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Watch a video preview of the next episode of 21 This Week, below: 21 This Week airs on Montgomery Channel 21 on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Mondays at noon and 8 p.m.; Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is providing extra patrols for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community following Tuesday’s mass shooting in Atlanta that killed eight people, including six Asian women. “We have already begun, as the County Executive noted earlier in his comments, to provide extra patrols to the business communities in […]

Ari Brooks, executive director of Friends of the Library, is host Kim Jones’ guest in this episode of Studio 501c3. Studio 501c3 focuses on the nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County working to build supportive communities every day. Friends of the Library supports Montgomery County Public Libraries and promotes life long learning in the county.  The […]

Los líderes del condado de Montgomery tienen planes para vacunar a las personas en poblaciones vulnerables, incluidas las personas sin hogar. También hay planes para una clínica de vacunación móvil para los residentes confinados en casa. Durante una conferencia de prensa virtual el 12 de marzo, los funcionarios de salud locales dijeron que los programas […]

The Montgomery County Commercial Food Scraps Recycling Partnership Program recently hit a milestone of recycling more than 200,000 pounds of food waste. “Think about it; 200,000 pounds of food scraps that would have gone in the trash was instead converted to compost and is serving a new purpose,” said Montgomery County Dept. of Environmental Protection […]

Gov. Larry Hogan will make a “major announcement” about the state’s vaccine plan on Thursday. Hogan’s announcement will be streamed live at 2 p.m. on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The state is currently in phase 1C of its vaccination plan. On Tuesday, Montgomery County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Dr. Earl Stoddard announced that […]

Local leaders announced this week that a mass vaccination site is expected to open in Montgomery County soon. It will be located at the Montgomery College Germantown Campus, and health officials say they are preparing how it will operate once more much-needed COVID-19 vaccine doses become available. During the county’s weekly virtual COVID-19 media briefing […]

Montgomery County Public Schools welcomed back about 20,000 additional students this week during the return to in-person instruction. Other student groups are scheduled to return in phases throughout the next couple of weeks and will remain on the virtual learning platform until their phase begins. Meanwhile, some students have opted to remain virtual throughout the remainder […]

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss: Police reform bills passed the Maryland Senate. ( 1:22 ) Governor Hogan lifted many of the COVID-19 restrictions on indoor and outdoor dining, retail business, religious facilities, casinos, fitness centers, hair salons and other indoor recreational […]

Montgomery County leaders have plans to vaccinate those in vulnerable populations, including the homeless. There are also plans for a mobile vaccination clinic for residents who are homebound. During a virtual media briefing on March 12, local health officials said pilot programs to vaccinate the county’s vulnerable population are already in the works. MyMCM tuned […]