Education

MCPS Provides Employees with 45 Day Notice for Possible Return to In-Person, In-Building Instruction

In a letter sent by MCPS Superintendent Jack Smith to employees, the school system has provided the previously agreed upon 45 days notice for a possible return to in-person, in-building instruction.


Maryland

September 30th is Census Response Deadline – How Does MoCo Rank in Response Rate?

September 30th, 2020 is the final day that households can respond to the 2020 Census. The Census is a count of the population by the federal government that takes place every ten years. All residents in the United States are counted, including those who are not U.S. citizens.


Burtonsville

Did you know Kimmy Gatewood is from Silver Spring and graduated from Paint Branch High School?

The MoCo native stars in GLOW as Stacey Beswick and portrayed Coach Crowley in Atypical, both successful series on Netflix. You may even remember her as Hillary Clinton or Marilyn Monroe from the “Epic Rap Battles of History” video series.


MoCo Government

MoCo Announces 50 Ballot Drop Off Locations for 2020 General Election

Montgomery County officials are looking to think inside the box for the upcoming election. Holding elections during a pandemic was always going to be a tricky undertaking, and many citizens relied on Maryland’s mail-in voting program to cast their votes in the June primary elections. Official ballot drop-boxes are a convenient method for MD voters to cast their ballot without having to put it in the mail.


MoCo

Pete Sampras has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles during his career, which was an Open Era record at the time of his retirement. He spent 263 total weeks ranked as the best tennis player in the world (3rd most all-time).

He spent the first seven years of his life in Potomac before his family moved west to California.


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