Montgomery Community Media

University of Maryland’s President Wallace D. Loh sent a letter dated Feb. 19 to students, faculty and staff at the College Park and Shady Grove campuses communicating a data breach involving approximately 309,079 records containing personal information. A sophisticated computer security attack on a database included the personal records of faculty, staff, students and affiliated […]

Some University of Maryland students and their professor helped lead an introduction to music composition for a third grade class at Stedwick Elementary in Montgomery Village on Sept. 24. The students and their professor were invited by third grade teacher Mary Ruth McGinn, who was looking for some outside help in teaching her students about […]

School is back in session, and football season opens tonight! Excitement fills the air! I live close enough to Quince Orchard High School to hear the band practicing in mid-afternoon. Tonight avid members of the QO community will flaunt their Spirit Wear at the opening game, at home, against Clarksburg. The community support QO receives […]

This storm has been brewing for a long time. Go Terps, now takes on a new meaning. As I write this blog the discussions swirling around the University of Maryland’s Board of Regents pending decision to join the Big Ten (B10) rivals a summer thunderstorm. Lot’s of gathering gray clouds, winds, lightening and yes raindrop […]

Excerpt from The Bear Lackett Chronicles – Part 3 in the Series It has been a few weeks since Joanne sent me the photo slideshow used at Bear’s viewing in Wall NJ. I loaded up the photos in Aperture on my Mac and paged through the 50 static views. No sound, no commentary and no […]

The Dash It’s not the beginning nor is it the ending rather it’s the dash in-between. Oh very young What will you leave us this time You’re only dancing on this earth for a short while Oh very young What will you leave us this time – by Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) On June 19th, […]

Maryland Day – the University of Maryland’s increasingly popular open house – celebrates its fourteenth anniversary April 28 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Now one of the most popular annual free events in the state, Maryland Day is a family-friendly day full of exploration, learning and fun. Throughout Maryland’s 1250-acre campus, visitors can “Explore […]