Abdul Raheem Joppy was last seen on Sunday, June 19, 2022 in the 11800 block of Eton Manor Drive. Joppy is 5-feet, 2-inches tall and weighs approximately 130 pounds. He has brown curly hair and hazel eyes. Joppy has both of his ears pierced but is not currently wearing earrings. He was last seen wearing red Adidas pants, a black hooded sweatshirt and black slides.
Police and family are concerned for his welfare.
On Thursday, June 9, 2022, at approximately 8 p.m., a member of the 4th District Community Action Team (CAT) was patrolling the area of Wheaton/Glenmont when he observed a black 2020 Hyundai Elantra committing a traffic violation. The Hyundai was traveling northbound on Georgia Ave. at Blueridge Ave. The officer initiated a traffic stop in the area of Georgia Ave. and Lindell St. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer made contact with the driver, later identified as Javier Reyes of Hyattsville, and obtained probable cause to conduct a search of the vehicle, which yielded a quantity of Marijuana and a loaded Ruger LC9 9mm handgun.
Officers arrested and searched Reyes and found a quantity of suspected cocaine and a bag containing suspected Oxycodone pills concealed on his person.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services assisted the Prince George’s County Fire Department this morning at a fire on the 5900 block of Kerr Rd. in Laurel. The fire originated in the basement of the home and has been extinguished, according to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer.
Piringer tweeted that firefighters rescued and removed multiple dogs and cats from the house, and that “some survived and some did not.” No other injuries have been reported. We will post an update when more information becomes available. Additional photos below courtesy of @mcfrsPIO:
Veterans Plaza is located at 1 Veterans Place, adjacent to the Silver Spring Civic Building. The outdoor series has eight concerts scheduled.
Attendees can bring chairs, but they do not have to do that. Food and drinks are available from the many nearby downtown eateries. No alcohol is permitted on the plaza.
President Jermaine F. Williams officiated his first—and Montgomery College’s 75th—commencement exercises May 19 and 20 at the Rockville Campus. Two days of 80-plus-degree-heat did not deter nearly 1,200 of the 3,200 graduates and their families and friends from attending the ceremonies.
Dr. Williams thanked the class for their persistence about wanting an in-person ceremony. “Just three months ago we had not planned to hold this ceremony in person,” he said. “But then we heard from so many of you. We heard how much students wanted to celebrate their arrival at this day, so we pulled out all the stops to make it happen.”
Tonight, the Gaithersburg Mayor and City Council will vote on whether or not to approve the application of Brett Schaecter of Crain Partners, LLC, to combine the three lots into a single lot to construct a 5,617 square foot automatic car wash building and associated parking lot.
A policy discussion on this application on May 16, 2022. The video of the meeting can be found here where approval was recommended by City Staff, but policy discussion going 3-2 against approval. At that time, a final action on the application was schedule to be made tonight– at the June 21 meeting. It is expected that the application will not be approved.
Rockville’s Compost Crew Inc., the largest food scrap recycling company in the Mid-Atlantic, announced the opening of a new composting project at Butler’s Orchard in Germantown, Md. Under the terms of the partnership, Butler’s Orchard owns the composting program, which was constructed and will be operated by the experienced team from Compost Crew. “Compost is an important part of our healthy farming practices,” said Ben Butler, Farm and Finance Manager at Butler’s Orchard. “This partnership provides us with a guaranteed source of high-quality compost for our crops without the hassle, as Compost Crew does the dirty work.”
This location is the newest Compost Outpost®, a modular food scrap composting site that can be built in months. Compost Crew aims to promote distributed composting around the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area by creating a series of Compost Outposts in partnership with area farms, municipalities, and other property owners. The Compost Outpost at Butler’s Orchard started taking in food scraps earlier this month. It will process 20 tons of organic materials per month, including five tons of food scraps collected from approximately 200 Montgomery County homes. All finished compost produced at the Compost Outpost will be put to use on the farm, creating a circular system that minimizes the transportation of materials.
Montgomery College students Eve Elias Stowell, Marthe Medalebem Sanjol, and Anna L. Chacon are three of 100 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s (JKCF) prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly competitive national scholarship will provide the three students with up to $55,000 a year to complete their bachelor’s degrees. This is the first time the College has had three JKCF winners in the same year.
This year, more than 1,200 students from 332 community colleges applied to receive the Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The foundation evaluated each submission based on students’ academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, and leadership.
Ishaan Bhardwaj, age 18, was last seen on Monday, June 20, 2022, at approximately 10:30 a.m., in the 14300 block of Brass Wheel Road.
Bhardwaj is 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs approximately 170 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and grey Nike shorts.
Apna Pizza at 14050 Travilah Rd in Rockville (Travilah area), the former site of Pizza Palace, has announced that due to an electrical issue the restaurant’s opening has been delayed. The new pizzeria recently wrapped up construction and a countdown on the restaurant website said that the restaurant would be opening later this week. The new opening date is now to be determined.
Apna will serve Indian style pizza, and say they will be the first in the area to offer that style. The menu will include items such as tandoori chicken pizza, butter chicken fusion pizza, masala paneer pizza, impossible korma pizza (vegetarian) or a build your own with toppings of your choice and Indian flavor and spices. In addition to pizza, they will serve sides of loaded fries, which they described as “poutine but with an edge”, and wings.
Briana has worked in luxury retail for nearly 10 years, first starting in corporate but soon transitioning back to the intimate small-business setting that she missed most. Briana’s passion for childrenswear grew long before her professional career began. Her family owned several luxury children’s clothing boutiques and a children’s shoe store throughout the DMV. She regularly visited all stores, helping out on weekends and developing back of house skills from a very young age. Briana resides in the area with her family and their sweet Cavapoo, Rue!
Maddie has worked with small businesses locally and nationwide as a Marketing and PR Director. With her extensive knowledge in ecommerce, advertising, social media strategy and more, she has aided in such companies’ exponential growth. On a personal note, Maddie is familiar with the hard work it takes to run a successful small business as her husband is a fourth generation jeweler, with a store in Potomac, Maryland. Together they reside in the Lakelands community with their rescue dog, Moo, and their two young daughters, Rosie and Lucy.