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Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination No Longer Required to Attend Montgomery County Council Meetings 

By Patrick Herron

The Montgomery County Council will hold its first in-person meeting in over two years tomorrow, March 15. Council President Gave Albornoz announced today that proof of COVID-19 vaccination will no longer be required to attended.

At today’s media availability, Albornoz said, “upon further reflection and consultation, we’ve decided to not have that be a requirement, to maintain consistency and access to all of our various county facilities, but we do strongly recommend that people do continue to be vaccinated. It has undeniably been the best tool and resource in our fight against COVID-19.”

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Nominations for the Board of Education’s Awards for Distinguished Service to Public Education due by March 16

By Patrick Herron

The Montgomery County Board of Education is currently accepting nominations for the Awards for Distinguished Service to Public Education. Nominations must be received by Wednesday, March 16 at 5pm.  Click here to see previous year’s winners.

The BOE established the awards in 1997 to, “recognize and show appreciation to individuals, groups, and businesses that have made exemplary contributions to public education in Montgomery County.”

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Montgomery County Purchases Mustang Mach-E Electric Vehicles for Use by County Departments

By Patrick Herron

A recent WUSA9 report shows that Montgomery County has purchased nine Mustang Mach-Es for use by county employees, each one coasting roughly $47,000.  WUSA9 did an investigation on the purchase and use of the electric vehicles after one of its viewers spotted a 2021 model Ford Mustang Mach-E being driven by a county employee inspecting a sidewalk.

When asked why the Mustang was chosen over other less expensive electric cars, Montgomery County General Services Director David Dice, who purchased the vehicles, told WUSA 9 it was because of the all-wheel-drive safety option. It is also estimated that vehicles will save the county $7,000 each, over the next six years.  Dice added, “this particular unit is intended for a highway inspector, a transit inspector, we also have field inspectors with environmental protection and other departments.”

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MoCo-Native Owned NFT Company Donating 100% of Proceeds to Ukraine Relief Efforts

By MCS Staff

Remy Long and Tim Martin were born and raised in Montgomery County. The brother-in law duo created a Web 3.0 and NFT company called “Pandavinci Labs”. NFT stands for non-fungible token. It’s generally built using the same kind of programming as cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, but that’s where the similarity ends. Physical money and cryptocurrencies are “fungible,” meaning they can be traded or exchanged for one another.

They duo has various NFT products in the works, including their collection called “MixTape Headz Society: Ukraine Edition”, which was released as an NFT charity auction to the public. 100% of the proceeds will go towards Ukraine relief efforts.

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Ukrainian Owner of King Farm Auto is Collecting Supplies to Send to His Home Country

By Patrick Herron

Ukranian born Boris Levonenko, owner of King Farm Auto Services at 15563 Frederick Rd in Rockville, has been hard at work collecting supplies to send to his war-torn home country.

According to WTOP, Levonenko has already shipped over 100 boxes of medical supplies, which he has been driving up to Delaware to ship through a Ukrainian Express Shipping Company.

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Montgomery County “Heads Up, Phones Down” Video Contest Winners Announced

By Patrick Herron

The winners have been announced of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation’s “Heads Up, Phones Down” high school video contest.

Montgomery County teens were asked to create videos to encourage peers not to allow cell phones to distract them while driving and walking. Prizes included a PS5, an Apple Watch, and Amazon gift cards.

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