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Who am I? MoCo Edition

Published August 20, 2020 at 10:06AM

Maria Shriver is an award-winning journalist, author, founder of the nonprofit organization The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, and currently a special correspondent for NBC News.

She is the daughter of Sargent Shriver (a politician who has an elementary school in Silver Spring named after him) and Eunice Shriver (the founder of the Special Olympics), the niece of former President John F. Kennedy, and the former First Lady of California (she is the ex-wife of actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger).

Text-To-911 Now Available in Maryland

By MCS Staff

Published August 20, 2020 at 9:10AM | Updated February 10, 2023 at 4:24PM

The Montgomery County Police Department has shared that Text-To-911 is now available in Maryland and has provided the following guidelines. If you’re experiencing an emergency and are unable to place a voice call, you can send a text to 911. Follow these steps to request emergency services:

Tips for using text-to-911:

Who Am I? MoCo Edition

By MCS Staff

Published August 19, 2020 at 1:44PM | Updated June 12, 2022 at 10:08PM

Sylvester Stallone spent some of his childhood growing up in a home on Seminary Rd. He attended Woodlin Elementary School, Montgomery Hills Junior High, and was enrolled at Blair High School. Some have disputed that Stallone ever attended Blair High School while others believe he even graduated from the school. I was able to confirm that he was briefly a enrolled at Blair, but did not graduate from the school.

Whether you know how him as Rocky Balboa, John Rambo, Barney Ross from The Expendables movies, or from any of his other roles in blockbuster movies, Stallone is one of the biggest celebrities in the world.

Montgomery County Ends Contract with AdvaGenix

By MCS Staff

Published August 19, 2020 at 1:24PM | Updated August 19, 2020 at 6:21PM

Montgomery County Ends Contract with AdvaGenix

Rockville-based AdvaGenix, which has been providing coronavirus tests for Montgomery County, will no longer be working with the county after a new state order was passed.

The Montgomery County Rental Assistance Program Has Started Accepting Applications

By MCS Staff

Published August 18, 2020 at 1:31PM

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The Montgomery County Rental Assistance Program Has Started Accepting Applications

Recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented financial hardship for many Montgomery County residents, the COVID-19 Rental Assistance Program provides financial assistance in the form of a rent subsidy payment. This program seeks to fill the gaps for those who have lost income during COVID-19.

MCPD Hosts a Golf Clinic for Kids in Germantown

By MCS Staff

Published August 17, 2020 at 4:52PM

The Montgomery County Police Department hosted a golf clinic for kids in our community at the South Germantown Driving Range today.

Summer camps have been shut down for the most part and routines have changed, so the MCPD wanted to do something to give kids in our community something to do in as safe of an environment as possible.

Washington Football Team Announces Jason Wright as Team President

By MCS Staff

Published August 17, 2020 at 9:38AM

The Washington Football Team has announced that they’ve appointed Jason Wright as Team President.

Wright becomes the first Black president of an NFL team.

“Tip Your Cap” Negro League Exhibit Comes to Sandy Spring Slave Museum

By MCS Staff

Published August 16, 2020 at 12:54PM

“Tip Your Cap” Negro League Exhibit Comes to Sandy Spring Slave Museum

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Negro League Baseball, the Sandy Spring Slave Museum will host a new exhibit about the Negro Leagues as part of the “Tip Your Cap” initiative.

Brief History of Leisure World

By MCS Staff

Published August 16, 2020 at 11:56AM | Updated August 28, 2023 at 8:02PM

Leisure World is an age-restricted, gated development primarily inhabited by retirees. The area was formerly known as the Rossmoor census-designated place for the 2000 census, at which time it had a population of 7,569– named after developer Ross Cortese, who had acquired the land for $5 million in the early 60s.

The sales office opened in 1965 and the shopping center broke ground in October of 1967 with Safeway, People’s, Hot Shoppes, and more signed on. The Leisure World Globe used to be colorful and even rotated (backwards). After years of security having to make people stop “riding” the globe, and multiple motor malfunctions, the change was made to the static globe we see today.

COVID-19 Impacting Non-white, Uninsured MoCo Residents the Most

By MCS Staff

Published August 15, 2020 at 9:57AM | Updated August 15, 2020 at 12:40PM

COVID-19 impacting non-white, uninsured MoCo residents the most.

In July, the Washington Post reported that in Montgomery County, Hispanic residents — who make up about a fifth of the County’s population — accounted for 74 percent of recent COVID-19 cases.

Were You Recently Tested for COVID at a MoCo Site? You May Need Retesting.

By MCS Staff

Published August 14, 2020 at 2:11PM

Yesterday, it was announced that residents who used an AdvaGenix COVID test at a Montgomery County site within the past two weeks ought to be retested. AdvaGenix kits were primarily used for asymptomatic individuals and were self-administered tests. According to a press release, approximately 8% of COVID tests used throughout the county were processed by AdvaGenix.

Montgomery County’s testing partnership with AdvaGenix has been suspended for the moment. Residents who have upcoming appointments at a site that planned to use AdvaGenix kits are being notified and will be alerted of alternative locations to take their test.