State Trooper Assaulted, Injured on I-270
Shortly after 2PM Friday, the Maryland State Police Rockville Barrack received a call reporting a pedestrian walking on I-270 between Montrose and Falls Roads. Maryland State Troopers responded to the scene and the pedestrian quickly became combative with the first Trooper who arrived.
Half of MoCo residents have now taken a Covid test
According to the Maryland Department of Health (MDH), about 522 thousand MoCo residents have taken at least one Covid test, accounting for 50.2 percent of the county’s population. MoCo has conducted more than one million total tests.
Extended Extrication After Germantown Rollover
Around 5:30PM Thursday evening, Montgomery County Career and Volunteer Firefighters responded with Montgomery County Police officers to a reported crash on Seneca Meadows Pkwy near Goldenrod Lane in Germantown.
Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin announced the passing of their son, Thomas (Tommy) Bloom Raskin, this morning at their home in Takoma Park. Tommy was 25.
After graduating from Montgomery Blair High School, Tommy attended and graduated from Amherst College. He was a second-year student at Harvard Law School.
Taste MoCo’s Best Pizza in MoCo: Final Four
What better way to bring in the New Year than to vote for your finalists in the Taste MoCo’s Best Pizza in MoCo tournament?
Montgomery County Councilmember Evan Glass tweeted this afternoon (December 31, 2020) that MoCo has distributed almost 3,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in the last 48 hours, in addition to the Pfizer vaccine which has been making the rounds with hospital frontline staff across the county.
It also appears that nursing homes will be receiving doses through a direct partnership with retail pharmacies in the area; Glass noted that this process was being coordinated directly by the state of Maryland.
Driver Crashes onto Metrorail Red Line Tracks in Rockville
Featured Photo Courtesy of the Rockville City Police Department
Little Island Kitchen Update
Signage has been erected at the Montgomery Village Center for Little Island Kitchen (10003 Stedwick Rd.)
Driver Ejected, Seriously Injured in I-270 Crash
Featured Photo courtesy of the Bethesda–Chevy Chase Rescue Squad
Per Montgomery County:
Montgomery County Government will have the following schedule for New Year’s Day, Friday Jan 1, 2021:
Armed Robbery of Lyft Driver in Germantown
Around 10PM Tuesday, a Lyft Driver was dropping off a passenger along Brandermill Drive near the intersection of Apperson Way in Germantown when their Lyft passenger displayed a handgun and demanded the driver’s cash and phone.