Montgomery Community Media

Just back from an exciting day at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. The weather may not have been perfect but Montgomery County area book lovers didn’t seem to mind. My coworkers at Montgomery Community Media rock! If they were manning our booth or working behind the cameras, they always (even when it’s raining) have a smile [...]

Montgomery County Police Department’s 1st District Station, 1451 Seven Locks Road in Rockville, is moving to the Public Safety Headquarters Building at 100 Edison Park Drive in Gaithersburg. All operations at the Rockville station will end at 3 p.m. on May 22 and they will begin at the 1st District’s new location in Gaithersburg. Station [...]

Several local officials will be introducing some of the presenting authors and panel discussions at the Gaithersburg Book Festival (GBF) on May 18 on the grounds of City Hall. GBF Founder Jud Ashman said he is not doing introductions this year as he just wants to enjoy the festival. Here’s a quick preview of some [...]

Over 90 bicyclists signed up to take part in Bike to Work Day on May 17 in Gaithersburg. The city of Gaithersburg set up the bike station along Orchard Ridge Drive at Great Seneca Highway near MedImmune. There was free food and raffle give aways for people who stopped by this morning. The owners of [...]

Stop! The city of Rockville is now operating a red light camera at a new location at Seven Locks Road and Fortune Terrace, southbound. The camera will flash when violations occur, but no citations or warnings will be issued during a grace period from now thru June 14. Beginning June 15, citations will be issued [...]

Montgomery Community Media hosted the small business networking breakfast on May 16 and County Council member Nancy Floreen delivered the keynote address. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You can find out more about upcoming economic development events by visiting the county’s Choose Montgomery website at www.choosemontgomerymd.com.

As a reporter you meet a lot of people as you move from story to story and sometimes you meet someone extraordinary and inspiring. That happened to me last week when I visited Stedwick Elementary in Montgomery Village and met third grade teacher Mary Ruth McGinn. Under her direction, McGinn’s students formed an opera company [...]

UPDATED 5/14 There’s an inspiring approach to learning going on inside a third grade classroom in Montgomery Village that is truly changing lives. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. At the very beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, Ms. McGinn’s third grade class at Stedwick Elementary School in Montgomery Village formed the Fire Starters Kids Opera Company. [...]

We are pleased to announce that Tamika Smith joins Montgomery Community Media (MCM) today (May 13) as our Community Engagement Specialist. A multimedia journalist, Tamika is already well known in Montgomery County as one of the founding members of Silver Spring Patch where she worked as a local news and community engagement editor. She also [...]

UPDATED Kentlands Day is an annual celebration in the downtown Kentlands community in Gaithersburg. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports this year’s event set some records. Take a look. The weather was perfect for Kentlands Day on May 4 and organizers described attendance as record-setting. Over 22,000 people attended the event in Gaithersburg. “This was definitely our [...]