Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Council Members Tom Hucker and Roger Berliner revealed a 2,500 signature petition against moving early voting sites at a jointly held press conference today. Both Hucker and Berliner were joined by fellow council members, community, and faith leaders. The petition urges the State Board of Elections to reject the County Board of Election’s […]

It’s finally the Democrats turn to highlight the party’s presidential candidates during tonight’s Presidential Debate. Montgomery County Council members are particularly interested in what candidates have to say. Find out which candidates Councilmembers Tom Hucker, Marc Elrich and Craig Rice are looking forward to seeing tonight in this MyMCMedia Extra video.  

All eyes will be on the Democratic Presidential Candidates tonight as they prepare for their first nationally televised debate in Las Vegas. There will be many watch parties happening around the County including one hosted by County Councilmember Tom Hucker. He invites everyone to come and join him tonight at McGinty’s Public House in Silver […]

Susan Kenedy hosts the latest episode of Council in Brief, which includes reports on an Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) report about spending and staffing at Montgomery County Public Schools, eliminating tobacco product sales to minors and early voting sites: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

You are invited to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Progress Place homeless facility on October 1. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at 11:30 a.m., at 8110 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, behind Fire Station #1. County Executive Isiah Leggett will be joined at the event by Council President George Leventhal, Councilmember […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Public Safety Committee is scheduled to receive an update about the use of body-worn cameras, including the impact of pending state policy on local law enforcement’s use of the cameras. This is the first briefing on the cameras since the program was implemented this summer. The meeting begins at 2 p.m. […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker, who represents Council District 5 that includes Burtonsville and the eastern portion of the County, today said he was “outraged” by the decision of the of Montgomery County Board of Elections on Monday to eliminate the Marilyn J. Praisner Community Center in Burtonsville as an early voting site in the […]

More than 100 leaders of the faith community gathered at a town hall meeting on Sept 16. to ask Montgomery County Councilmembers about issues such as affordable housing, religious holidays, and land use. Many of the speakers expressed a higher need for low-cost housing, and councilmembers said affordable housing is a top priority for the […]

The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to receive a report today from the Office of Legislative Oversight (OLO) that describes school funding and allocation patterns within Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The report, titled Resources and Staffing Among MCPS Schools, compares differences in class size, staff tenure, per pupil expenditures and teacher salary costs between […]

New developers are hoping to turn around the Burtonsville Crossing shopping center and the adjacent park-and-ride lot. EDENS, a retail development company with offices in Bethesda, along with Montgomery County announced plans for redeveloping the shopping center that has been empty since 2010. “We are excited that EDENS has crossed the first milestone for this redevelopment. This […]