Montgomery Community Media

Tony Hausner, chair of Safe Silver Spring, is stepping down after serving for roughly eight years. Safe Silver Spring was created in 2009 as a partnership with residents and community leaders to develop strategies in keeping Silver Spring a safe community for people to live, work, travel, shop and play in. At a recent legislative […]

Inauguration Day takes place every four years here in the United States and on Jan. 20, Donald Trump will be sworn into office as the nation’s 45th President. In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, local-elected officials discuss with us their Inauguration weekend plans: State Senator Will Smith from District 20 says he plans to watch the […]

Criminal justice reform was the topic of discussion at the Legislative Forum held Wednesday evening in Silver Spring. The annual event, sponsored by Safe Silver Spring, is a chance for residents to hear from their state-elected officials upcoming public safety legislation that will be under consideration by the Maryland General Assembly. The panel this year […]

In an effort to increase awareness about the Holocaust, local community leaders have joined forces to bring a private screening of “Denial” on October 6 at the Landmark Theatre in Bethesda. Organizers say this screening comes at a time of increased anti-Jewish and anti-Israel incidents and holocaust denial across college campuses. “We need to educate […]

Safe Silver Spring hosted its annual Legislative Forum on Thursday, January 7, at the Silver Spring Civic Building. In this MyMCMedia video, elected officials and citizens discuss upcoming public safety legislation. MyMCMedia’s Willie James Inman reports. To learn more about Safe Silver Spring you can visit its Facebook page.

Gun safety was a hot top at the Safe Silver Spring Annual Legislative Forum held on Thursday night. Residents, political leaders and activists gathered at the Silver Spring Civic Center to discuss human trafficking, police body cameras, immigrant deportations and criminal justice reform. Councilmember Marc Elrich, Councilmember Tom Hucker, State Senator Jamie Raskin and Delegate […]

The Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board (SSCAB) and the President’s Council of Silver Spring Civic Associations (PREZCO) are holding a public forum on the Montgomery County Zoning Code Rewrite Project on June 5 at 7 p.m. in the Silver Spring Civic Building. Montgomery County’s Planning Department recently completed a process to rewrite the County’s Zoning […]