Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Council’s Education Committee will hold a worksession at 9:30 a.m. on March 10 about the request of a special appropriation of $5 million for relocatable classrooms to enable Montgomery County Public Schools to accommodate student population changes for the 2014-15 school year. The Education Committee, which is chaired by Craig Rice and […]

The Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce and Bethesda magazine hosted a candidates debate at the Bethesda Hyatt Regency on March 7 for the three democrats running for the office of Montgomery County executive. The democratic candidates in this race include Phil Andrews, Doug Duncan and Isiah Leggett. Reporter Louis Peck of Bethesda magazine served […]

Bethesda’s 10th Annual Celebration of Dance includes Open Studio Night on March 7 from 7 – 10:30 p.m. and Dance Bethesda concert March 8 at 8 p.m. Enjoy free dance lessons and dance parties Friday night at four studios in Bethesda, including Dance Bethesda Dance Studio, Dansez! Dansez!, Joy of Motion and The Mindfulness Center. […]

As of March 6,  Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has used a total of nine emergency weather days (snow days). The 2013-2014 school calendar, as approved by the Montgomery County Board of Education, has four snow days built in, so MCPS is five days over its allotted number of snow days. The state of Maryland […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police are investigating a homicide that occurred late in the evening on March 4 in Germantown. According to police, the Emergency Communications Center received a report of a shooting at 10:01 p.m. in the area of Drumcastle Court in Germantown. Police responded to the area and located a male victim on Oxbridge […]

UPDATED Montgomery County police are investigating a homicide that occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. on March 3 in Silver Spring. According to police, that’s when officers responded to a residence in the 15800 block of Laughlin Lane for the report of a shooting. Police said arriving officers found an adult male deceased in the driveway […]

Montgomery County Public Schools are closed Tuesday, March 4, due to emergency weather conditions. Administrative offices will be open on time. All school and community activities in school buildings also are canceled. For more schools information, visit the MCPS website at http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/.

The latest winter storm update from Montgomery County: Snowplow Status Snow crews remain focused on keeping emergency routes, main roads and secondary roads passable for emergency vehicles, ensuring that every household is within one-half mile of a cleared road. Once the snowfall ends later today, crews will complete plowing main roads and then focus on […]

The National Weather Service has upgraded the winter storm watch to a winter storm warning indicating heavy snowfall or ice accumulations are now imminent. A winter storm warning means that significant amounts of snow, sleet, or freezing rain are expected or are occurring in the warned area. Travel disruptions within the County and region are […]

Olney Theatre’s production of I and You opened Thursday and runs through March 23. I and You written by playwright Lauren Gunderson is based on Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself.” Two teenagers develop an unexpected connection when thrown together to complete a high school English literature assignment. Meet playwright Lauren Gunderson Saturday, March 1 […]