Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Council President George Leventhal met with reporters at his weekly briefing on Feb. 9. Some of the topics discussed included the Purple Line, the search for a new Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent, the retail pet store bill, vaccinations and the latest on the Liquor Board Task Force. You can watch the news […]

It is the hottest meet of the season for high school swimmers in Montgomery County and this year’s Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships in Germantown did not disappoint. There were fans with signs, coaches the crazy pants, seniors making their last reach for the wall. And, oh yes, there was an Olympian there […]

UPDATED, Feb. 9, 2:37 p.m. Police said the man fatally shot himself. The situation is over, according to police. UPDATED, Feb. 9, 11 a.m. – Montgomery County Police say the man who barricaded himself on the property of  a landscaping company in Silver Spring is an employee of that company, Brookeville Landscape Supply. Police report that […]

An 82-year-old Silver Spring man was a passenger on a small plane that crashed in Anne Arundel County on Sunday afternoon, according to Maryland State Police. The two people on the plane are identified by Maryland State Police as Jeffry P. Barnett, 57, of Glen Burnie, who was piloting the plane, and Thomas L. Cline, […]

The Montgomery County Airpark got a passing grade from the Maryland Aviation Administration at a recent inspection. The MAA performed an interim inspection of the airpark on Jan. 28. According to the letter from William Krozack, airport services manager for the Office of Regional Aviation Assistance to Montgomery Revenue Authority Executive Director Keith Miller, “the […]

At a news conference this week, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Joshua Starr announced that he is resigning from his post later this month. You can find more information about the terms of Dr. Starr’s resignation on the Montgomery County Public Schools website. There is also a message to friends and colleagues on the […]

A partnership between Montgomery College and the Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity at the Gaithersburg Library resulted in the first Montgomery College Community Engagement Center. The grand opening is scheduled to take place on Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. at the brand new Gaithersburg Library. Montgomery College President DeRionne Pollard will be at the event. […]

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan delivered his first State of the State speech today to the Maryland General Assembly. Maryland Public TV filmed the address and you may watch the speech in its entirety here:

Dr. Joshua P. Starr, Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent, and the Board of Education (BOE) announced Starr’s resignation today to be effective on Feb. 16. The announcement followed  a closed school board session meeting where the board voted unanimously to approve the superintendent’s resignation. The Board recommended Larry A. Bowers, MCPS CEO, to serve as acting […]

Montgomery County Board of Education President Patricia O’Neill and Superintendent Joshua Starr will hold a media availability at noon today, to discuss the superintendent’s future with Montgomery County Public Schools. The availability will be held at the Carver Educational Services Center in Rockville. The Board will meet in a closed session at 10:30 a.m. today to […]