Montgomery Community Media

In this MyMCMedia extra video, Montgomery County Corporal Rebecca Innocenti explains how detectives used video from a local 7-11 to find the masked suspect(s) in the vandalism case at the Shaare Torah synagogue in Gaithersburg.

UPDATED There was a great turnout for the spring break Backpack Journalism screening party at Montgomery Community Media (MCM) on April 10. For one week, the seven teens in the Backpack Journalism program learned about story composition, shooting and editing. As part of the spring break project, the young journalists interviewed seniors at Ingleside at […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger says there are few things parents need to know to keep kids safe from online predators.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here are your five things to know today, March 17, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett has unveiled his recommended $5.1 billion Fiscal Year 2016 operating budget. The County Council will hold public hearings on the budget next month. 2. County Executive Leggett will be joined by the County […]

The Kensington Nonprofit Arts On The Block helps more than three hundred teens a year. To be part of it, teens must apply online, show an artwork portfolio, and be interviewed. This organization works with youth and gives them a space to create mosaics, illuminated mosaics and more. Teens spend their Saturdays on projects to […]

To highlight a pattern of racial stereotyping, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Students released a video called “I, Too, Am B-CC.” The students also plan to produce “I, Too, Am MCPS.” “They shared things that I was sort of shocked to hear. Things they seem to think as normal to me seemed the opposite,” said Sarah […]

Arts On The Block, a nonprofit in Kensington that works with youth and gives them a space to create mosaics, illuminated mosaics and more. Teens spend their Saturdays on projects to be displayed on other nonprofits and residents’ houses. The organization helps more than 300 teens a year. To be part of the projects, each […]

A powerful video, “I, Too, Am B-CC [High School],” explores racial stereotypes at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Montgomery County as students share their personal experiences and opine on their future. Inspired by the social campaign, “I too, am Harvard,” the video is produced by Makdes Hailu and directed and edited by Orlando Pinder. It […]

UPDATED Jan. 20, 2015 Police report that both Kevlin Mendosa Ramos and Milady Reyes have returned home. ORIGINAL POST Montgomery County police officers are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two, missing 14-year-old girls from Silver Spring. According to police, the teens are friends and both were last seen on Thursday at Silver Spring International […]

The Magruder High School varsity girls basketball team took home a win Friday night against Quince Orchard. The game was played in Gaithersburg. Below are some photos, courtesy of photographer Phil Fabrizio, who was also tweeting live throughout the game. Final: Colonels Girls win 56-33 over the Cougars. pic.twitter.com/1kxox5WFDn — Phil Fabrizio (@Photoloaf) January 16, […]