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El Concejo del Condado de Montgomery votó unánimemente para restringir a menores sobre la posesión, uso, venta y transferencia de armas de fuego que no se pueden detectar. La legislación está diseñada para detener lo que se conoce como armas fantasma, cuyas piezas se pueden comprar fácilmente en Internet, según el jefe de policía Marcus […]

Gov. Larry Hogan is visiting the mass vaccination site at the Montgomery College campus in Germantown Wednesday afternoon. Hogan will be joined by County Executive Marc Elrich, U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-Md. 6), Maryland Secretary of Health Dennis Schrader,  Maryland National Guard Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, County Council President Tom Hucker and more. I am […]

As more people get the coronavirus vaccine, life is beginning to resemble a “new normal” — children are returning to classrooms, people are eating outside, and recreation centers have reopened to a limited amount of patrons. Although restrictions are loosening, library buildings in Montgomery County remain mostly closed and it’s unclear when the facilities will reopen. […]

The outcome of an internal investigation into a 2020 incident, in which body camera footage shows two Montgomery County police officers screaming at and handcuffing a kindergartner who left his school, cannot be revealed due to state law, MCPD Chief Marcus Jones said during a council meeting. Council President Tom Hucker convened a discussion Tuesday […]

Montgomery County Council unanimously voted to restrict the possession, use, sale and transfer of undetectable guns to minors Tuesday afternoon. The legislation is designed to stop what are known as ghost guns, whose parts easily can be purchased on the Internet, according to Police Chief Marcus Jones. They are basically do it yourself guns. The […]

The county council is calling for applications to fill three seats on the Public Election Fund Committee by 5 p.m. on April 12. One of the vacancies is due to a resignation on the committee, thus the selected applicant will serve only a partial term. The other two seats are newly created positions as a […]

Estadísticas de COVID-19 en el condado de Montgomery El Departamento de Salud de Maryland informó de 72 nuevos casos de COVID-19 en el condado de Montgomery, el martes por la mañana. El recuento acumulativo de casos del condado es 67,375. Hasta el 5 de abril, el condado informó que 109 personas fueron hospitalizadas con COVID-19. […]

El presidente del concejo del condado de Montgomery, Tom Hucker, propuso el martes duplicar la tasa de impuestos especiales del condado sobre el precio al por mayor de los productos de cigarrillos electrónicos, del actual 30% al 60%. Se llevará a cabo una audiencia pública sobre este aumento el 27 de abril a la 1:30 […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Sidney Katz is hosting a series of online briefings about business and economic development in the county during the COVID-19 pandemic. The next briefing takes place Friday, April 9 at 12:30 p.m. Anthony Featherstone, executive director of Worksource Montgomery, Inc. (WSM), and Brad Stewart, senior vice-president of business development for Montgomery County […]

Montgomery County Council President Tom Hucker Tuesday proposed doubling the county’s excise tax rate on the wholesale price of electronic cigarette products from the current 30% to 60%. A public hearing on the increase will be held April 27 at 1:30 p.m. If approved, the higher rate would go into effect on July 1. Hucker […]