Montgomery Community Media

County workers may soon be getting a raise if the County Council votes to pass a bill that would increase the minimum wage in three phases, from the current $7.25 an hour to $11.50 an hour in July 2016. The bill, sponsored by councilmembers Marc Elrich, Valerie Ervin and Council President Nancy Navarro, will be […]

Finding a job can be incredibly difficult. And for those who don’t speak English, finding a job and fighting a language barrier is no easy feat. The Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity in Montgomery County is looking to help county residents navigate the challenge, recently announcing a program starting in January that will assist in […]

As school lets out for the day at Wheaton High School, one group of students makes their way to a small classroom to pick up and move desks and chairs to the walls in order to make room for their next activity. The room used for classes during the day is turned into a dance […]

In November 2008, the Silver Spring and Takoma Park communities were shocked by the murder of Tai Lam, a Montgomery Blair High School freshman gunned down on a bus by a gang. But from tragedy came hope. Fernando Moreno, Lam’s chess teacher, and Sen. Jamie Raskin, who’s son was a friend of Lam’s, launched a […]

Tables with large pads of paper served as empty canvases for local residents to write their ideas for the county data they’d like access to online. The event was the county’s first “Open Data Town Hall” and it brought a crowd of people to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center on the anniversary of the […]

The controversial Long Branch Sector Plan to guide revitalization of Silver Spring was approved today by the Montgomery County Council in an 8-1 vote. Councilmember Marc Elrich voted against the plan, saying that he was thankful that it “adequately protects the apartments that so many people there call home,” but that he was disappointed that they […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Valerie Ervin welcomed some high school students up to the mic in the county hearing room Tuesday morning, and to the surprise of those there for county business, they quickly took control of their audience. Their performances were riveting and shocking, bringing controversial topics of suicide and racism to the forefront of […]

It may look like it’s ready to take on customers, but the massive Silver Spring Transit Center is far from finished. Weather has delayed the laying of new concrete needed to correct flaws in construction, meaning the center will not be ready to undergo Metro inspection for certification until at least June, according to Montgomery […]

One million people die worldwide from malaria each year in an increasing problem that seems impossible to solve. But in Rockville on Monday, Nov. 18, one man stood up in front of a crowded room and said confidently that his small, local biotechnology company is making strides in the clinical testing of a vaccine to […]