News you can booze: Montgomery Co. alcohol stores resume normal hours

By Will Vitka
February 7, 2022 | 2:38 PM

Booze stores in Montgomery County, Maryland, are back to normal hours after reducing them in January due to COVID-19-related staffing shortages.

Starting Monday, Alcohol Beverage Services stores will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day.

There are 26 retail stores throughout Montgomery County.

Find them online.

Montgomery County schools facing a $3 billion maintenance backlog, officials say

Talia Richman, The Banner Montgomery
August 21, 2026 | 3:19 PM

About 100 hours before students return to the classroom, Montgomery County Public Schools leaders issued a warning about what kind of buildings they’ll be walking into. The county school system, they said, is operating with an estimated $3 billion deferred maintenance backlog. “And growing every day,” said Andrea Swiatocha, MCPS’ deputy chief of facilities management. For students and teachers of Maryland’s largest school system, that can mean moldy ceilings, cracked surfaces in parking lots and HVAC systems that can’t be counted on to keep them cool.

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