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Update on the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
City officials are coordinating with county and state health agencies to plan, prepare and respond, and we’ve mobilized our emergency management team. Right now, it’s business as usual in Rockville. Services, such as recycling and trash collection, and events, programs and activities continue as scheduled.
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Resources and Information on COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus
The City of Rockville, in partnership with Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, is continuing to actively and diligently monitor the public health threat in the state and across the United States from the novel (new) coronavirus — COVID-19 — and is actively coordinating with the county, and state health and emergency response agencies, to proactively plan, prepare and, if necessary, respond.
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Help Keep Your Brain, Memory, Nutrition and Heart Healthy at the Senior Center
UPDATE, Saturday, March 14: Due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19, these events have been cancelled. Find out more about your brain’s inner workings and your memory, as well as good nutrition and heart health, this month at the Rockville Senior Center. Register at the senior center’s information desk by calling 240-314-8800, or online with the…
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Swim Center Staff Refresh Skills to Aid Accessibility
Renovations of the lobby and locker rooms at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center have made the facility more accessible than ever. In anticipation of more use, instructional staff at the swim center, including swim instructors and volunteers, attended an in-service training in January on serving customers with disabilities in the facility’s learn-to-swim programs. The…
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Memorial Day Parade Participants and Speakers Wanted
Save the Date for Hometown Holidays The city’s 76th annual Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade will take place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, May 25, in Town Center. Applications to participate in the parade are available at www.rockvillemd.gov/HTH. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 10. The city is seeking speakers for the Memorial Day…
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Register Now for Spring Sports
Adult sports during the spring are: men’s softball; co-rec softball; co-rec basketball; co-rec volleyball (indoor and beach); and co-rec soccer. Game nights vary. Registration deadlines for adult league players and teams are in late March. Youth sports for spring are youth coach-pitch baseball, T-ball, soccer, and track and field. Practices for youth track and field…
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World Culture Comes to Rockville with Performances and Food
UPDATE, Saturday, March 14: Due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19, this event has been cancelled. Performances representing world cultures, some of which have found a home in Rockville, return Friday, March 20 to the stage of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre. International Night is a celebration of the living, breathing example of Rockville’s success as…
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Journey to Penzance, Spain and Swan Lake, This Month at the F. Scott
UPDATE, Saturday, March 14: Due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19, please note that performances of “Swan Lake” have been cancelled. The final performance of “Pirates of Penzance,” a trip to Spain and a classic Tchaikovsky ballet are all on stage this month at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre.“The Pirates of Penzance,” presented by the Victorian…
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Peerless Presents Stories of Slavery and ‘Women Who Dared’
Peerless Rockville marks Women’s History Month in March with a presentation on remarkable Rockville women, takes a closer look at Rockville’s role in the Underground Railroad and highlights the flight to freedom of five boys sold into slavery. Great Escapes: Journeys on Maryland’s Underground Railroad • 6 p.m. Friday, March 20, Red Brick Courthouse, 29…