Montgomery County government offices and several county and state services will be closed or operating on modified schedules in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Monday, Jan. 19.
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Montgomery County will hold its 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance and Birthday Celebration on Sunday, January 18, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore, featuring a free concert with performances by local and nationally recognized artists. (more…)
Wes Moore announced the appointment of the Honorable Victor Manuel Del Pino to the Montgomery County Circuit Court, elevating a longtime county prosecutor and district court judge to the circuit bench. Judge Del Pino, a lifelong Montgomery County resident, has served as a district court judge since 2019 and previously held leadership roles in the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. (more…)
The Montgomery County Council will meet Tuesday, Jan. 13, beginning with proclamations recognizing Muslim American Heritage Month and Korean American Day, followed by interviews for board and labor relations appointments and consideration of budget guidelines for the FY27 operating budget.
The Montgomery County Council’s Education and Culture Committee will meet Monday, Jan. 12 at 9:30 a.m. to receive updates from Montgomery County Public Schools on international student enrollment and on progress implementing the district’s Antiracist Audit Action Plan.
Councilmember Laurie-Anne Sayles is proposing a $1 million special appropriation to Montgomery County’s FY 2026 budget to stabilize essential health and human services disrupted by federal and state funding cuts, with funds directed to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Montgomery County’s Office of Food Systems Resilience announced a new phase of its Food Recovery Network strategy, expanding coordination, infrastructure, and direct funding to support organizations that rescue surplus food and redistribute it to residents in need, with investments totaling more than $764,000 across multiple grant programs.
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and County Council President Natali Fani-González announced progress on Montgomery County’s Climate Action Plan, reporting that 80 of 84 actions have been initiated and 63 are completed, underway, or integrated into operations, according to the FY2025 Annual Report.
Councilmember Evan Glass will host a road safety town hall on Saturday, January 10, at 10 a.m. at the Council Office Building to discuss pedestrian, cyclist, and street safety following 678 pedestrian- and cyclist-involved crashes in 2025, including 18 fatalities. (more…)
The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing on the Clarksburg Gateway Sector Plan on January 21 at 7 p.m. at Rocky Hill Middle School in Clarksburg.