The gun owner next door
Montgomery County residents applied for nearly twice as many handgun licenses in 2020 than the year before and the surge in demand isn’t slowing down By Amy Halpern |
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Jay Guan, a longtime gun owner, at his home in Clarksburg. Photo by Erick Gibson
On election night last November, Mike (not his real name) was sitting in his convertible at a traffic light near the Connie Morella Library in downtown Bethesda when he heard a loud crash. Then another. And another. “What’s going on, Dad?” his teenage daughter asked. He was on the phone with her at the time and she heard the commotion in the background.
NORRISTOWN â The Montgomery County commissioners unanimously authorized more than $2.15 million for ongoing response effort as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact area residents.
The seven-figure allotments were dispersed among 13 agreements dedicated to servicing county departments including health and human services, information and technology solutions and public safety.
A $627,750 contract with several area providers secured ambulance services at a number of vaccination sites. Each participating company received $104,625 and they are as followed: Second Alarmers Rescue Association of Montgomery County, of Willow Grove, Gilbertsville Area Community Ambulance, of Gilbertsville, Goodwill Steam Fire Engine No. 1 Ambulance, of Pottstown, Lower Providence Community Center Ambulance, of Eagleville, Volunteer Medical Service Corp. of Lower Merion and Narberth, of Ardmore, and Plymouth Community Ambulance, of Plymouth Meeting.
Elrich: ‘I Don’t Have Enough Staff Right Now to Open Up All the Libraries’
At his weekly media briefing on Wednesday, County Executive Marc Elrich was asked by a reporter about why libraries, recreation centers, and senior centers still have not reopened.
According to Elrich, there are “different issues” for why these places have not fully reopened. “One is you know we don’t we don’t have everybody vaccinated then unless you’re going to start using passports to determine who comes in we’d like to be at a higher level of vaccination before we generally open things up which is why we’ve set our targets based on the percentage of people vaccinated now,” he said.
Updated: 12:47 PM CDT May 3, 2021
CONROE, Texas Lake Conroe reopened Monday to normal lake traffic and activities, according to the Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management.
The San Jacinto River Authority and Montgomery County Precinct 1 Constable Office said residents and other visitors can hit the water beginning noon.
They re asking boaters to exercise caution as there may be debris and submerged objects that are not fully visible. With submerged bulkheads, lake area residents should also be cautious of electrical outlets and equipment coming into contact with water, release said.
According to officials, SJRA is currently releasing water from the Lake Conroe dam in order to gradually lower the water level back to conversation pool of 201 feet. The agency is also discharging 8,120.0 cubic feet per second from the dam, the office said.
Pennsylvania elementary school coronavirus outbreak may be due to faulty ventilation system
Coronavirus outbreak at a Pennsylvania elementary school By KYW Staff | April 26, 2021 at 7:13 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 7:13 PM
LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, Penn. (KYW) - An investigation is underway to see if a faulty ventilation system is to blame for a COVID-19 outbreak at an elementary school in Pennsylvania.
Eight students tested positive for coronavirus at the school.
“We hadn’t seen an outbreak like this in a single classroom,” Lower Merion school district spokesperson Amy Buckman said.
Buckman said the second grade class was quarantined while the rest of the school remained opened as officials tried to figure out what happened.