Montgomery Community Media

County Report This Week includes reports on Governor Hogan’s visit to the Germantown campus of Montgomery College, a recent summit in Silver Spring focused on STEM education, the urban redevelopment of downtown Wheaton, and more. Watch the show in its entirety, below:

Jonathan Harris is a senior at Walt Whitman High School and in just a few months, he’ll be heading to college. Anticipating college isn’t the only thing Harris is excited about.   He’s a member of the school’s men’s basketball team and like many of his teammates, Harris is mentally preparing for their first round […]

Take us back to the fall, Phil. For those of us in the DMV it was warm, colorful and full of promise and rewards. I caught some but not all MoCo state high school championship winners in photo action during the year. So before the review starts let me congratulate these MoCo schools for a […]

Underage drinking, especially among high school-aged students, is a growing trend across Montgomery County, according to local officials.  In an effort to confront the problem, leaders from various Bethesda high schools came together for a town hall meeting at Walter Johnson High School Thursday evening to educate both parents and students about the impact of […]

The Maryland State Highway Administration recently began construction of safety modifications at the intersection of River Road and Braeburn Parkway. The intersection is the site of the Feb. 27th tragic road side accident where three members of a Whitman High School family were killed. According to SHA officials, engineers analyzed the intersection in the spring […]

Four years from now, as many as 1.4 million jobs will be available for people with the skills needed in the computer technology world. Yet only three percent of the women in the U.S. are on track to fill those positions in computing fields. That is changing with a summer immersion in computer coding offered […]

UPDATED Dozens of Bethesda residents turned out for a community meeting held at Walt Whitman High School on June 7th to discuss the four State Highway Administration (SHA) concepts related to improving the safety of the River Road and Braeburn Pkwy intersection. The intersection is the site of the tragic Feb. 27th roadside accident where three members of a […]

UPDATED Here are five things to know today, June 8, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County police are investigating a fatal Damascus collision where three teenagers were killed. 2. Deadline for the County’s “Councilmember for a Day” contest is just one week away.  Students in grades 8-11 are eligible to enter. 3. It’s graduation day for […]

Fifteen Montgomery County Public Schools students have earned college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships in the latest round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Awardees are selected by each sponsoring college or university from a group of finalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. The awards provide recipients between $500 to $2,000 […]

The Walt Whitman High School girls basketball team was recognized by the Montgomery County Council on Tuesday for winning the 2016 Maryland State Championship. The team was presented with a proclamation by County Council Vice President Roger Berliner during a Council session. The Walt Whitman Vikings defeated the Western High School Doves 71 to 55 […]