Burtonsville

Eun Yang, Paint Branch High School Alumna, Celebrates 20 Years at NBC Washington

By MCS Staff

Eun Yang, who grew up in MoCo and is a morning news anchor at NBC Washington, is celebrating 20 years with the network. Yang was born in Seoul, Korea and grew up in the right here in Montgomery County. She graduated from Paint Branch High School (1991) in Burtonsville and then earned a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Maryland in 1995.

Per the Montgomery County Commission for Women, Yang began her broadcast journalism career while at the University of Maryland. She worked as a reporter for “Maryland Update,” a program on the University’s cable channel, and then moved to TV- 58 where she freelanced as a special projects reporter for Asian- Pacific American affairs. In 1995, she worked full-time as a WUSA-TV production assistant while finishing her last year at the University of Maryland. She was a “reporter trainee” for a year when the station started its weekend-morning newscast. She remained at WUSA-TV for six years, working her way up to a substitute anchor.

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Education

Additional MCPS Schools to go Virtual This Thursday

By Patrick Herron

During this morning’s County Council meeting, Interim Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight and Board of Education Vice President Brenda Wolfe gave an update on MCPS’ COVID-19 response.

McKnight said that an announcement will be coming later today regarding more schools going virtual beginning this Thursday, January 20th. The schools were not listed during the meeting.

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Rockville

Mr. Smoothie in Rockville Town Square is Permanently Closed

By MCS Staff

Mr. Smoothie, located at 33 Maryland Ave G in Rockville Town Square, has closed permanently according to Google. The phone number has also been disconnected.

Mr. Smoothie, a smoothie and frozen yogurt bar chain, has most of its locations in New York with additional locations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina.

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Bethesda

(Updated 1/19) Water Main Break on Linden Avenue

By Patrick Herron

Update (Wednesday, 1/19, 9:10pm): 

From WSSC: Linden Ave, Bethesda water main repair update 9pm 1/19- more new pipe going in the ground. Significant amount of pipe needed 4 this challenging repair. Water 💧 station – Maplewood Alta Vista Park (5209 Alta Vista Rd) until 11 pm. We apologize, we know this has been a long repair

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MoCoSnow

More Snow Possible This Week; Pencil Prediction for Tuesday, January 18

By MCS Staff

More snow is possible this week as the GFS (North American model) and Euro (European model) are going head to head in their latest runs regarding potential snow on Saturday.

The National Weather Service has our area under the “Slight Winter Storm Threat” category for this upcoming Friday into Saturday (featured photo).

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MoCoSnow

Snow Totals From Sunday’s Storm Per the National Weather Service

By MCS Staff

The National Weather Service has released snow totals from yesterday’s winter storm. These totals come from various times, so they may be different than what you experienced in the same area due to the changeover to sleet, freezing rain, and eventually rain.

Clarksburg came in with the highest total measuring at just under 4 inches.

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