The county’s Animal Services and Adoption Center is waiving adoption fees for all its available rabbits from now through Nov. 9 in a promotion sponsored by the nonprofit Friends of Montgomery County Animals.
The county will begin vaccinating children 5–11 years old today (Nov. 4) following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for that age group, officials said.
The county will extend the Shared Streets program until at least March, officials announced yesterday. The program was started during the pandemic to allow residents and businesses to use public spaces for in-street activities such as biking, walking, outdoor dining and other business activity.
The County Council yesterday voted unanimously to amend the county Board of Health regulation to require seven consecutive days of substantial COVID-19 transmission in Montgomery County before an indoor mask mandate is reinstated.
Dr. James Bridgers, the county’s acting health officer, told the County Council on Saturday that the county had returned to “substantial transmission” of COVID-19, triggering the requirement to reinstate an indoor mask mandate under the latest Board of Health regulation.
The county’s Division of Parking Management, part of the Department of Transportation, will once again institute enforcement measures against those who ignore parking tickets. MCDOT will begin towing and booting cars on Monday, Nov. 1.
The county’s Department of Transportation is reminding residents that while the county has lifted its mask mandate for most public indoor facilities, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requirement for face coverings on all public transportation remains in place until at least January 18, 2022, and pertains to all forms of public transportation in the county.
Metro today announced that reduced Metrorail service will continue through November 15. Trains will continue operating every 15-20 minutes on the Red Line and every 30-40 minutes on all other lines.
The county’s COVID–19 indoor mask mandate has been lifted, as of 12:01 a.m. today, Oct. 28. James Bridgers, the county’s acting health officer, officially notified the County Council yesterday that the county had achieved a “moderate” rate of COVID-19 transmission.