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Montgomery County Public Schools is encouraging the community to get the COVID-19 vaccine now that children ages 12 and older are eligible to get vaccinated. The school district is partnering with the county’s Department of Health and Human Services to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics at several MCPS schools. MCPS Communications Department Supervisor Gboyinde Onijala explains. […]

The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Virtual Academy is another option for some students who decide not to return to in-person instruction come fall. “This is completely separate from what happens in a traditional school building; it is a stand-alone virtual school where students will be engaged with their teachers for synchronous and asynchronous learning,” said […]

Nonprofit Village’s Executive Director Kim Jones talks with Fata Mensah who is the executive director of FAs Marketplace. The marketplace creates opportunities of all kinds, particularly in the arts, for citizens to use entrepreneurship, education and arts to improve their lives. Mensah explains how the nonprofit started and the help it provides to the community. […]

Brood X cicadas have returned after 17 years, and Maryland is the epicenter for the swarms. MyMCM joined two college students from Montgomery County who are seeing the creatures for the first time – that they can remember – and who were set on having the “full” experience. Natalie Hays, an incoming sophomore at the […]

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La abogada Maricé Morales y ex delegada estatal del Distrito 19 de Maryland, anunció formalmente esta semana su candidatura para las elecciones del Concejo del Condado de Montgomery del Distrito 4 de 2022. El escaño del Distrito 4 lo ocupa actualmente la concejal Nancy Navarro, cuyo mandato finaliza en 2022 y quien también asistió al […]

Senior centers throughout Montgomery County will reopen starting June 14. Of the seven county senior centers, the Wheaton and White Oak locations will remain COVID-19 vaccination sites for now. County Executive Marc Elrich breaks down which facilities will provide in-person senior services.   According to a Montgomery County Recreation Department press release: The Holiday Park […]

Montgomery County continues to provide grant funding for those who have been financially impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Thus far, we’ve provided about $80 million in business grants,” Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said “and we’ve provided $115 million in rental assistance”. During his weekly virtual media briefing on Wednesday, Elrich discussed grants awarded so […]

Maricé Morales, former state delegate for Maryland District 19, formally announced her candidacy this week virtually for the 2022 District 4 Montgomery County Council election. The District 4 seat is currently held by Councilmember Nancy Navarro whose term ends in 2022 and who also attended to the virtual campaign announcement on Tuesday night. Morales talked to […]

Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Montgomery (MCPS) están llevando a cabo un evento virtual gratuito para los jóvenes adolescentes hispanos El evento se llevará a cabo del 28 de junio al 2 de julio desde las 10:00 a.m. a 12:00 p.m. Cada día, discutirán un tema diferente relacionado con la comunidad latina en los […]