Jawando Names 11 Transition Committees to Shape His First 100 Days: The Full List
County Executive-elect Will Jawando on Thursday named the members of 11 transition committees that will help shape the first 100 days of his administration, announcing the lineup on Facebook and on his transition website. The seats are unpaid volunteer positions. More than 150 residents are volunteering on the transition team,Continue Reading
Montgomery County’s Earl Stoddard Named Acting Maryland Emergency Management Secretary
Dr. Earl Stoddard, one of Montgomery County’s three assistant chief administrative officers, will become Maryland’s acting Secretary of Emergency Management on Dec. 9, Gov. Wes Moore announced Thursday, as MarylandFeed reported. Stoddard will succeed Secretary Russell Strickland, who retires Dec. 8 after a 50-year public safety career, according to theContinue Reading
MCPS Students in Grades 6-11 Can Join an IXL Reading Challenge Over Thanksgiving Break
Montgomery County Public Schools students in grades 6 through 11 can compete in an online reading and writing challenge over Thanksgiving break, from Nov. 16 to Nov. 30, according to MCPS. What’s in it Who: middle and high school students, grades 6 through 11 When: Nov. 16 to Nov. 30,Continue Reading
Nehemiah Carter on 300 Emails, Two Colleges and the Road to Pro Football
Episode 12 of Moderately Mic’d is out now: Nehemiah Carter on sending 300 emails to college coaches, playing at two colleges and signing to play pro football. Watch it on YouTube, or listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Nehemiah Carter grew up in Annapolis, played at Old Mill High School,Continue Reading
What the Dickerson Incinerator’s Electricity Is Worth to Montgomery County
With the Montgomery County Council’s 6-5 vote on Tuesday to keep the Dickerson incinerator, the county’s Resource Recovery Facility will keep doing two jobs: burning the county’s trash and generating electricity that is sold on the regional power grid. The county projected about $23 million in electricity revenue for fiscalContinue Reading
Germantown Plan Goes to the Planning Board Thursday: Room for 5,300 More Homes, Taller Buildings, Fewer Road Lanes
Montgomery Planning’s first full draft of a new plan for Germantown would make room for nearly 5,300 more homes, allow buildings as tall as 145 feet near the MARC station and along MD 355, and take lanes off six streets, according to the working draft the Planning Board takes upContinue Reading
WSSC Told Emergency Managers All Customers Could Lose Water by 5 p.m. Sept. 29, County Memo Says
At 1:45 p.m. on Sept. 29, WSSC Water told emergency managers it expected some customers to start losing water pressure by 3 p.m., most by 4 p.m., and all of its customers to lose water service by 5 p.m., according to a Nov. 6 memo from Montgomery County’s Office ofContinue Reading
Rockville Proclaims Nov. 15 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
The Rockville Mayor and Council have proclaimed Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026, as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The proclamation, signed Nov. 2 by Mayor Monique Ashton and all six councilmembers, encourages everyone in Rockville “to acknowledge the victims of road traffic incidents and to take safety precautionsContinue Reading
Jud Ashman Takes the Dais One Last Time as Lisa Henderson Is Sworn In as Gaithersburg Mayor
Lisa Henderson took the oath of office as Gaithersburg’s mayor at a special City Council session Monday night, Nov. 9, replacing Jud Ashman, who won the District 3 seat on the Montgomery County Council on Nov. 3. In a statement to Moderately MOCO, Ashman said: I know it’s cliche toContinue Reading
GLP-1 Patents and Prices: MCPS’s Bill Tops $100 Million Before Rebates
GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy now cost the Montgomery County Public Schools employee health plan “over $100 million,” MCPS’s chief financial officer told a school board committee in September, and MCPS later told Moderately MOCO that the figure is before drug-maker rebates. In a Novo Nordisk-funded trial ofContinue Reading