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New Netflix Hit Show Bridgerton Created by Watkins Mill Alum Chris Van Dusen

By MCS Staff

Published January 2, 2021 at 9:48AM

New Netflix hit show Bridgerton created by Watkins Mill Alum Chris Van Dusen

By Madison Tringone

Gaithersburg Man Succumbs to December Fire Injuries

By Cordell Pugh

Published January 2, 2021 at 12:04AM | Updated January 2, 2021 at 10:36AM

Gaithersburg Man Succumbs to December Fire Injuries

Photo Courtesy Max Wohlschlegel

State Trooper Assaulted, Injured on I-270

By Cordell Pugh

Published January 1, 2021 at 8:31PM

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

By MCS Staff

Published January 1, 2021 at 5:03PM | Updated January 1, 2021 at 5:21PM

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

By Cordell Pugh

Published December 31, 2020 at 11:40PM

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 Announces the Passing of His Son, Thomas Bloom Raskin (25)

By MCS Staff

Published December 31, 2020 at 8:35PM

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 Tournament: Final Four

By MCS Staff

Published December 31, 2020 at 8:27PM | Updated January 1, 2021 at 11:21AM

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?

MoCo: Moderna and Pfizer COVID Vaccine Distribution Update

By Daniel Garay

Published December 31, 2020 at 6:45PM

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.