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 Montgomery County COVID Cases Very Low Wilson Faucette - Garrett Park Estates, MD - 5.29.2021 - 18:04 Photo: montgomerycountymd.gov COVID Cases Are Very Low Montgomery County, MD's COVID-19 Cases and other indicators are very low, and this comes as Montgomery County recently rescinded all of their COVID guidelines, leaving only recommendations and any state or federal guidelines for MoCo residents to follow. Let's take a look at some of the indicators that Montgomery County uses. For May 28, the 7 day average of new cases per 100,000 people is around 2. That's compared to around 50 in January. Since March 2020, the number hadn't dipped below 3 until this month. We are at the lowest number now since late March of 2020. This indicator is "Very Low," according to Montgomery County. Only about 4% of hospital beds are occupied by COVID patients. That's about 1/10 of this percentage in May 2020. All of the other indicators are low or very low.  Vaccines In Mont...

 Air & Space Museum in DC to Open July 30, New US Airline Breeze Wilson Faucette - Garrett Park Estates, MD - 5.27.2021 - 18:23 Photo: National Air And Space  Museum National Air & Space Museum DC Reopening The National Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center has been open for some time. Today, The Smithsonian Museum announced that the DC center will be opening to the public on Friday, July 30, 2021, after being closed due to the pandemic.  They will be open Thursday through Monday, but closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. There will be COVID protocols in place including the requirement of timed entry passes. Timed entry passes are free and reservations will be available starting on July 23. Face coverings and six feet of physical distancing is required for vaccinated and unvaccinated visitors.  Some parts of the DC museum will not be available due to ongoing renovations. The museum encourages you to check their website to learn what is on display at the mu...

 MCSL Updated Division Assignments Released, Season Restrictions Up In The Air Wilson Faucette - Garrett Park Estates, MD - 5.19.2021 - 17:05 Photo: garrettparkladybugs.org Updated Division Assignments for the 2021 Season MCSL, or the Montgomery County Swim League is the summer swim league in Montgomery County. It is the league that Garrett Park participates in. After last year(2020)'s season was cancelled due to the coronavirus, MCSL has already committed to having a competitive swim season. However, due to the waiver that they obtained from the county, some pools were not able to participate in this season. Therefore, MCSL had to update the division assignments that were assigned at the end of the 2019 season. Garrett Park is still ranked 6/6 in division J. What's different? Most teams were able to continue in the 2021 season. In fact divisions A-J were not affected by any teams that could not participate. However, there are 4 teams that are no longer in the division assignme...

 5th Story Walk is about Cicadas, as They Start to Fill Up Our Sidewalks Wilson Faucette - Garrett Park Estates, MD - 5.17.2021 - 7:30 Book on Display at Clum-Kennedy Park Photo: noyeslibraryfoundation.org The Story Walk is back in Downtown Kensington After spending a few weeks at Capital View - Homewood Park in Capital View, the Story Walk is back at Clum-Kennedy Park, just next to downtown Kensington. The 5th Story Walk has been up since Saturday, May 15. It will remain at Clum-Kennedy until June 6. As the Library Foundation  says, " StoryWalk®  is an innovative way for children and families to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time."  Map shows location of Clum-Kennedy Park Photo: Google MyMaps What is the Story Walk? The Noyes Children's Library Story Walk is an activity that you can do at a park. It stays at one park for a few weeks. The Story Walk consists of each separate page of a picture book being displayed on a sign along a path. Readers start at...

 COVID Case at Luxmanor ES Wilson Faucette - Garrett Park Estates, MD - 5.11.2021 - 12:47 Luxmanor ES Photo: montgomerycountymd.gov COVID Case at Luxmanor An MCPS press release from yesterday, May 10, says that there has been a confirmed case of Coronavirus at local Luxmanor Elementary School. The press release says that this case was identified through the MCPS pool testing program. The press release says that everyone in the class or grade level will enter a 10 day quarantine or quarantine until they test negative. The press release goes on to remind everyone about social distancing, mask wearing, and other Coronavirus prevention methods. The press release is signed by the Luxmanor Principal.   What do you think about this COVID case? What do you think about the MCPS pool testing program? Let us know in the comments below.