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2021 

Rockville, Maryland Will Expand Community Services on Friday Rockville’s three community centers, Croydon Creek Nature Center, and the Civic Center will begin offering expanded services, starting Friday, May 28, when Montgomery County plans to announce that it will lift several restrictions that ...
05/27/2021
Vaccine PSA Contest for Montgomery County Students With the expansion of vaccine eligibility for those 12 and up, Montgomery County is enlisting the help of children to encourage their peers to get the COVID-19 shot. "Take Your Shot" — a video PSA contest designed to address vaccine hesitancy amo...
05/27/2021
You should carefully consider the media used to communicate your message. The way a person receives news can dramatically affect how he or she feels about it, so you need to choose the medium very carefully.  Tulips, Kentlands Photowalk, Gaithersburg, Maryland USA IMG 6036Canon PowerShot G11 Came...
05/27/2021
Montgomery County, Maryland COVID-19 Update 5/26/2021Positive Trends in COVID-19 IllnessDaily new cases and hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue a downward trend. Montgomery County’s test positivity rate has remained at 1.1% for the past seven days. Over the last several weeks, the weekly perce...
05/26/2021
Free Groceries at Lakeforest Mall, Thurs., May 27th The Montgomery County Food Council in Maryland has announced a free groceries distribution that will take place at Lakeforest Mall on Thursday, May 27, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Please share this information with families who may be food inse...
05/26/2021
C.D.C. Alert: Stop Kissing and Snuggling Chickens or Ducks  A salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry has prompted U.S. health officials to issue a stern warning: Don’t kiss or snuggle your ducks and chickens. There have been 163 illnesses and 34 hospitalizations reported across 43 states,...
05/26/2021
Benjamin Gaither Center to Reopen June 14th The City of Gaithersburg will reopen its Benjamin Gaither Center (BGC) for older adults on Monday, June 14, 2021. The Center has been closed for safety reasons since the start of the pandemic in 2020, although extensive virtual programming and some soci...
05/26/2021
I encourage you to spend a little time thinking about your quality of life - what is it today, and what do you want it to be tomorrow? Sometimes all that takes is re-prioritizing. Sometimes it requires adding something to your business. And sometimes it means subtracting. Maybe it just requires a...
05/26/2021
ClosetCooking Asparagus and Mushroom Galette Recipe Chef Dolores used the ClosetCooking recipe for an Asparagus and Mushroom Galette with Bacon, Goat Cheese and Balsamic Reduction for our dinner at home. This is a good recipe and you may wish to give it at try. Click on the link to view and print...
05/25/2021
Neighborhood Matching Grants Available in Gaithersburg Frederick J. Felton Neighborhood Matching Grant ProgramThis program helps neighborhood associations make improvements in their communities by providing dollar-for-dollar matching grants. The program is available to all homeowners associations...
05/25/2021