is scheduled to meet Tuesday morning. The state superintendent is scheduled to give a report at 11:40 a.m. on school system calendar modifications during […]

Body worn cameras are a relatively new technology being adopted by several police departments across the United States. Here in Montgomery County, the police department has been researching the use of body cameras and has developed a plan for a pilot program to be launched this summer. Officials say some recent high profile cases have […]

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education President Pat O’Neill has posted a statement on the MCPS website about the petition to start schools after Labor Day. You can read the statement in its entirety below: “For many years, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot has been leading an effort to have the state’s public schools begin […]

I find that I read more books in the summertime than any other time of the year. I recently asked one of my favorite authors, Sarah Pekkanen, who is a Montgomery County resident, to share her summer book list. Sonya: What are you reading right now? Sarah: “I just picked up Brene Brown‘s THE GIFTS […]