Montgomery County Council, acting as the Board of Health, will not be introducing a new Board of Health regulation to extend the indoor mask requirement and will allow the current Board of Health regulation to terminate next Monday, February 21 at 11:59pm.
The Montgomery County Board of Education is set to take up the school system’s mask policy at a meeting on February 24, according to WTOP.
Gaithersburg City Councilmember Rob Wu has announced that he running for Montgomery County Council in District 3. The seat is currently held by former Gaithersburg mayor, Sydney Katz.
As of today, there are no other candidates that have filed to run in the district.
Montgomery County Police released the following statement on Facebook Tuesday afternoon:
Per MCPD:
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Per Montgomery Parks:
WHEATON, Md. – Montgomery Parks(opens in a new tab), part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is extending the hours for its Open Parkways initiative (opens in a new tab)for the Presidents Day holiday weekend through Tuesday, February 22, at 7 a.m.
Back on January 25, the Montgomery County Council voted unanimously for a new public health order, which keeps the current indoor mask mandate in place until February 21 at 11:59pm. That mandate will automatically terminate if there is no further action by the Board of Health.
During todays media briefing, council President Gabe Albornoz said, “it’s appropriate for us to be able to move forward with eliminating the mask mandate after the 21st. Especially if the numbers continue to go down.”
Per Montgomery County Government:
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 14, 2022
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 14, 2022
A car was driven into the 7-Eleven at 17701 Muncaster Mill Rd in Derwood this morning around 10am.
No injuries were reported, according to Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Pete Piringer. A building inspector has been requested.
The Washington Post published an Op-Ed Friday morning written by Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones.
Jones talks about last month’s shooting at Magruder High School, and the fact that several students who are alleged to have witnessed or known about the shooting, posted on Twitter and Snapchat about the incident instead of calling 9-1-1.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Friday, February 11, 2022