Taste of Wheaton will return this Sunday, June 12th from 11am-5pm at the Marian Fryer Town Plaza in Downtown Wheaton.
Additional information about the event, and how to register your restaurant or business, below:
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue responded to a fire at the Diamond Auto Clinic located at 110 E Diamond Ave in Gaithersburg around 6pm on Saturday, April 16.
Firefighters arrived to heavy fire conditions and a partial roof colapse, according to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer. The fire originated in a vehicle in the shop’s repair bay.
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Republican Shelly Skolnick, 78, of Friendship Heights, has announced he will be running for Montgomery County Executive.
Skolnick previously ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in 2012, 2016, and 2020, and for an at-large seat on the Montgomery County Council in 2006, 2014, and 2018.
Per MCPD:
Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police Major Crimes Division are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying suspects involved in a home invasion where a 57-year-old woman was shot.
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Update: Dijae Walton has been located safe and unharmed.
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Longtime local news anchor Wendy Rieger died Saturday morning at the age of 65 after a battle with Glioblastoma.
A tribute by Doreen Gentzler that has been posted on NBC4’s website notes that Wendy was holding the hand of her husband, Dan, as she passed away.
10th grade students Nick Bourg, Maggie Megosh, & Trini Szell from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland won 2nd Prize for their documentary on the Federal Trade Commission, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and big tech data collection, “In Google We Trust.” As 2nd Prize winners, the trio has won $1,500 in prize money.
The 2022 grand prize winners are siblings Tyler and Dermott Foley, students at Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland, where C-SPAN is available through its partner Comcast. The Foleys will receive $5,000 for the documentary, “What Happened to Gibson Grove?” about highways, racial injustice and the fight to save America’s Black cemeteries. This documentary will air on C-SPAN at 6:50 a.m. ET and throughout the day April 21.
A person of interest has been detained after allegedly setting a small fire during a domestic dispute on the 1200 block of East West Highway in Silver Spring.
According to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue PIO Pete Piringer, units were dispatched to the Silverton condominiums in Silver Spring last night after reports of a fire on the fourth floor and the activation of the fire alarm.
GNC will be opening a new location at Federal Plaza in Rockville, according to signage placed in the window next to Crumbl cookies at 12266 Rockville Pike, Suite L.
GNC filed for Chapter 11/bankruptcy in June 2020. The vitamin and dietary supplement company that has been around since the 40s, also announced that it would close 20% of its over 5,000 locations at the time.
WTOP’s Kate Ryan reports that Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker has withdrawn his name from the County Executive race.
Hucker, who currently represents District 5 as a Councilmember, announced that he had formed an “exploratory” committee ahead of an expected bid back in July of 2021 before officially filing in December of last year.
The Joint, an affordable chiropractic care center, has opened in the Travilah Square shopping center in Rockville and will be opening new locations in Aspen Hill and Park Potomac soon.
Back in January we let you know that a new location is also coming to the Montgomery Village Center and will be located between Dollar Tree and the soon-to-be open Moe’s Southwest Grill.