Per the State of Maryland:
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have dropped below 400—another major milestone for the state’s declining health metrics.
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 28, 2022
The Montgomery County Board of Education has released a statement condemning the recent online harrassment of Student Member of the Board, Hana O’Looney.
Below you’ll see the full statement:
Rockville Man Charged With First Degree Murder in Connection With Lakeforest Mall Stabbing Last Week
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police Major Crimes Division – Homicide Section, have arrested and charged a Rockville man in connection with a homicide at the Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg.
On Monday, February 21, Gaithersburg City and Montgomery County Police officers responded to Lakeforest Mall, located at 701 Russell Ave. for a report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers located 23-year-old Jose Alexander Maldonado suffering from multiple stab wounds. Maldonado was transported to an area hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units responded to a collision that occurred on Old Georgetown Road and Lincoln Drive at approximately 1:30am on Monday Morning.
We are told minor injuries were sustained in the crash.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units were called to the Kentlands neighborhood in Gaithersburg to respond to a vehicle fire adjust before 10am this morning.
The vehicle, which is described as a “trash truck”, was found on fire and it was quickly extinguished by firefighters.
A single vehicle collision led has closed southbound Great Seneca Highway just prior to Lakelands Boulevard, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
The collision occurred on Great Seneca Highway between Muddy Branch Road and Kentlands Blvd/Orchard Drive and the driver self-extricated from the vehicle, which landed on its side off the road.
Silver Spring’s United Therapeutics Corporation provided an update on Mr. David Bennett, the first UHeart™ recipient, stating that “The recent transplants of our xenoheart and xenokidney products demonstrate the tremendous potential of our business model for the second half of the 2020s and beyond. Indeed, Mr. David Bennett, Sr., the first UHeart™ recipient, continues to have strong cardiovascular function seven weeks after his transplant.”
The surgery took place at the University of Maryland Medical Centre (UMMC). It was a first of its kind transplant of a genetically modified pig heart that was successfully carried out in David Bennett, a 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease.
Yesterday, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich released a statement announcing that all products produced in Russia have been removed from the County’s Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) stores. Last night popular Bethesda bar and restaurant Caddies released a statement announcing that it will no longer purchase or serve Russian Vodka while also changing the name of three of its cocktails in support of Ukraine.
The names of three cocktails, Moscow Mule, White Russian, and Black Russian, have been changed to Kyiv Mule, White Ukrainian, and Black Ukrainian. Caddies also announced that it will be donating a portion of revenue from the sale of those cocktails to the Ukrainian Children’s Emergency Fund.
Personal finance website, WalletHub, has released a study to determine the “Best and Worst States for Women” in 2022.
In order to determine how women are faring and where they can find the best opportunities relative to where they live, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 25 key indicators of living standards for women. The data set ranges from median earnings for female workers to women’s preventive health care to the female homicide rate.
Representatives from Montgomery County will provide a presentation on their proposed plans for County properties located on Seven Locks Road, including the County’s proposal for a bus depot, at Monday, February 28th’s Rockville City Council meeting.
Located at 1307 Seven Locks Road, the subject property is triangular bounded by Seven Locks Road to the west, I-270 to the east, and Wootton Parkway to the south.