Extra patrols around the capitol building and guarding the entrance to the Statehouse parking garage were just one sign of the enhanced security Tuesday.
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Moving the murder mysteries online took a tiny bit of tweaking to accommodate to the online format. (Photo Courtesy of Wendy Olenik)
COLUMBIA, MD Before the coronavirus pandemic invaded people s lives, entrepreneur Wendy Olenik had a thriving business focusing on team building and murder mysteries. She crafted the storylines from different decades and for various themes, such as the Malt Shoppe Murder from the 50s and Wanted Dead or Alive with a Wild West theme. But when the coronavirus restrictions took effect, there were no more in-person adventures for Olenik and her clients.
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Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Smith is retiring in the spring due to family health issues. (Courtesy of MCPS)
ROCKVILLE, MD Dr. Jack Smith, superintendent for Montgomery County Public Schools, announced Thursday that he plans to retire in the spring.
He announced the retirement in a video posted to the school district s website, saying he would step down on June 1 because of family health issues. For more than 18 months, my wife has lived in New England and taken care of my two-year-old grandson who has had significant health problems and a massive open heart surgery, Smith, 63, said. My family needs to be together and I need to join my wife in New England.
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Nicholas Rodean, of Frederick, seen holding a red flag and wearing a red hat, turned himself in after being photographed at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Nicholas Rodean, of Frederick, was charged Wednesday with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without law authority; knowingly, with intent to impede government business or official functions, engaging in disorderly conduct on capitol grounds; and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the capitol buildings, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Two days after the Capitol attack, Rodean s attorney contacted the FBI and said his client wanted to turn himself in to law enforcement, the release said.