Germantown resident Cristiana Reid-Thompson has accomplished a lot for a 5-year-old. She recently won the USA National Miss Maryland Pageant in March, and she will go on to represent the state at the USA National Miss Scholarship Pageant in Disney World come Thanksgiving. She will be competing for the title of USA National Jr. Princess. […]

On Monday, a 73 year-old Silver Spring man officially went home after a long battle with the coronavirus. The man had been staying at Medstar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney since March. MedStar has not released the patient’s name for privacy reasons. On his 51st day at MedStar, the man was finally cleared for release. […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Andrew Friedson joined Kelly Leonard for Montgomery Community Media’s first Small Business Network At Home edition. The series of monthly morning sessions facilitated by Kelly Leonard addresses topics of interest to small business owners in Montgomery County. Watch a video of their discussion recorded via Zoom here:   Andrew Friedson represents District […]

Karla Silvestre, miembro de la Junta de Educación del Condado de Montgomery, le envía un mensaje a los padres de familia de la comunidad escolar sobre la situación actual del cierre de escuelas y la implementación de la educación a distancia. Silvestre dijo que “esto va a pasar” y que los padres de familia con […]

Kim Jones and Gabrielle Nash are the co-hosts for this episode of Studio 501c3, a show that focuses on the nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County working to build supportive communities every day. This episode features Matthew Logan, the executive director of Montgomery History. The Rockville nonprofit preserves the past by collecting, preserving and interpreting the county’s history […]

Gaithersburg’s Cavanaugh Bell is continuing to receive praise for his antibullying activism and for making care packages for the elderly during the COVID-19 health crisis. Seven-year-old Cavanaugh Bell proves that no one is ever too young to be a leader.https://t.co/pDkubhe3IS — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) April 13, 2020 The 7-year-old who founded the nonprofit Cool and […]

Montgomery County Police Department honored Medstar Montgomery Medical workers in Olney Monday morning. Dozens of medical workers waved as several police cars drove around the hospital’s campus, lights flashing, to honor the healthcare professionals. Ann Serafenas, the senior director of nursing at Medstar Montgomery, was moved by the police’s tribute. “To see our community partners […]

The Montgomery County Council held a virtual work session on Monday to review the Capital Improvements Program Budget for Montgomery County Public Schools. The Board’s FY21-26 request totals $1.82 billion. This is $74.2 million (or 4.3 %) higher than the FY19-24 amended CIP of $1.74 billion according to county officials. County Board of Education President […]

Angela Franco, co-fundadora de la organización Latinas USA y experta en negocios, ofrece consejos y herramientas para que los individuos y dueños de pequeños negocios logren reinventarse durante la pandemia COVID-19 que ha provocado cambios drásticos en las familias, los negocios, las escuelas y en general en la cotidianidad. Franco, dice que ante las crisis […]

Kim Jones and Gabrielle Nash are the co-hosts for this episode of Studio 501c3, a show that focuses on the nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County working to build supportive communities every day. This episode features Adrienne Clancy, the founder and artistic director of ClancyWorks Dance Company. This Silver Spring nonprofit, founded in 2001, uses the arts to […]