NEW: MOCO Events Calendar and Upcoming Events!
We now have an events calendar on our website which you can view here. This events calendar will continually be updated throughout the year. If we miss an event you know about, please send us a link here and we’ll add it to the calendar! There is a lot comingContinue Reading
Pay Off an MCPS Child’s Lunch Debt This Holiday Season
December 11, 2024 This holiday season, consider ways to help MCPS students pay off their student lunch debt. In FY2024, “Dine with Dignity seeks to raise $170,000 to settle a fraction of the more than $700,000 unpaid meal debt accrued by MCPS students.” Anyone Can Donate Anyone can donate to help childrenContinue Reading
The Final Credits Roll: Germantown’s Regal Cinemas Shuts Down
December 6, 2024 – By Harry Lichtman Back in March 2023, I wrote a little piece for Moderately Moco about Lakeforest Mall closingafter 45 years. Today I will be writing about another well-known MoCo business closing: theRegal Cinemas in Germantown. When I heard that the property where the Regal GermantownContinue Reading
Experience the Magic: MoCo’s Must-Attend Holiday Events for 2024
December 5th, 2024 – By Sophia Campbell The winter holidays in Montgomery County are a season unlike any other. As December descends on Maryland, twinkling lights are illuminating neighborhood houses and seasonal delights are cropping up around the county. Whether you prefer to stroll through the splendor of a holidayContinue Reading
Balancing Life with Grace: Montgomery County Moms Lead the Way on the ‘Doing It All’ Podcast
“Doing It All” is the podcast for anyone determined to balance the many roles and responsibilities of modern life while staying true to themselves—and it’s proudly local to Montgomery County! One of the co-hosts even teaches for Montgomery County Public Schools. Co-hosted by Maya and Sarah—two dynamic working moms withContinue Reading
Update on the Future of the Former Potomac Horse Center Land and What’s Happening Now
November 27, 2024 Some of our readers reached out to us this week saying that people were taking down fences near the entrance at the former Potomac Horse Center location and they have had construction crews on site. We reached out to Montgomery Parks about the current status and future uses ofContinue Reading
MoCoClosures Early December Temperature Outlook 2024-25: Arctic Cold Incoming
November 25, 2024 – MoCo Closures Team Originally posted on MocoClosures substack. Reprinted with permission. Significantly Below Normal Temperatures Expected Across the Eastern U.S. with Limited Snow Chances Early On MoCoClosures presents our Early December Temperature Outlook for the 2024-25 winter season. As we enter December, Arctic air from Siberia is set toContinue Reading
HOC Versus the People: A Case for Concern (Opinion)
November 22, 2024 – By Robert Alex Stubblefield It goes without saying that this country is undergoing a severe housing crisis. Housing is one of the major concerns especially facing millennials and Generation Z. In response to this, state and local government agencies have taken responsibility to try to buildContinue Reading
2025 Maryland Legislature Grapples with Budget Gaps, Schools, and Transportation Issues In This Preview
November 22, 2024 This article was prepared with the help of advanced AI to analyze the 200 page document “Issue Papers 2025 Legislative Session”. The Maryland Department of Legislative Services has released its “Issue Papers for the 2025 Legislative Session,” outlining the major topics and challenges expected to dominate thisContinue Reading
Shaping the Future: MCPS Boundary Study and CIP Developments for November 2024
November 20, 2024 Featured image of Crown High School under construction by MyDrone.pro on 11/11/2024 There have been a few meetings regarding the upcoming MCPS Boundary Studies and also the budget as it related to the CIP (Capital Improvements Plan) which has major impacts on timing and considerations for theContinue Reading