Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED 9.17.15 Five citizens interested in running for election turned out for the city of Gaithersburg’s mandatory candidate training on Thursday night at City Hall. Christopher Kelly, Bahram Zandi, Henry Marraffa, Joseph Allen and Robert Wu attended the training session that was led by City Attorney Lynn Board. The city’s election is scheduled for Nov. 3. […]

Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger is expected to receive the Peacemaker of the Year award at the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County annual awards celebration on Oct. 12 in Rockville. According to a news release, CRCMC officials chose Manger due to his commitment to the “highest ethical standards” for policing and department’s accountability, which […]

The North American Aerospace Defense Command has scheduled a training exercise, involving gyrocopters and ultralight aircraft, in the skies above Washington, D.C. on Sunday morning. Sunday’s exercise, named Falcon Virgo 15-13, will incorporate four of these small aircraft into a training scenario. The flights are scheduled to occur during two separate intervals between 9 a.m. […]

LaVerne Havelka, a longtime Montgomery County resident, became involved in dog training with her three dogs, Hermes, Cooper, and Sadie, after her retirement as Buyer for the University of Maryland.  In this Field Producer class project by Carol Havelka, LaVerne discusses her journey and experiences pursuing dog training and showing with her first dog, a Pomeranian […]

Ali Krieger is practicing this week with her club, the Washington Spirit. Krieger returns after crisscrossing the country for celebrations and events that followed the U.S.A.’s World Cup victory. In this MyMCMedia Extra, Krieger says she is happy to be back and she’s preparing to play on Saturday against the number one ranked Chicago Red […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra video, goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris of the Washington Spirit says she is ready to play this Saturday against the Chicago Red Stars. Harris said she’s happy to be training again after weeks of travel and events following the World Cup win. Take a look:

Jeffrey Slavin, board chair of Montgomery Community Media, recently was interviewed on Comcast’s Newsmakers. Mayor Slavin talked about MCM’s programming, classes, website and the upcoming event for Vietnam Veterans at the Universities at Shady Grove. You can watch the Newsmakers episode, below: https://youtu.be/bZvsIyfobKY Slavin, for those who don’t know, is also the mayor of the […]

UPDATED April 28 – Montgomery County Police report that the SERT officers sent to Baltimore on Monday have returned, uninjured. A second group of officers will be sent later today. “We hope for peace for the city of Baltimore,” wrote police in a Facebook posting today. PHOTOS | MCPD UPDATED Montgomery County Police have sent […]

The Washington Spirit is a professional women’s soccer team based here in Montgomery County. They made the playoffs last year and are training to win it all this year. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. Before the Spirit takes on Kansas City on April 18, they are playing some exhibition games against some college teams. The Spirit […]

Montgomery County officials kicked off construction for its new Public Safety Training Academy on Feb. 11. The groundbreaking ceremony for the state- of-the-art facility included many county officials, police, and firefighters. “It’s a wonderful opportunity. We ordered this day special for you” said David Dise, director of the of the Department of General Services. According […]