Montgomery Community Media

The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) officials are studying plans to improve Route 97 (Georgia Avenue) near Montgomery Hills shopping area between Forest Glen Road and 16th Street. SHA officials want to hear from residents through a survey about possible improvements that can include wider sidewalks, pedestrian crosswalks, bicycle lanes, and replacing the reversible lane […]

More than 700 people took the online survey to share their input on the search for the new superintendent at Montgomery County Public Schools and another 260 people attended meetings about the search. Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates presented the MCPS Board of Education a Leadership Profile Assessment Report for a new superintendent for Montgomery County Public Schools. […]

The Montgomery County Board of Education is “meeting expectations” in seven categories including “responsible management of resources” and “community engagement and communication”, according to a self-evaluation published by the board Wednesday. When the Board of Education hired Superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr in 2011, the Board committed to a system of shared governance with the superintendent. […]

Middle school students in several of the county’s schools either have already taken or are scheduled to take a survey that has some very specific questions having to do with sexual activity. These are new questions on the 2014 Maryland Youth Tobacco and Risk Behavior Survey. The survey is sponsored by the Maryland Department of […]

Montgomery County’s 311 Customer Service Center has launched a new Twitter account that allows residents to get non-emergency County government information and request services via Twitter. Initially, tweets will be monitored Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. What this means is that residents can now tweet MC311 with a question or request for […]

We celebrated a “Night in the Spotlight” at this year’s Monty Awards on Sunday evening. If you attended the event, please take a few moments to tell us what you thought about it by filling out this quick survey. Thank you for making MCM a great place to be and we can’t wait to see […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer is asking residents for their opinion on the area’s nightlife in an online poll included in his newsletter distributed via email earlier this month. Riemer (D-At large) has taken a lead role in the county’s nighttime economy task force, which includes a group of business owners, residents, and government officials. […]

Montgomery County is in the process reviewing the cable services provided by Comcast and determining what the community’s future cable-related needs and interests are in preparation for renegotiating the cable franchise agreement with Comcast. The cable franchise renewal process examines the past performance of Comcast – as well as future services that residents, schools, community […]