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Breadsmith of Potomac is offering a 20 percent discount to government workers who were hurt by the monthlong government shutdown. The discount started before the government re-opened on Friday, but Brenda Tamir, the owner of Breadsmith of Potomac said in a message to MCM that they will continue to offer the discount through Feb. 8. […]

World Central Kitchen is heading to Blair High School on Friday, Feb. 8 to help government workers and contractors who were hurt by the federal government shutdown. The announcement was made before President Donald Trump announced that the government would be re-opened, at least until Feb 15. After the president’s announcement, Montgomery County Fire and […]

Update (Jan. 28):  Because the federal government has been re-opened, Montgomery County Transit announced that the free rides on Ride On for government workers have been suspended. https://www.facebook.com/RideOnMCT/posts/1277961105662546 Original Post (Jan. 25): Montgomery County Department of Transportation announced that Ride On will allow federal government workers to ride the bus free of charge starting immediately. […]

After President Donald Trump announced that Congress has reached a deal that would temporarily re-open the government for three weeks, Gov. Larry Hogan has weighed in on this announcement. Hogan tweeted that “[i]t’s about time” the government re-opened after the month-long shutdown, but a three-week solution “is just not good enough.” Hogan has called on […]

Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen visited Dawson’s Market in Rockville Thursday morning to discuss the shutdown with local business leaders. Here’s what Montgomery County’s business leaders had to say about the event, followed by a Tweet recap of the roundtable discussion. Two Montgomery County Business Leaders React to Shutdown Roundtable Discussion MCM spoke […]

Bart Yablonsky, the owner of Dawson’s Market, announced two ways the grocery store will help furloughed workers. Through Monday, Dawson’s is offering a 10 percent discount on groceries to furloughed workers who show their government ID at checkout. Also, Monday night from 6 to 8 p.m., Dawson’s will host a chili dinner for furloughed workers […]

Right before a meeting with Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about legislation to help re-open the government, Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made a stop in Montgomery County. On Thursday morning they met with Montgomery County small business leaders at Dawson’s Market. Here’s the full roundtable discussion the senators had in […]

The Federal Government shutdown is approaching its fourth week. According to the Washington Post, over 800,000 American workers have missed their first paycheck. As the shutdown continues there are many unfortunate stories about the personal hardship thousands of Americans are facing. An unexpected loss of income is an upsetting personal and financial setback. As a […]