Rockville

The Montgomery County holiday schedule for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day can be seen here. Below you’ll see the holiday schedule for the city of Rockville.

Rockville, Maryland, Dec. 17 – City Hall and city facilities will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 23; on Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24; Christmas Day, Saturday, Dec. 25; New Year’s Eve, Friday, Dec. 31; and New Year’s Day, Saturday, Jan. 1.


Event

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:


Maryland

Current Maryland Comptroller and 2022 gubernatorial candidate, Peter Franchot, has called for a state of emergency to address the surging Omicron variant. The decision would have to be made by Governor Larry Hogan.

Franchot, a Montgomery County resident, is the 33rd Comptroller of Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party, Franchot served for 20 years in the Maryland House of Delegates representing Takoma Park and Silver Spring. He was elected comptroller in 2006, and has subsequently been re-elected three times. Franchot confirmed in January 2020 that he will run for governor of Maryland in 2022.


MoCo Government

During today’s media briefing, Montgomery County’s Assistant Chief Administrative Officer Earl Stoddard said that James Bridgers, the acting county health officer, has made a recommendation to the County Council to postpone ending the indoor mask mandate until at least the end of January, even if the county hits an 85% vaccination rate.

On November 2, the council unanimously approved an amendment suggested by Councilmember Andrew Friedson that would terminate the mask mandate altogether after the county hits a vaccination rate of 85% of total population (according to data tracker on CDC website).


Olney

The Olney Theatre at  2001 Olney Sandy Spring Rd in Olney has announced that due to multiple breakthrough cases of COVID-19, they have been forced to cancel the remaining performances of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, which was scheduled to run through January 2.

According to the theater, the final 12 performances of the run were lost due to successive COVID-19 infections among the cast.


Silver Spring

Pollo Campero at 8662 Colesville Rd in Silver Spring has permanently closed. According to a report by Source of the Spring, the restaurants last day in business was this past Monday, December 27.

The fried chicken chain, which originated in Guatemala, opened their location in 1971 and has grown to over 400 locations worldwide, including over 70 in the United States.


Beyond MoCo

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced today that all DCPS students and staff will be required to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before returning to school on January 5.

Tests will be available to pick up at all DC public schools beginning on Monday, January 3.