Temperatures will drop a bit today, reaching the upper 50s, but the rest of the week will be the chilliest it has been since the first half of 2021.
Highs for the rest of the week will be in the lower 50s with lows in the low/mid 3s.
Author: MCS Staff
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Interim Superintendent Monifa B. McKnight and Dr. James Bridgers, Acting Health Officer, Montgomery County, will discuss important changes to guidelines for COVID-19 quarantines in MCPS schools.
An update on plans to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to 5- to 11-year-old children, when authorized in the coming days will also be discussed.
The indoor mask requirement was lifted at 12:01am on a Thursday morning after 7 consecutive days of moderate covid transmission.
Due to the wording of the Board of Health orders, it was announced that the mask mandate would return on Wednesday, November 3rd at 12:01am after the 7 day average surpassed 50 cases per 100,000 people bringing the county into substantial transmission.
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Verizon Wireless, located next to Downtown Crown Beer & Wine, was expecting to undergo renovations, but employees told us they were closing permanently a few days back. We are told fast-casual salad restaurant Sweetgreen will be moving in to the space next.
Sweetgreen currently has three MoCo locations, in Bethesda, Downtown Silver Spring, and Pike & Rose. Crown has been without a salad fast-casual restaurant since Chopt closed in early 2020 with plans to move that location to the Kentlands neighborhood.
The Montgomery County Council will meet as the Board of Health on Tuesday, Nov. 2 to introduce, hold a public hearing and vote on an amended Board of Health regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Montgomery County. The amended Board of Health regulation will be introduced at 9:40 a.m. and the public hearing and vote is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
The amended Board of Health regulation, sponsored by the Montgomery County Council, would require seven consecutive days of substantial COVID-19 transmission in the community for an indoor face covering requirement to be reinstated in areas open to the public. The requirement to wear face coverings in indoor spaces that are open to the public also terminates when the County returns to a status of moderate COVID-19 transmission for seven consecutive days.
Popeyes has opened its Downtown Silver Spring location, according to signage in the window that was first seen yesterday (Now open 11-10pm).
We first reported back in October that Popeyes will be taking over the space that was left vacant by Bombay Gaylord in 2015 at 8401 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. Bombay closed after a fire destroyed the restaurant and the owners have since opened Nirvana Indian Cuisine in Olney back in late 2018.
County Regresses to Substantial Transmission of COVID-19; Board of Health Regulation Cites Resumption of Indoor Mask Mandate Starting at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3
Per Montgomery County:
The “Fair Hill Fall 2021 Spooktacular”, which was originally scheduled for today (Saturday, October 30th), has been rescheduled to tomorrow (Sunday, October 31st) from 1pm-3pm.
The free event will take place at the Fair Hill shopping center in Olney and will offer:
Montgomery Parks has announced new winter hours for the Open Parkways Program beginning on Sunday, November 7, 2021.
The program opens portions of Sligo Creek Parkway, Beach Drive, and Little Falls Parkway to pedestrians and cyclists for recreation.
Content verified October 29, 2021, courtesy of Montgomery County.
If you are eligible, you may choose any of the available COVID-19 vaccines as your booster. If you want a specific vaccine as your booster, check that your vaccination site has it available.
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Below you’ll see the most recent updates or final scores of the week 9 MCPS football games. They’ll be updated as we receive them.
If a score isn’t listed, it’s because we didn’t receive a report from the game.