 County Executive Marc Elrich this week explains why he has nominated veteran Assistant Chief Marc Yamada to be the next chief of the Montgomery County Police Department. Now that the County Council has approved the Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Budget, County Executive Elrich highlights some of the important items in the budget and talks about the need for an improved process and structure going forward. And having recently returned from a two-week economic development trip to South Korea and China, the County Executive provides details on how the efforts may soon benefit the County’s business climate.
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Montgomery County will honor its fallen local heroes lost in armed conflicts with ceremonies and events throughout Memorial Day Weekend Saturday-Monday, May 25-27. The biggest of the events will once again be the traditional City of Rockville ceremonies followed by its annual parade on Monday, May 27. Rockville will host two days of the free Hometown Holidays Music Fest on May 25-26 at its RedGate Park. Over the weekend, the City of Gaithersburg will again have its “Flags of Honor” display.
The Montgomery County Government, and programs that impact County residents, will have holiday schedule and program changes for the observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 27.
Montgomery County Recreation’s seven outdoor pool pre-season will begin at noon on Saturday, May 25.
The final week of May as “Go MoCo Month” will be filled with interesting and fun adventures, all of which can be found at MoCo’s Kick Off to Summer Week.
The Montgomery County Commission on Veterans Affairs is honoring “Fallen Hometown Heroes” with Montgomery County connections on a website created by the commission. The tribute is especially notable as the County prepares to commemorate Memorial Day on Monday, May 27.
Montgomery County’s digital equity and inclusion program, “Montgomery Connects,” which is operated by the County’s Department of Technology and Enterprise Business Solutions (TEBS), will be distributing approximately 25,000 computers at no charge to eligible residents. The computers will be given out at events through June.
The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in collaboration with the Office of Grants Management (OGM), has awarded $1.5 million in funding to four organizations for the inaugural Fiscal Year 2024 Healthy, Efficient, Electrified, Climate-Adapted Pilot (HEECAP) Homes Grants Program.
The Montgomery County Commission for Women and Montgomery County Public Libraries will offer the last in their series of free financial seminars on the ins and outs of "all things money” from 7-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28. The seminar will focus on Divorce and Money.
Metro, along with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), Montgomery County Department of Transportation and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will offer a range of travel options for customers affected by the summer closure Metro Red Line stations Glenmont, Wheaton, Forest Glen and Silver Spring from Saturday, June 1, through Saturday, Aug. 31. The Takoma Park station will be closed June 1-29.
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) and Manna Food Center are hosting the 31st Annual "Give and Ride Food Drive” from Sunday, May 26, to Saturday, June 1. MCDOT is asking for donations of non-perishable food items on any MCDOT Ride On bus or at designated drop off sites. County bus riders who make a donation will have their bus fare waived.
Amam Shergill, Victoria Martine Nicholas, Umu-Hawa Barrie and Summer Zhong were the top winners in their respective categories in the Montgomery County Commission for Women’s seventh annual “Girl Power Contest.” The annual contest is sponsored in celebration of Women’s History Month.
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) has rescheduled its free, family friendly “Truck Day” event for from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, in Rockville.
Residents 18-and-older interested in electric scooter lessons will have the opportunity to attend free clinics on Saturday, May 25, and Saturday, June 23, sponsored by the Montgomery County Department of Transportation.
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will hold two open houses to explain details, and seek input, on the planned Veirs Mill Road Flash Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project. The meeting on Tuesday, June 4, will be held in Silver Spring The meeting on Wednesday, June 5, will be virtual.
The latest episode of the show “50+ in Montgomery” looks at how Maryland works toward making the state a place where people can comfortably retire in the state rather than seek retirement homes elsewhere. The featured guest is Carmel Roques, the secretary of the Maryland Department of Aging.
Ensuring building safety is a top priority of the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services (DPS) and that topic is the focus of the 15th episode of the Permitting Services Podcast, “Commercial Building Safety: Codes, Designs, Plans and More.” The new episode is now available.
Wheaton’s signature event, “Taste of Wheaton,” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, at Marian Fryer Town Plaza in downtown Wheaton, will kick off with an electrifying entertainment lineup featuring the locally formed blues and roots rock band “The Nighthawks.” The event is free to attend and samples of food and drinks from many Wheaton-area restaurants will be available for purchase.
The “Adventure Starts Here” themed Summer Reading Challenge for children and teens will begin on Friday, June 14, and will run through Saturday, Aug. 31. Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will hold six celebratory kickoff events will in June at various library branches. Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Inc. and the Washington Nationals baseball team are sponsors of the program.
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