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Montgomery County residents can toast the reintroduction of the Picnic in the Park program. It will be reinstated to allow the consumption of alcohol at 13 parks throughout the county. Alcohol consumption will be permitted in the following parks: -Carroll Knolls Local Park -Acorn Urban Park -Ellsworth Urban Park -Elm Street Urban Park -Flower Avenue […]

Program could be extended one year, with four new parks added May 21, 2021 | 1:35 pm share this After a one-year trial, the Montgomery County Planning Board will decide next week whether to continue allowing people to drink alcohol in some local parks. In September, as COVID-19 took hold of the region, Montgomery County for the first time allowed people to consume alcohol in a handful of parks, part of an initiative to support struggling restaurants during the pandemic. The county Planning B...