Montgomery Community Media

Does Silver Spring need a central park? Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer told the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board during their February meeting that he’s working on a solution to what he says is a lack of community green space in the downtown area. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story on the discussion surrounding the […]

A sold out leadership summit at the Montgomery Community Media studios in Rockville brought local leaders together to discuss how to better engage the growing Latino population in Montgomery County. “We were extremely proud to facilitate this momentous gathering of the Montgomery mosaic which we entitled the Latino Leadership Conference of Montgomery County,” said Tony Spearman-Leach, […]

The Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board held its monthly meeting on Feb. 10 at the Silver Spring Civic Building. At the top of the agenda, Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer who told the Board that the Council’s number one priority remains the need to obtain state funds for school construction. During his remarks, Riemer said […]

He traveled to the United States when he was just a teenager, leaving his home country of El Salvador to find a better life and a safe place to call home. “I knew that if I stayed I would have ended up either with the Guerrillas or with the army and that’s why I decided […]

Sonya Burke hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which features reports on the new District 5 Councilmember, the child care subsidy, the Women’s Legislative Briefing, Councilmember Roger Berliner’s latest energy bills, the county’s new website for the need for school construction funding, the Intel Science Talent Search finalists, the Open Data Town […]

Do you think a Trayvon Martin-type incident could occur in Montgomery County? That’s the question an upcoming event hosted by the Montgomery County and City of Rockville Human Rights Commissions will explore during a discussion on the topics of racial, ethnic and community relations on Feb. 1. “We thought that it is important that the community […]

Grammy-award winning musician and Silver Spring resident Daryl Davis plays in a band for a living. But his passion is finding the answer to a question that burned his conscience for years. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story of how Davis set out to become the first black man to interview members of the Ku […]

Haregewoyan Azalew moved from Ethiopia more than 10 years to start a new life in the United States. She decided to use her skills as a business owner in her home country to open a market in Silver Spring. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk has the story of how Azalew, her family and the Wesenyelesh International Market have […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Valerie Bonk asks Congressman John Delaney about rumors that he may enter the Maryland governor’s race. Take a look at his response at the Women’s Legislative Briefing in Rockville:

In this MyMCMedia extra, Valerie Bonk asks Judith Vaughan-Prather, Executive Director of the Montgomery County Commission for Women, about the upcoming Women’s Legislative Briefing on Sunday, Jan. 26. The event will feature seminars on legislation in the 2014 session of the Maryland General Assembly that is of particular concern to women. Topics include workplace issues, retirement […]