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Governor Hogan Announces Global Gateway Initiative to Attract More International Businesses at World Economic Forum

Published May 25, 2022 at 9:54AM | Updated May 26, 2022 at 5:16PM

Press release: Today during the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Governor Larry Hogan announced a $2 million investment in the state’s innovative Global Gateway Initiative. Managed by the Maryland Department of Commerce, this first-in-the-nation program helps attract international businesses and ease their transition into the U.S. market by connecting them with local incubators and accelerators.

“As we continue to have one of the strongest recoveries in the world, we want to be as aggressive as possible and kick this initiative into high gear,” said Governor Hogan. “Our state is worth the attention and investment of even more international companies, and now we look forward to making it easier than ever to forge closer ties with partners across the globe.”

Events

White Oak Day to Take Place on June 4

By MCS Staff

Published May 25, 2022 at 9:48AM

White Oak Day will take place on Saturday, June 4th to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the White Oak Community Recreation Center at 1700 April Lane. The event will take place from noon until 4pm.

Per the event flyer: “The White Oak Community Rec center will open its doors to the community. Great for all ages and families. Enjoy music, vendors, food, and fun activities.” Children under 11 must be accompanied by an adult.

MoCo Government

Montgomery County Council Statement on Mass Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

By Patrick Herron

Published May 25, 2022 at 8:40AM

“All the members of the Montgomery County Council are heartbroken by the senseless mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas, which has taken the lives of at least 14 students and one teacher. We know there is not a parent in America who doesn’t share in the grief and anger about this horrific tragedy.

“We mourn the loss of the children and the lives that they had ahead of them filled with promise and potential. We are also thinking about the parents, grandparents, siblings and loved ones who have lost the essential light in their lives at the hands of a gunman. We know that no words will ever ease their unimaginable pain.

MoCo Government

Statement from County Executive Marc Elrich on Deadly School Shooting in Uvalde, TX

By Patrick Herron

Published May 25, 2022 at 8:31AM

As a parent and former elementary school teacher, I understand that this is a parent’s worst nightmare. It has been nearly a decade since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, and it is unfortunate that we are going through this sort of pain once again, but this might have been avoided if we had taken action back then. Every time a tragedy like this happens there is outrage and calls for change, to curb the proliferation of guns. However, that outrage did not result in real action, so now, here we are again.

Incidents like this anywhere undermine people’s sense of security everywhere. We know in the wake of this event, Montgomery County school parents, like all parents around this nation, are going to be concerned for their own child’s safety and welfare. Please know that our police and school system will be working together to do everything we can to ensure the safety of our school community.

MoCo Celebs

Who Am I? MoCo Edition

By MCS Staff

Published May 25, 2022 at 8:03AM | Updated November 23, 2022 at 7:13PM

This actress, born in 1981, has had an extensive career in film since her teenage years. She has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, for which she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

Though the actress was born in Israel, Rockville was her first home in the United States. She lived in Rockville and attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School until she was 7 years old while her father completed his residency at George Washington University Medical Center. She then moved to Connecticut in 1988 before relocating permanently to Long Island in 1990.

Business

Gaithersburg High School Alumni, Dr. George Garbis and Viron Wildy, Develop Mouthguard That Changes Color When Oral Temperature Reaches Dangerous Level

By MCS Staff

Published May 25, 2022 at 7:46AM | Updated October 6, 2022 at 3:53PM

Gaithersburg High School alumni, Dr. George Garbis and Viron Wildy, have developed innovative new protection for athletes provides visual alert for overheating

ThermoPact will debut its groundbreaking MouthShield to the public at this year’s Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association (PSFCA) Big 33 football weekend, where a team of Pennsylvania all-stars will go head-to-hea d with Maryland’s finest 33 high school players.

Montgomery College

Montgomery College Professor, Dr. Tiffany Thames Copeland, Receives a Fulbright Award for 2022-2023

By MCS Staff

Published May 25, 2022 at 7:23AM

Per the press release: Thames Copeland is the twelfth Montgomery College employee to receive a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award since the Fulbright Program started in 1946, the same year Montgomery College was founded. Fulbrighters engage in cutting-edge research and expand their professional networks, often continuing research collaborations started abroad and laying the groundwork for forging future partnerships between institutions and nations.

Poolesville

Over 300 Streetlight Conversions Underway in Poolesville

By MCS Staff

Published May 25, 2022 at 6:26AM

According to a Town of Poolesville press release, Phase one of LED streetlight conversions are underway. Over 300 lights will be retrofitted over the summer.

Funding for this project was possible through a $45,000 grant from the Maryland Energy Administration. The LED lights use about 75% less electricity than the conventional lights they are replacing, which will significantly lower operational costs.

Events

Gaithersburg: Jubilation Day Brings Gospel Music to Concert Pavilion on June 11

By MCS Staff

Published May 25, 2022 at 6:19AM

Gospel music, the uniquely American art form that gave rise to jazz, blues, R&B, and rock & roll, will be celebrated to the highest as the City presents the 16^th Annual Jubilation Day Gospel Concert. On Saturday, June 11, 2022, from 3 to 7 p.m., the Concert Pavilion at City Hall will host performances of all styles of Gospel, Christian & uplifting music by local & regional artists. The event will also feature an acknowledgement of the upcoming Juneteenth Holiday.

This year’s featured performer is The Chosen Vessels, a local group from Pleasant Grove Christian Community Church of Damascus, MD. The group, under the leadership of Nathan Cooper, Jr., was inspired by God to praise his name in song. Their most requested songs, which they have performed throughout Maryland, Virginia & Washington, DC, include “Standing in the Safety,” “What a Fellowship,” “Faith in Jesus Christ,” “I’ve Learned How to Live Right,” and “He Changed Me.”

Germantown

Actor Rich Rotella Recently Underwent Limb Lengthening Procedure To Make Him 3 Inches Taller; He is a 2002 Graduate of Northwest High School

By MCS Staff

Published May 25, 2022 at 6:14AM

Actor Rich Rotella grew up in Germantown, MD. He graduated from Northwest High School in 2002 and has gone on to star in Lionsgate’s feature comedy, “The Newest Pledge (2010).” One of his favorite gigs has been a national commercial for “TIDE Laundry” opposite iconic Betty White. And recently, he wrote, directed, and starred in the original feature film, “Marlo Lasker (2020).” Rotella’s latest role is as the star of a documentary he is filming about cosmetic limb lengthening, where he is the patient.

Though Rotella has trained in improvisation at “The Groundlings” and studied under Lee Strasberg’s disciple Eric Morris (acting coach to Johnny Depp and Jack Nicholson), he says that at 5’5 casting directors have always told him he is too short to play the lead. So on On April 19, he underwent a painful cosmetic procedure in which both of his femurs were broken, the first step in a process that will make him 3.25 inches taller, according to PEOPLE magazine. He hopes to be 5’8″ by the end of July.

MCPS

Statement on Texas School Shooting from Montgomery County Board of Education and Montgomery County Public Schools

By Patrick Herron

Published May 24, 2022 at 9:23PM

Violence in any form is intolerable. Violence against children and those who are called to teach, serve and protect them, in the place they are meant to be the most safe, is unbearable. Tonight we hold our children extra close as we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to ending senseless gun violence and to providing for the safety, security and wellbeing of our entire school community

Together we are committed to the safety and well-being of all students and staff. Each of us has a role to play in ending the violence that has again, stolen our peace, and shortened young and innocent lives too soon.