Today is Monday, March 15, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County.
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MCPS Returns to In-Person Learning: Montgomery County Public Schools moves to the next phased return to in-person learning today. Elementary schools reopen for students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade. MCPS sent out a community update Friday with information about their reopening plan.
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County Budget Presentation: County Executive Marc Elrich will present his recommended fiscal year 2022 operating budget at noon. The Council will review the budget and adopt it in late May. The FY22 budget year begins July 1.
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Congressman Raskin Town Hall: Congressman Jamie Raskin will hold a telephone town hall today at 5 p.m. to provide an overview of the American Rescue Plan. RSVP online here to receive a call or call in at 877.300.1219.
5 Things to Know Today, March 8, In Montgomery County
Today is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the achievement of women. Here are five things to know in Montgomery County.
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Council Media Briefing: Council President Tom Hucker and Vice President Gabe Albornoz will hold a media briefing today at 11 a.m. to call for a mass vaccination site in Montgomery County, discuss vaccine equity efforts, school reopening and upcoming council work.
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Metro Budget Public Hearings: Metro’s FY 2022 budget eliminates 22 stations, three of which are on the Red Line. Turnbacks would return at the Silver Spring and Grosvenor-Strathmore stations. Metro’s board of directors is seeking input from the public with four virtual public hearings. The first hearing takes place today at 11 a.m.
Longest running ferry in US at risk of closing after more than 200 years
By: Bo Evans
and last updated 2021-01-11 21:14:19-05
POOLESVILLE, Md. â âI work in Virginia, and have always worked in Virginia. The ferry has always been my way into Virginia,â said Karla Berger, a health care worker at a hospital in Virginia.
But she lives across the Potomac River, in Poolesville, Maryland.
The fastest way for her to get to work is Whiteâs Ferry.
âIt is a major transportation link,â said Kerri Cook, the president of the Poolesville Town Council.
âSomewhere between 600 and 800 cars a day,â said Cook.