Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 15, 2021
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Montgomery County has reported six straight days of substantial transmission of COVID-19. After seven days, the county’s indoor mask mandate is automatically reinstated. There is a four day grace period from the seventh day of substantial transmission until the mandate begins. This means the mask mandate could return over the weekend or by next week.
The County is deemed an area of substantial transmission if it reaches 50 to 99.99 total new cases per 100,000 persons in the past seven days or 8 to 9.99 percent test positivity during the past seven days. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classifies transmission values as low, moderate, substantial or high.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Montgomery County and Loudoun County have released the 137 page study on White’s Ferry operations and alternatives. The joint study was done to, “evaluate the long-term feasibility of the ferry service and to help identify possible alternatives and courses of action”.
You can download a pdf. of the completed study here.
The Montgomery County Council has approved funding to acquire the property on 1110 East-West Highway in Downtown Silver Spring.
Per the Council staff report:
Kathy Kirk-Dantzler, manager of the city’s Rockville 11 television station, will become the City of Rockville’s director of communication, and Director of Communication and Engagement Marylou Berg will become assistant city manager, effective next month, City Manager Rob DiSpirito announced.
The reassignments, which take effect Wednesday, Dec. 1, are “for the purpose of better addressing current organizational needs and Mayor and Council priorities,” DiSpirito said.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 8, 2021
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 5, 2021
Council will meet to review state legislative priorities; Committees will discuss the emergency homeless shelter system, Biotechnology Investor Incentive Program, Economic Development Fund Grant and Loan Program and work of the Policing Advisory Commission
Per Montgomery County:
The COVID-19 Rent Relief Program provides short-term rental assistance to eligible households who have experienced lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused them to fall behind on their rent. The program is managed by the County’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) with funding from the Department of Treasury’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program.