MoCo

Montgomery County’s “Shared Streets” program, which was started during the COVID-19 health crisis, will be extended at least through March. The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) manages the Shared Streets program, which allows residents and businesses to use public spaces for in-street activities such as biking, walking, outdoor dining and retail activity.

Shared Streets aims to bring residents together in a safe outdoor environment while supporting County businesses that have struggled from the economic impacts of COVID-19.


Silver Spring

“Larger than life inflatable turkeys and penguins, glittering floats, marching bands, dancing groups, and Santa and his elves!  The Montgomery County Thanksgiving Parade is the only Thanksgiving Parade in the metro DC area.


Health

The Montgomery County Council, acting as the Board of Health, meets tomorrow (Tuesday) to vote on an amended version of the mask mandate. The changes would reinstitute the mandate after seven straight days of “substantial transmission”, which is 50 or above cases per 100,000 residents.

At today’s media briefing, Council President Tom Hucker stated that if the amendment was approved, the mask mandate would go back into effect on Tuesday, November 9.  As of Monday, there have been four consecutive days where the case rate has been above 50. The seventh consecutive day would technically be November 5, but there is a four-day grace period to allow numbers to be confirmed with CDC data.


Derwood

For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 4,

Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division have identified the remains of an adult male as Daniel Daipong Wang, age 78 of Derwood. Wang was reported missing on October 31, 2021.  


MoCo

We have confirmed that Milk & Cheese at 18050 Georgia Ave in Olney, the former site of Thai Cuisine, has closed after six months. The restaurant featured cheesesteaks, po’ boys, milkshakes, and cheesecakes.

The restaurant was opened by Chef Sammy Davis, a former winner of the show Chopped on the Food Network, who is also behind Milk & Honey, which currently has locations in DC (1245 H St. NE) and Atlanta.


Crime

Today in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD, before the honorable Judge Jeannie Cho, defendant Ruel Francis Dempster II, 34, of Silver Spring, entered a guilty plea to the charge of first-degree murder for the death of Alice Dennis, the mother of his children.

Sentencing is scheduled for February 4th, 2022 and the defendant is expected to receive an agreed upon 40-year prison sentence.