Health

Per the State of Maryland:

ANNAPOLIS, MD—With Maryland surpassing 2,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide, Governor Larry Hogan today provided Marylanders with an update regarding ongoing emergency actions:


Silver Spring

Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones briefed the media regarding a man who was shot and killed by police after firing at them during a traffic stop.

According to Jones, officers conducted a traffic stop near Wayne Ave and Dartmouth St on a white Mercedes Benz that was suspected to have been involved in a shooting that occurred around 4am this morning on Bonifant St.


MCFRS

The condos at Plymouth Woods, 872 College Parkway near Nelson Street Rockville, were evacuated on Tuesday morning after an underground water main break led to flooding in the garden style condos.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue was onnthe scene soon after being alerted and helped with the evacuation process, which required buses for transport to temporary shelter, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.


Beyond MoCo

A Frederick County Press Release from earlier today, announcing a meeting of Frederick County Board of Health, on Thursday, December 30 can be seen below.

FREDERICK, MD — The Frederick County Board of Health will meet in an emergency meeting on Thursday, December 30 at 7pm. This meeting is called to discuss current level of risk, an indoor mask requirement, and a limit on public events over 25 people.


MoCo Celebs

Issa Rae was born in Los Angeles. After moving to Senegal for a couple years where her father, a pediatrician,  attempted to open a hospital, her family moved to Potomac, Maryland.

While growing up in Potomac, she was in a gifted and talented program at Cold Spring Elementary School. Rae was quoted as saying that in her time in Potomac, she grew up with “things that aren’t considered ‘Black,’ like the swim team and street hockey and Passover dinners with Jewish best friends.”


Business

Gaithersburg’s Novavax has received emergency use authorization in India just one week after the European Union authorized the use of Novavax Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine for adults.

In an early December meeting, the City of Gaithersburg unanimously approved Novavax’s development plan.