Montgomery Community Media

Six Flags America abrirá un espacio para pruebas de COVID-19, y no requerirá una orden o cita médica. El sitio abrirá este viernes para cualquier residente de Maryland que crea que ha estado expuesto al virus, según un comunicado de prensa del gobernador Larry Hogan. Esta locación de Six Flags America en Upper Marlboro está […]

Montgomery County officials are tracking public health data to determine when and how to relax “restrictions and move toward reopening businesses and public amenities in the county.” The county developed the COVID-19 Dashboard to track numerous metrics and updates the information daily by 2 p.m. The metrics tracked by the county include the number of […]

Montgomery County councilmember Will Jawando had a special guest during his Virtual Storytime on Thursday morning. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Dawes and owner of the Dominique Dawes Gymnastic Academy in Clarksburg joined Jawando in reading uplifting books to viewers. Dawes is a Silver Spring native. Jawando committed to doing the virtual storytime for the community since […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics Thursday morning the Maryland Department of Health reported 10,752 cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County, which is an increase of 285 cases from the 10,467 reported  Wednesday. According to the health department, 542 county residents have died from COVID-19. This is an increase of seven deaths since Wednesday. The number of […]

Los detectives del Departamento de Policía del Condado de Montgomery (MCPD) están llevando a cabo una investigación de homicidio después de un tiroteo en Wheaton, el martes, según un comunicado de la policía. https://t.co/0OvG5Q2yRZ — Montgomery County Department of Police (@mcpnews) May 27, 2020 El martes, alrededor de las 7:07 a.m., oficiales atendieron el llamado […]

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will hold a press conference Thursday at 2:30 p.m. with other officials to announce reopening and recovery plans for the county. A statement from the county says he will be joined by County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles, Director of the county’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Dr. […]

The question a lot of residents want to know is when Montgomery County will start to lift COVID-19 restrictions? Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and county Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles have not announced an exact date yet. They say they’re following science and looking at data to make decisions regarding reopening, and things seem to be […]

Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) detectives are conducting a homicide investigation after a shooting in Wheaton on Tuesday, according to a police statement.  https://t.co/0OvG5Q2yRZ — Montgomery County Department of Police (@mcpnews) May 27, 2020 At about 7:07 a.m. on Tuesday, officers were sent to the 2300 block of Glenmont Circle and found 29-year-old Francisco Anton […]

Adventist HealthCare Takoma Park opened a 21-bed unit Tuesday for recovering COVID-19 patients. Adventist HealthCare has been working with Maryland to increase the number of acute care beds in Montgomery County, according to a statement by Takoma Park Police. The unit, referred to as an alternate care site, initially opened with 21 beds and may […]

A new COVID-19 testing site is opening at Six Flags America and will not require a doctor’s order or appointment. The site will open this Friday for any Maryland resident who believes they have been exposed to the virus, according to a press release by Governor Larry Hogan. This new site in Upper Marlboro is […]