In a year of disappointment, we have some hopeful news for 2020: you can finally use your iPhone and Apple Watch as your SmarTrip card when riding the Metro. WMATA officially launched a SmarTrip app on Apple devices, allowing riders a “touch-free” experience when paying for rides with Metro and regional transits providers. A news […]

Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday that Maryland will move to phase three of its recovery plan starting at 5 p.m. Friday. This means indoor movie theaters can reopen at 50% capacity and retail and religious facilities can increase capacity from 50% to 75%. However, Montgomery County officials have the final say when the county will […]

Gov. Larry Hogan will hold a news conference Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. to update residents on Maryland’s COVID-19 response. Mike Ricci, the governor’s communications director, tweeted that one of the topics Hogan will be talking about is contact tracing. In his tweet, Ricci linked to an article about how Apple’s iOS 13.7 update, available now, […]

The 2020-21 MCPS school year kicked off using a virtual-only instructional model on Monday. “We’re excited to bring forward a robust plan that meets the needs of all of our students. Although virtual, we’re bringing many qualities that we would bring into the traditional school setting for our students,” said MCPS Deputy Superintendent, Dr. Monifa […]

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of 21 This Week. On this week’s show, Aiken and the panel discuss: Recap of the Democratic and Republican Conventions. A new report reveals that less than half of MCPS third-graders can read at grade level. Less than 1% of Marylanders have tested positive for coronavirus. Is it time […]

The first day of school is in full swing for the 163,000 Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) students. The 2020-21 school year is off to a different start due to the COVID-19 health crisis. On Monday, MCPS began the school year in a virtual-only instructional model outlined in the Fall 2020 Recovery Plan. Last week, Gov. […]

Governor Larry Hogan announced on Thursday that local school districts can and should return to in-person instruction. However, Montgomery County Public Schools issued a statement saying, due to short notice, they will begin the school year in a virtual-only instructional model on Monday, August 31, as scheduled. The ‘MCPS Give Backpacks Campaign‘ is providing school […]

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin called President Trump’s convention speech, “a masterpiece of fictional entertainment. It was completely divorced from reality.” The progressive Democrat said that according to Trump, “The biggest problem in this country is looting in the cities. it’s not this plague, this pandemic, that has killed 180,000 people.” Raskin criticized the President and […]

Las Escuelas Públicas del condado de Montgomery inician su año académico 2020-2021 el 31 de agosto con instrucción sólo virtual, al menos durante el primer semestre en el otoño. Reinaldo Picón-Colón nos abrió la puerta de su hogar para contarnos cómo se ha adaptado, siendo papá soltero de tres hijos, desde el inicio de la […]

El gobernador Larry Hogan anunció que, como resultado de las métricas de salud, todos los condados de Maryland ahora están “totalmente autorizados” para comenzar a reabrir escuelas de manera segura para el aprendizaje en persona. “Ahora casi todo el mundo está de acuerdo en que no hay sustituto para la instrucción en persona”, dijo en […]