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City of Gaithersburg To Celebrate GIS Day & Geography Awareness Week

Published November 10, 2022 at 8:38PM

The City of Gaithersburg celebrates GIS Day and Geography Awareness Week in November with discussions and activities designed to promote geography knowledge and showcase Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and how they impact everyday life. With more than 700 layers of information in its database, the City’s GIS serves as an important tool for analysis and strategic decision making. The GIS database helps inform staff and elected officials about such things as the availability of affordable housing, impervious surface coverage, most effective snow plow routes, access to social services, and much more.

With a proclamation at their meeting on November 7, the Mayor & City Council officially proclaimed November 16 as GIS Day & November 14 to 18 as Geography Awareness Week in the City. At the meeting, staff presented on the City’s field mapping capabilities and its companion dashboards. View the meeting presentation here. GIS activities include:

CANCELLED: Holiday “Barket” to Take Place on December 3rd

By MCS Staff

Published November 10, 2022 at 9:40AM | Updated December 2, 2022 at 10:27AM

If you are interested in discovering local pet service businesses, like training, boarding, and veterinary, you are in luck. Whether your dog needs to learn to “sit” and “stay” for your family holiday photoshoot or needs a yearly check-up, you can learn more at the Holiday Barket.

If your pup is looking for a furry friend to add to their pack, catch PetConnect Rescue at the event and learn more about their adoption efforts and services. PetConnect is an animal welfare organization dedicated to saving dogs and cats at high risk of euthanasia. We are committed to ensuring a highly positive rescue experience for our adopters and to raising awareness of the plight of abandoned animals through community education.

Things To Do on Veterans Day Weekend in Montgomery Parks

By MCS Staff

Published November 10, 2022 at 8:54AM

Ice skating, hiking, storytelling, volunteering, and more! Discover these programs in the parks for Friday, November 11, to Sunday, November 13! Check out the list of events? Per Montgomery Parks, below:

Veterans: Montgomery Parks honors military service members past and present with Veterans Day Skate. Veterans and active duty service members, along with their families, receive free admission and skate rental on Sunday, November 13, at Cabin John Ice Rink(opens in a new tab), 12:30 to 2:30 pm, and at Wheaton Ice Arena(opens in a new tab), 3 pm to 5 pm.

Disabled Veterans National Foundation Will Hold its 4th annual Resource Fair in Silver Spring on Thursday, November 10

By MCS Staff

Published November 8, 2022 at 10:56AM

Per the DVNF: “Although flawless counts are impossible to come by – the transient nature of homeless population presents a major difficulty – the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates that 40,056 veterans are homeless on any given night. Over the course of the year, approximately twice that many experience homelessness. Did you know only 7% of the general population can claim veteran status, but nearly 13% of the homeless adult population are veterans?”

The DVNF is currently accepting donations that will provide direct support for:

Seven Upcoming Races in MoCo This Month (November 2022)

By Francesca Luca

Published November 7, 2022 at 10:03AM

Below is our list of the November 2022 upcoming races in Montgomery County. If there are any MoCo races we may have missed, please feel free to comment with the race name and any additional information you may have:

5K Orchard Run – November 12 (Germantown, MD) — Registration fees are $40 until November 10, $45 November 11-12. Kids Fun Run is free. This is a trail run hosted at Butler’s Orchard by Montgomery County FCA. More information available here.

(POSTPONED) Antares Launch May Be Visible Sunday Morning (November 6)

By MCS Staff

Published November 5, 2022 at 2:11PM | Updated November 6, 2022 at 12:10PM

UPDATE: Antares launch scrubbed after fire alarm at control center. Rescheduled for 5:27am Monday morning (11/7)

Per NASA: Rise and shine early to catch the next launch of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The next Antares launch is scheduled for 5:50 a.m. EST, Sunday, Nov. 6, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad 0A on Wallops Island.

‘Holiday Makers Market’ at Rio This Weekend

By MCS Staff

Published November 5, 2022 at 11:08AM

The event will take place on Saturday, Nov 5th & Sunday, Nov 6th from 11am-5pm on Grand Corner Avenue (near Dick’s Sporting Goods):

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MoCo’s Oldest Continuing Foot Race Will Take Place on Sunday, November 6

By MCS Staff

Published November 3, 2022 at 5:07PM

The 47th annual Rockville 10K/5K is still registering runners until Friday, Nov. 4.  The oldest continuing foot race in Montgomery County — which includes a 1-mile fun run for kids — will take place the morning of Sunday, Nov. 6.

The kids 1-mile fun run begins at 8:10 a.m. The 10K starts at 8:30 a.m. and the 5K at 8:45 a.m. Runners should arrive before 8 a.m., at which time streets leading to the race will be closed to ensure a prompt start.  Registration costs $35 online or by mail-in through Friday, Nov. 4, and $45 for in-person or online registration after that.  Saturday packet pickup on Nov. 5 is from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at RnJ Sports, 11910-R Parklawn Drive. Day-of race packet pickup opens at 7:30 a.m. at King Farm Village Center, 801 Pleasant Drive, between the Fontina Grille and Baja Fresh restaurants.

Rockville to Host Salute to Service at Veterans Day Ceremony

By MCS Staff

Published November 3, 2022 at 4:58PM

Rockville will honor veterans of our nation’s armed forces with a ceremony on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11. The ceremony is planned for Veterans Park, at the intersection of MD 28 and Rockville Pike. Free parking will be available at Sandy Spring Bank, 611 Rockville Pike. The ceremony, which is open to the public, will include a wreath laying and a presentation of colors. A reception will follow at American Legion Post 86, at 2013 Veirs Mill Road.

Clarence Hickey, a retired marine biologist and environmental writer and lecturer, will be the guest speaker. Hickey served in the U.S. Army Medical Service from 1966-1968 at an Army hospital in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in support of the 101st Airborne Division. As a college graduate with a biology degree, Hickey served as a medical laboratory specialist in a blood bank, sending whole blood to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and to Vietnam, and performing other hospital medic duties. He is now an active volunteer known for his first-person portrayals of Dr. Edward Stonestreet, a prominent Rockville physician and surgeon during the Civil War.

Things To Do in Montgomery Parks This Weekend: 11/4-11/6

By MCS Staff

Published November 3, 2022 at 11:03AM

“Citizen science, freedom celebration, outdoor happy hour, and more! It’s another jam-packed weekend of activities in the parks!” Check our activities in and around Montgomery Parks this weekend:

Nature- Meadowside Nature Center features its Women’s Fire Making Class(opens in a new tab) on Friday, November 4, at 9 am. Learn to identify fire materials, collect them, then practice with a bow drill and flint and knap to create sparks so you have a roaring fire. Please register.

Montgomery Parks Virtual Speaker Series Spotlights Miami’s The Underline

By MCS Staff

Published November 1, 2022 at 2:49PM

Montgomery Parks invites the public to the November 2022 session of its Parks Speaker Series on the topic of The Underline. The free session will take place online on November 9, 2022, from 3 – 4 p.m.

The Underline will be a ten-mile, 120-acre linear park, urban trail and public art destination in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that runs underneath the county’s elevated Metrorail system. This public-private partnership is being built in three phases and the first phase opened in 2021. The project is expected to be completed by 2025. In this session, Friends of the Underline’s founder and president, Meg Daly, will discuss the journey of creating a linear park, from idea to completion.