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UPDATED, July 29 at 2 p.m.- The Montgomery County Council pulled from its agenda Tuesday a consent item that would have OK’d using $1.3 million in private funds to build a turf field at Winston Churchill High School in  Potomac. The item was removed from the Tuesday agenda at the request of Montgomery County Public […]

At this week’s press conference  Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice talked about the council’s anticipated final vote on the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan and the impact the Silver Line will have on the county’s competitiveness for jobs and residents. He also recapped a recent education committee meeting where members approved a supplemental appropriation […]

UPDATED, July 28 at 3:30 p.m.: Police have arrested a 51-year-old man for the slaying of his wife in their Gaithersburg home Sunday. Cola Winbone Beale is being held in Norfolk, Va. on the strength of a Montgomery County warrant charging him with the murder of his wife, 47-year-old June Carlita Beale, according to police. […]

The U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship was held at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds recently, an event that brings about $4 million in spinoff revenue to Montgomery County’s economy. MyMCMedia’s Krista Brick reports.

The Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds is gearing up to host the U.S. Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) National Championship Series July 22-27 and the competition is expected to draw tens of thousands of spectators. USYSA is considered the country’s most prestigious national youth soccer tournament, bringing together the nation’s top 96 youth soccer teams, in the […]

There’s a new sport that’s becoming popular across the country that combines the skills of golf and soccer. It’s called FootGolf and it’s as simple as it sounds. In Montgomery County, the first FootGolf course has opened at Northwest Golf Course in Silver Spring. It’s the second FootGolf course in Maryland and the first in […]

Montgomery County Council President Craig Rice is scheduled to meet with reporters at 11 a.m. on July 21 to discuss key items that will be facing the County Council and its respective committees in the near future. At the briefing, he is expected to discuss the July 17 meeting of Washington, D.C. region legislative leaders […]

UPDATED Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar: Saturday, July 19 Sportsfest 2014 returns to the Activity Center at Bohrer Park for youth in grades K through 8 at 8:30 a.m. Imagination Stage in Bethesda presents Mouse on the Move for young children ages one to five and their families at […]

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett provides an update on the repairs taking place on the Silver Spring Transit Center in this interview: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

When Caroline Touchton opens the front door of her third-floor apartment at Ingleside at King Farm, she’s never sure what she’ll find. Since moving into the continuing care retirement community in 2009, residents regularly leave bags of clothing, furniture and other gently-used items by her door. Her neighbors know that Touchton, affectionately called the “caring […]