Montgomery Community Media

Según los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC), vacunarse contra la influenza es más importante que nunca durante esta época del año, para protegerse y proteger a las personas que lo rodean de la influenza y para ayudar a reducir la carga sobre los sistemas de atención médica que están respondiendo a […]

There’s grant funding available to help local restaurant and retail establishments cover the cost of adjusting ways they interact with customers amid the COVID-19 pandemic- especially during the winter months. The 3R Initiative Restaurant and Retail Grant will provide up to $5,000 to help support delivery service fees, inventory costs, E-commerce solutions, and other COVID-related […]

Según los datos estadísticos que se comparten en la página web de la organización Nueva Vida sobre el cáncer en las mujeres latinas, las latinas tienen una mayor mortalidad por cáncer de mama que las mujeres blancas no latinas debido a tasas de detección más bajas y limitaciones en el acceso a la atención oportuna […]

Montgomery County continues to monitor the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases. According to health officials, there’s been an increase in cases locally and nationwide. “There are some smaller increases in our positivity rates, but more worrying increases in our cases per 100,000,” said County Executive Marc Elrich during his weekly virtual media briefing on Wednesday. […]

College students from across the state applied for the Shop Maryland-Tax Free Week Scholarship. Participants were asked to explain how they helped businesses survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two statewide winners are from Montgomery County. They were recognized by the Maryland Retailers Association and Comptroller Peter Franchot during a virtual presentation on Friday. Mirian Fuentes […]

Los miembros de la Coalición de Vote No en la Pregunta B y D, en la papeleta de votación del condado de Montgomery, el Ex-Ejecutivo del Condado Ike Leggett, Carmen Ortíz Larsen, Connie Morella y David Blair, están dando a conocer los detalles del por qué los votantes deberían votar contra estas dos preguntas en […]

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss: What are the implications of ballot questions A and B? Impact of possible COVID-19 resurgence on local businesses. A look at the races with less than three weeks to election day. This week’s panel of political […]

For voters who are opting to vote by mail, the deadline to request mail-in ballots is Tuesday, October 20. It is important to note that ballots will not be automatically mailed to voters for the November 3, 2020 election. “You can easily do it on your cell phone- text the letters VBM to 77788,” said […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer is concerned that Montgomery County isn’t prioritizing getting students back into the classroom. In a letter sent to county residents Monday, Riemer explained why he was the only Councilmember to vote against allowing restaurants and bars to apply for a permit to serve alcohol after 10 p.m. “While the proposal […]

Desde el inicio de la pandemia Covid-19, que obligó el cierre de las escuelas públicas del condado de Montgomery en marzo, los más de 165 mil estudiantes se vieron obligados a recibir clases de manera remota e iniciaron un nuevo año académico de la misma manera, cien por ciento virtual. Sin duda, la instrucción virtual […]