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High winds cause damage, power outages throughout Montgomery County Trees fell on two houses in Bethesda By Dan Schere | share this A tree fell on a house in the area of Newington and Marengo roads in Bethesda. No one was injured. Photo from Pete Piringer via Twitter High winds caused damage throughout Montgomery County and left thousands without power from Friday afternoon into early Saturday. Gusts of more than 50 miles per hour were recorded in the county, according to the National Weather Service. Trees fell on two houses in Bethesda. Around 6 p.m. on Friday a tree fell on a house in the area of Newington and Marengo roads in Bethesda, Pete Piringer, a Montgomery County Fire & Rescue spokesman, posted on Twitter. No one was injured. ....
Board of Education Approves Major Building Plans at Burnt Mills Elementary, Poolesville High Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education members unanimously approved plans for a new Burnt Mills Elementary School and a renovated Poolesville High School. Together, the projects will cost close to $100 million. During the BOE’s Jan. 28 meeting, board members listened to details about the proposed work which includes completely tearing down and building a new Burnt Mills Elementary School in Silver Spring at a cost of about $34 million. Those plans include separating where students get on and off the bus from the parking lot and student drop off area. ....
Montgomery adds 147 new cases overnight Bethesda Beat Staff Report | February 3, 2021 Nursing homes, group homes and congregate facilities account for about 7% of Montgomery County’s total number of COVID-19 cases during the pandemic. Of the 4,009 cases in those facilities, 2,156 have been among residents and 1,853 have been among staff members. Of the 515 deaths in the facilities, 510 were among residents and five were among staff members. The number of cases and deaths in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, group homes and other congregant living facilities is: ● Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockville 594 cases: 305 residents, 289 staff 101 deaths: 101 residents, no staff ● Wilson Health Care Center at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg ....
Buildings will have more space, other improvements February 3, 2021 | 10:31 am February 3, 2021 via MCPS The Montgomery County Board of Education last week gave its stamp of approval to major projects at two schools: Burnt Mills Elementary in Silver Spring and Poolesville High School. Both school communities have long advocated for updates to their aging, crowded facilities. Burnt Mills is built to hold about 390 students, but has an enrollment of 600 students this year, according to MCPS documents. The school opened in 1964 and was last renovated in 1990. New plans call for a complete rebuild of the school, so it would be able to hold 647 students. There will be 100 parking spaces, as well as an expanded bus loop and dedicated student pick-up and drop-off areas, according to project documents. ....