Montgomery Community Media

  If you like holiday lights, Montgomery County is the place to be. There are three holiday light shows and two of them are opening this weekend. The Garden of Lights returns for its 19th year at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton. The display is open from Nov. 25 – Jan. 1, except on the nights […]

Stores that are open: Food Lion 6 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wintergreen Plaza, 845 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 (Unless it’s a 24 hour store) Store Locator Giant 6 a.m. -5 p.m. 5463 Wisconsin Avenue Wisconsin Circle Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Store Locator  6 a.m. -5 p.m 2900 University Boulevard West Westfield Shoppingtown Wheaton, MD 20902 Harris […]

Here’s a look at what’s open and what’s not on Thanksgiving Day in Montgomery County: County Offices – closed. Libraries – closed. County Liquor stores – closed. Recreation – all programs and facilities are closed. Montgomery Parks – For holiday operating schedule on Parks’ facilities, including Brookside Gardens, ice rinks, tennis centers, trains and carousels, […]

Here are five things to know today, Nov. 23, in Montgomery County: 1. Traveling this Thanksgiving weekend? You’re not alone, AAA projects more than 48.7 million Americans will travel this holiday weekend. 2. Here’s what’s open and what’s closed in the County Thanksgiving weekend. 3. The Dick and Jody Vilardo Foundation donated $4,000 to help Manna […]

The Garden of Lights returns for its 19th year at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton. The display is open from Nov. 25 – Jan. 1, except on the nights of Dec. 24 and Dec. 25. Go behind the scenes of this popular holiday event in this MyMCMedia Extra video, below:

Montgomery County Recreation is offering hundreds of activities this winter. Registration for winter programs and classes is currently open. Registration may be done online at activemontgomery.org, by mail, by phone at 240.777.6840, by fax or in person at the Recreation Department’s administrative offices, 4010 Randolph Road in Silver Spring. Visit our PEG partner County Cable […]

Here are five things to know today, Nov. 22, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County police officers are investigating a fatal collision that occurred last night on Airpark Road. 2. Gas prices continue to drop before the busy Thanksgiving travel period. 3. An interfaith Thanksgiving service is taking place tonight at Congregation Har Shalom in […]

Montgomery County Council members and County Executive Ike Leggett are addressing community concerns about safety and possible discrimination, harassment and hate crimes. On Tuesday, the elected leaders held a news conference and passed a resolution, reaffirming the county’s tradition of respect for all residents. “Make no mistake about it, there is fear, and there is […]

Instead of being in class on Monday morning, hundreds of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students decided to exercise their first amendment right and protest President-elect Donald Trump by staging a walkout in Silver Spring. “We’re protesting because we don’t want Donald Trump as our president. I mean we can’t change that but we got to […]

UPDATED Here are five things to know today, Nov. 14, in Montgomery County, Maryland: 1. The Board of Education is holding its second public hearing on the superintendent’s proposed amendments to the 2017-2022 Capital Improvements Program tonight at 7 p.m. The slots to speak are full but you can email your comments to boe@mcpsmd.org. The […]