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State officials are “definitely interested” in the COVID-19 mass vaccination site proposed for Montgomery College’s Germantown campus, Montgomery County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Dr. Earl Stoddard said during a council meeting Tuesday. “So much so that they are going to walk-through with the National Guard [sic] as sort of a pre-visit to look […]

Estadísticas de COVID-19 para el condado de Montgomery del 9 de marzo El Departamento de Salud de Maryland informó 85 nuevos casos de COVID-19 en el condado de Montgomery el martes por la mañana. Esta es la menor cantidad de casos nuevos desde el 19 de octubre de 2020, cuando se informaron 71 casos nuevos. […]

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for March 9 The Maryland Department of Health reported 85 new COVID-19 cases in Montgomery County Tuesday morning. This is the fewest number of new cases since Oct. 19, 2020 when 71 new cases were reported. The county’s cumulative case count is 64,166. The county most recently reported on March 5 that […]

El Concejo del Condado de Montgomery llevó a cabo una audiencia pública la semana pasada sobre la legislación relacionada con el Programa de Oficiales de Recursos Escolares (SRO). El proyecto de ley 7-21 autorizaría al jefe de policía a asignar un oficial de la ley para que trabaje como oficial de recursos escolares, si lo […]

Update: Gov. Larry Hogan announced at a press conference Tuesday that the state will start easing capacity limits at bars, restaurants, and other establishments. Original: Gov. Larry Hogan announced an update on the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and recovery Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Check back here for the live stream. According to the […]

Los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) emitió la primera guía para personas que están completamente vacunadas contra COVID-19. Según CDC, las personas completamente vacunadas pueden comenzar algunos tipos de interacción social, de manera segura. Se considera que las personas están completamente vacunadas contra COVID-19 después de dos semanas de la segunda […]

The CDC issued the first guidance for people fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on its website Monday. Based on the science, the CDC says fully vaccinated people can start to safely begin some types of social interaction. People are considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 two or more weeks after their second dose of the Pfizer or […]

During a council briefing Monday, Montgomery County’s “Vaccine Hunters” reported several incidents of racial discrimination at retail pharmacy and hospital COVID-19 vaccination sites in the state. “What’s happened this week is we’ve had at least three incidents— I just found out one yesterday— of immigrants, undocumented or documented, who have gone to retail pharmacies and […]

The Montgomery County Council held a public hearing last week on legislation regarding the School Resource Officer (SRO) Program. Bill 7-21 would authorize the police chief to assign a law enforcement officer to work as a school resource officer if requested by the superintendent. It would also require SRO’s to have enhanced training. The meeting exposed […]

Jackie DeCarlo is proud that throughout her almost eight years as Manna’s CEO, “We never had to turn anyone away.” That is saying a lot, because during this past year, requests for food by county residents rose 40%. Prior to the pandemic, Manna served about 3,000 people a month. Now it is 4,000, she said. […]