Montgomery Community Media

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) has won a $300,350 Maryland Bikeways Program grant from the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) to establish a six-station Bikeshare network in Wheaton. The grant will cover the purchase of the stations and bikes and the installation of the stations. “I would like to thank the Maryland Department […]

UPDATED The Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) has made a decision, by a 3-2 vote, about the locations of nine sites for early voting in Montgomery County. The BOE voted to retain seven of the previous utilized early voting sites but dropped early voting centers in Bethesda and Burtonsville and added sites in Potomac and […]

The Department of Recreation’s annual Pooch Pool Party takes place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at the Wheaton Glenmont Pool, 12621 Dalewood Drive. The cost is $10. Pre-registration is required. You must also show written proof of your dog’s current rabies vaccination. You can find more information about this canine event […]

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) crews were called to the scene of an 8-inch water main break in the 2700 block of Henderson Avenue in Wheaton on Friday afternoon. WSSC Spokesperson Ayoka Blandford said the break occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 4. Water service was restored to customers by 8 p.m. REPAIR UPDATE: […]

Montgomery County police officers are investigating a homicide that occurred Sunday night near the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Randolph Road. Police said they received a report at 9:12 p.m., from a road crew working in the area, that there was an unresponsive man in the service lane at 12232 Veirs Mill Road. Fire […]

The first day of school is Aug. 31, and Montgomery County officials want to get off on the right foot. On Monday, at 10:30 a.m., a news conference to talk about strategic priorities for the upcoming year, school improvements, increasing on student enrollment, and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) needs for Montgomery County Public Schools, is scheduled to […]

Summer may be winding down but there is still a lot of outdoor music on the horizon in Montgomery County. In fact, there are five upcoming music festivals planned for the next month. The Brazilian Music Fest is scheduled for Aug. 30 in Wheaton. The Silver Spring Jazz Fest is set for Sept. 12. One […]

UPDATED Three relatives of Richard Welch- A Hyattsville resident who authorities in Montgomery and Bedford Counties named a person of interest in the Lyon sisters case- were charged with perjury and obstruction in the Lyon sisters case. Leslie Engelking, Richard Welch’s brother-in-law, was charged with perjury. Amy Welch-Johnson, Welch’s granddaughter, was charged with obstruction of justice, and […]

MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke hosts the latest edition of County Report This Week, which includes reports about Senator Barbara Mikulski’s college affordability tour, the renters tax credit, tax free shopping in Maryland, the Rockville Rewards program, the Rock Spring Master Plan, the new Active Montgomery system and more. You can watch the show, below:

It’s becoming an annual back-to-school tradition – tax free shopping during the second week of August. Started eight years ago by the Maryland General Assembly, Maryland’s Tax Free Week encourages shoppers to take advantage of no sales tax on clothes and shoes up to $100.  As MyMCMedia’s Cindy Peña explains, shoppers and retailers benefit:   […]