Per the City of Takoma Park:
Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in the Washington DC Metropolitan area, City Manager Jamal Fox will be suspending/postponing all in-person Recreation classes and programs.
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Below you’ll find a list of restaurants that plan to open in Montgomery County in 2022. Please let us know of any restaurants we may have missed.
&pizza was founded by Michael Lastoria and Steve Salis (Ted’s Bulletin, Federalist Pig, and Ensemble) in 2012 with their first location on H Street in D.C. The growing chain now has over 36 locations across the east coast including MoCo locations in Bethesda, Gaithersburg (Crown), Germantown, Pike & Rose, Silver Spring and a second Gaithersburg location coming soon.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Friday 17 December
Longtime MoCo resident James Brown was a member of the 2020/2021 class of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame that was inducted earlier this week.
Affectionately known as “JB,” Brown is perhaps best known for hosting NFL Today.
Fourteen-year-old MCPS student Trent is debuting his 2nd annual holiday lights show and food drive tonight at his home in North Potomac.
Trent is the same Quince Orchard freshman that created a Haunted Trail back in October.
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Santa may be visiting your Gaithersburg/Washington Grove, Rockville, Poolesville, Damascus, Hillandale, Sandy Spring, Cabin John, Takoma Park, Laytonsville neighborhoods as fire departments across the county will be guiding Santa through all the neighborhoods listed as well as surrounding neighborhoods.
Below, you’ll see Santa’s schedule for each of these areas:
Signage is up for the Creek Lodge Bar & Grill at 5566 Norbeck Rd in Rockville, the former home of Urban BBQ.
We’ve enjoyed being your local BBQ joint for almost 20 years. We want to thank you for your passionate support and all of the fond memories.“
Montgomery County Public Schools sent out a community message on Friday afternoon with updated guidelines for sports and afterschool activities. The letter states that all-in person, non-athletic afterschool activities have been suspended from December 20 through January 7, though community events and day care can continue as scheduled.
Athletic practices and games can continue as scheduled but all athletic games scheduled to take place during Winter Break (December 23-January 2) are now cancelled, though optional practices are allowed.
Montgomery College’s Board of Trustees announced Dr. Jermaine Williams as the new president of Montgomery College at an event earlier today at the college’s Rockville campus.
Dr. Williams currently serves as the president of Nassau Community College in New York.
Washington, DC recorded its highest number of single day COVID-19 cases during the entirety of the pandemic on Wednesday of this week when 508 people are reported to have tested positive, according to FOX5.
Last week DC only recorded 126 new cases.
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Democrat Kristin Mink has announced she will file to run for County Council in the newly designated District 5. Prior to Montgomery County’s new district map being finalized, Mink announced an at-large run.
Mink is a lifelong Montgomery County resident and former MCPS teacher. She made headlines back in 2018 when she confronted Scott Pruitt, then head of the Trump Administration’s EPA, at a D.C. restaurant.