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The Vatican has released the schedule for Pope Francis’ September 2015 Apostolic Journey to the United States. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 (WASHINGTON, DC) 4 p.m. Arrival from Cuba at Joint Base Andrews WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 (WASHINGTON, DC) 9:15 a.m. Meeting with President Obama at the White House 11:30 a.m. Midday Prayer with the bishops of the […]

Cyrus Kamara lives in Germantown. He has been a Montgomery County residents for more than 10 years. On June 14, he watched his mother, Matilda Kamara, become an American citizen during a naturalization ceremony for 43 people at the Celebrate Gaithersburg Festival. Naturalization candidates were from Brazil, Cameroon, China, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, […]

President Barack Obama has ordered the United States Flag to be flown at full-staff on June 14. This is in observance of Flag Day. Accordingly, the Maryland State Flag will also be flown at full-staff from sunrise to sunset.  

President Barack Obama has ordered the United States Flag to be flown at half-staff on May 15 for Peace Officers Memorial Day. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ordered the Maryland State Flag to be flown at half-staff as well. Every year, by a 1962 resolution, the president has authorization to request May 15 as “Peace Officers […]

President Barack Obama has ordered the United States Flag to be flown at half-staff on April 15 for a Day of Remembrance for President Abraham Lincoln. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ordered the Maryland State Flag to be flown at half staff today as well.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released, today, the updated Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) online tool that produces public health profiles for all 3,143 counties in the United States. Each profile includes key indicators of health outcomes, which describes the population health status of a county and factors that have the potential to influence […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra Video, Councilmember Craig Rice endorses Congressman Chris Van Hollen for U.S. Senate. “He’s a tremendous, tremendous legislator,” Rice said. Take a look: Rice was joined by County Executive Isiah Leggett, and by his colleagues on the Council, in his support for Van Hollen at an endorsement rally on March 9 in […]

In this MyMCMedia extra, Dr. Robert Garry of Tulane University tells us about the other dangers of an Ebola outbreak: Garry was in our area on June 19 meeting with Health and Human Services and the State Department. He will be at NIH on June 20. The virologist just returned from Sierra Leone and says […]

The Jimi Hendrix Forever Stamp went on sale today (March 13) at Post Offices nationwide and online. “Combining influences from rock, modern jazz, soul and the blues with his own innovations, Jimi Hendrix helped found three new genres of music — heavy metal, jazz fusion and funk — and in doing so, left behind an […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has ordered the United States Flag and the Maryland State Flag to be flown at half-staff on Sept. 11 from sunrise to sunset. This is in honor of Patriot Day, in respect and memory of the victims who died as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States on […]