The Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) is implementing a 25% increase to the daily rate for substitute teachers, as approved by the Board of Education.
The daily rate for substitute teachers in HCPSS prior to the increase can be seen below:
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Sunday, January 16, 2022
“The Montgomery County Council stands in solidarity with the Jewish community and those who endured a 10-hour hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas at Congregation Beth Israel. We are thankful for the swift action taken by law enforcement and for their ongoing investigation of this attack. We also appreciate the efforts of our Montgomery County Police Department which has stepped up patrols at Jewish facilities across Montgomery County.
“Religious freedom is a fundamental right, and we cannot allow our houses of worship to become places of fear. Saturday’s attack is yet another frightening and painful reminder of how important it is to combat and condemn antisemitism in all its forms.
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Brigadier General Charles McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, passed away at his Bethesda home this morning at the age of 102.
Brigadier General Charles Edward McGee (born December 7, 1919) was a retired American fighter pilot and one of the last living members of the Tuskegee Airmen, an all African-American military pilot group who fought during World War II (as part of the 332d Fighter Group).
Beautiful venue; great art, gifts and hand-crafted items; refreshments; and meet the award-winning painters, photographers, mixed media artists, ceramicists, fiber artists, and more – some 40 artists in all. It’s an extraordinary array of framed wall works, 3-d media including sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, and fiber pieces, and unframed prints.
Among them, you’ll see:
The Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 1am tomorrow morning.
The first flakes have started to fall, but prior to the storm starting the National Weather Service upped the projected totals for our area. Half of MoCo is now in the 3-4” range with the other half in the 2-3” range.
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Update: January 17, 2022 – Jasslyn Santos has been located safe and unharmed.
Per MCPD:
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Sunday 16 January
Per the State of Maryland:
Pretreatment of Roads Complete, Marylanders Cautioned to Avoid Travel Sunday Afternoon and Evening
Snow is expected to start in our area sometime between 1pm-3pm as a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 1pm today until 1am Monday.
The latest Event Total Snowfall map from the National Weather Service has almost all of MoCo in the 2-3″ range with the far west sides of Dickerson and Poolesville in the 3-4″ range.
A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for 1pm Sunday until 1am Monday.
According to the latest maps, released by the National Weather Service just before 10pm, most of MoCo is looking at 2-3 inches of snow before the brief changeover to sleet/freezing rain and then rain.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 14, 2022