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El Concejo del Condado de Montgomery emitió una declaración en respuesta al maltrato a los migrantes haitianos en la frontera de Estados Unidos. Tras las imágenes que muestran a agentes de la patrulla fronteriza a caballo acosando con látigo a migrantes haitianos que intentan cruzar el Río Grande en Texas, el Concejo declaró: “Quedamos consternados […]

El vicepresidente del concejo, Gabe Albornoz, dijo que según datos federales, más de 3,000 menores no acompañados llegarán al condado de Montgomery, pero asume que el número será aún mayor con familias esperando en México e inmigrantes que cruzaron la frontera sin haber pasado por un proceso de asilo. Albornoz viajó recientemente a McAllen, Texas […]

Council Vice President Gabe Albornoz said that based on federal data, more than 3,000 unaccompanied minors will be coming to Montgomery County, but he assumes that the number will be even higher with families waiting in México and immigrants that crossed the border having not gone through the asylum process. Albornoz recently traveled to McAllen, […]

The Maryland Board of Education unanimously approved Mohammed Choudhury as the state’s next Superintendent of Schools on Thursday. Currently, Choudhury is Associate Superintendent and Chief Strategy, Talent and Innovation Officer for the San Antonio Independent School District in Texas. His new role is effective July 1. Current State Superintendent Dr. Karen Salmon will retire June […]

Fresh off feeding thousands of National Guard troops who were protecting the U.S. Capitol, Chef José Andrés of Bethesda took his World Central Kitchen to Houston, where power slowly is returning to millions of residents who have been living without heat and electricity for several days. Like he has done during so many national disasters […]

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) of Maryland has called for the removal of President Donald Trump from office after his rhetoric empowered a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol Wednesday during a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes. MyMCM spoke to Van Hollen Friday morning about how the attack happened […]

Update: The Supreme Court denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit Friday. Original Post: Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh joined 22 other attorneys general in a brief asking the Supreme Court to reject a Texas lawsuit challenging 2020 election results. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing four battleground states— Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin— […]

Silver Spring is the most generous city in America—at least when it comes to GoFundMe donations. And Rockville is the 10th most generous city in the country, according to GoFundMe’s annual Year in Giving report released Tuesday. The list is based on the number of donations made per capita in cities with a population greater […]

A new study that looks at happiness in states across the country, ranks Maryland as the fifth most happy in the U.S. Last year, Maryland was ranked eighth. The finance website WalletHub.com ranks Utah (#2), Minnesota (#3), New Jersey (#4), California (#6), North Dakota (#7), Iowa (#8), Idaho (#9), and Connecticut (#10) in the top […]

Cici’s Pizza on the Rockville Pike has closed permanently. The news was confirmed by employees at neighboring businesses. The MoCo Show was first to report the news. The pizza buffet chain, which first opened in Texas in 1983, is one of the latest business casualties in the coronavirus era. MyMCMedia reached out to Cici’s marketing […]