Coming off of a warm day where temperatures hovered around 80°, today is expected to be the warmest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching the low to mid 80s for many of us.
Temperatures are expected to be in the 60s by 8am, 70s by 11am and into the 80s this afternoon with the “real feel” a few degrees warmer. Skies are expected to be sunny with a few clouds mixing in.
Per MCPD:
At approximately 3:40 p.m., Montgomery County Police 4th District officers responded to the 1000 block of Good Hope Drive for a person shot. When officers arrived, they located a 19-year-old male in the parking lot of a residential area and initiated life-saving measures on the victim.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The United States Attorney’s Office of West Virginia has announced that sixteen people from Maryland and West Virginia have been indicted on conspiracy charges for distribution of controlled dangerous substances and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in Maryland and West Virginia.
The indictment alleges that large quantities of Eutylone, also known as “boot,” were trafficked from Montgomery County to Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia between February 2019 to March 15, 2022.
The Malibu Barbie Truck will be in Bethesda on Saturday, April 30th, from 10am-7pm at Bethesda Row at the corner of Elm and Woodmont near Matchbox. Similar to the Hello Kitty truck that stopped at the same location on April 2nd, the Barbie Truck will have merchandise for sale.
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Just a day after it was announced that the Lerner family is exploring the possibility of selling the Washington Nationals franchise, the Baltimore Orioles have announced that the Maryland State legislature passed a historic initiative committing $1.2 billion in public funding from the State of Maryland for reinvestment in and reimagination of the Camden Yards Sports Complex.
This would be the second largest public commitment of funding to a Major League Baseball public-private sports partnership, second only to the 2009 construction of the new Yankee Stadium.
Alex Bensahel, the director of the Investment Sales Division for the Mid-Atlantic Group of Eastern Union, has arranged the $7.9-million sale of a 48-unit apartment portfolio in Takoma Park, MD, a city located about six-and-a-half miles northeast of Washington, DC.
The Mid-Atlantic Group is based in the Bethesda, MD office of Eastern Union, a national commercial real estate firm that provides both capital markets advisory services and financing services.
The Associated Press is reporting that the CDC will now be extending the mask requirement for travel until May 3rd to “allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.”
Yesterday we reported that residents will no longer be required to wear face coverings when they are passengers on Metro, Metro Bus, Ride-On, and in taxis (including Uber & Lyft) after April 18. That is no longer the case.
Per MCPD:
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 2nd District Investigative Section are investigating an auto theft that occurred on December 16, 2021, in Potomac. Detectives have released photos of the suspect and are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying him.
Montgomery Village has been named a 2021 Tree City USA community by The National Arbor Day Foundation, according to the Montgomery Village News. It is Montgomery Village’s 34th consecutive year receiving the recognition.
Full details below per Montgomery Village:
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich will deliver his 2022 “State of the County” address at noon on Thursday, April 14, at the Silver Spring Civic Building (1 Veterans Pl, Silver Spring).
This will be County Executive Elrich’s first in-person State of the County address since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. His 2020 address was held in person on January 15 of that year and his 2021 address, held on March 5, was virtual.