Montgomery Community Media

The first organic turf field in Montgomery County being built at Gaithersburg’s Lakelands Park is weeks behind schedule. The field, to be installed using 100 percent organic coconut fibers, rice husk and cork infill instead of traditional black rubber, was set to be done by Aug. 15. It now looks like it won’t be ready until […]

There’s a chill in the air this morning and you may need a jacket when you leave the house. Here are five other things to know today, July 30, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council has approved the White Oak Science Gateway Master Plan. The county council is now on summer recess until […]

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 […]