Montgomery Community Media

Here are five things to know today, April 5, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council holds public hearings on fiscal 2018 budgets at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Third Floor Hearing Room. 2. The fourth annual Montgomery County Energy Summit starts at 8 a.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Building. This […]

Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) maintain an extensive collection of materials for county residents to check out. Have you ever wondered what the county’s library visitors are reading? We turned to our county’s librarians to find out. For the month of March, the most read books by genre are: Juvenile Fiction Over the Ocean by […]

Here are five things to know today, April 4, in Montgomery County: 1. The County Council meets at 9:30 a.m. Public hearings scheduled for the afternoon include funding for security upgrades at Jewish community centers. The council members also will receive their semi-annual report from the Planning Board. 2. The Wheaton/Glenmont Pool will be renamed […]

Here are five things to know today, April 3, in Montgomery County: 1. Play ball! It’s opening day at Nationals Park and Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is planning to attend the Baltimore Orioles game. 2. Montgomery County firefighters are investigating a fatal fire in Gaithersburg. 3. Several County Council Committees […]

Commuter taks note: the intersection at Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road will be closed temporarily on Saturday while crews from the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) reconfigure traffic lanes. The work is part of the project to convert the intersection into an interchange by lowering Randolph Road 25 feet so it may pass […]

Here are five things to know today, March 27, in Montgomery County: 1. Rockville’s Mayor and Council plans a hearing on whether to expand its smoking and vaping ban to establishments with outdoor seating. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at City Hall. 2. Gaithersburg’s Mayor and Council has scheduled a work session on the […]

Lorna Virgili hosts the latest episode of County Report This Week, which begins with County Council reaction to the county executive’s recommended fiscal year budget and concerns about President Trump’s proposed federal budget. There are also reports on a health care rally in Gaithersburg, the Capital Bikeshare network expansion in Wheaton, and summer jobs at […]

Here are five things to know today, March 24, in Montgomery County: 1. Earlier in the week, Gov. Larry Hogan criticized Montgomery County Public Schools over its handling of the rape charges at Rockville High School. On Thursday, at an event in Bethesda, he seemed to tone down his rhetoric, saying he believed the school […]

Here are five things to know today, March 23rd, in Montgomery County: 1. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are scheduled to celebrate National Reading Month at Carderock Springs Elementary School in Bethesda. 2. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is meeting with the County Council at 1 p.m. about his recommended […]

Montgomery County officials celebrated the satellite Capital Bikeshare network in Wheaton on Wednesday morning. It may have been too cold for bike riding but local officials were beaming as they cut the ribbon at the bikeshare station adjacent to the Wheaton Metro station along Georgia Avenue. “My heart skips a beat every time I see […]