MoCo Planning

Sign Up to testify at County Council’s Public Hearings for The I-270 Transit Plan and More Online Events from Montgomery Planning in February

By MCS Staff

Sign up to testify at Montgomery County Council’s Public Hearings for Corridor Forward: The I-270 Transit Plan and the Silver Spring Downtown and Adjacent Communities Plan, plus more ways to get involved.

WHEATON, MD – The Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Planning Department, both part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), have announced their February 2022 calendar of meetings. The Planning Board has suspended in-person participation and attendance at meetings due to the recent increase in COVID-19 positive cases in Montgomery County until further notice.

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Business

Gaithersburg’s Novavax and Israel Announce Advance Purchase Agreement for Supply of COVID-19 Vaccine

By MCS Staff

The Novavax vaccine would be the first protein-based alternative available in Israel

Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company based in Gaithersburg dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, and Israel’s Ministry of Health today announced an agreement for the purchase of NVX-CoV2373, the company’s recombinant nanoparticle protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate with Matrix-M™ adjuvant.

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WMATA

Share Your Feedback on Metro’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and Proposed Fare and Service Changes

By MCS Staff

Metro has releases it Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) budget page. Here you can find detailed information about Metro’s budget and fare and service proposals. We encourage you to review the proposals and share your feedback by February 15, 2022. Gathering input from our customers, local communities and stakeholders is an integral part of the budget process, and your feedback will factor into our Board of Directors’ final decisions.

Take the survey, submit written comments or upload documents.

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MoCo

MoCo Ties in The NFL Conference Championship Games

By MCS Staff

The Cincinnati Bengals travel to Kansas City to take on the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game while the San Fransisco 49ers head south to L.A. to play the Rams in the NFC Championship game. Each year when we get to this point, we try to highlight as many connections to Montgomery County, MD as we can find so let’s get to it!

Cincinnati Bengals 

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Health

Maryland COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Below 2,000, State Surpasses 11 Million Vaccinations

By Patrick Herron

Per the State of Maryland:

ANNAPOLIS, MD—As COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 2,000, Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland has surpassed yet another significant milestone with 11 million COVID-19 vaccines administered.

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MoCoSnow

Friday Afternoon Update: Winter Weather Advisory for ALL of MoCo

By MCS Staff

A winter weather advisory is in now in effect for all of MoCo until 4am Saturday morning for C/SE MoCo and until 1am for NW MoCo.

MCPS UPDATE: MCPS Schools Close on Time; After-School and Evening Activities Canceled, Today, Jan. 28. Montgomery County Public Schools will close at the regularly scheduled time today. All after-school and evening school and community activities in school buildings are canceled. Childcare programs in school buildings may remain open as scheduled.

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Kensington

Temple Rededication Rescheduled; Open House for the Washington D.C. Temple extended

By MCS Staff

Following a multiyear renovation, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced that the Washington D.C. Temple would be open for public tours for the first time since 1974. Due to high demand, the open house will be extended and the rededication of the temple will now be on August 14th, 2022.

Per the press release:

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