Beyond MoCo

“Look… me and the McDonald’s people got this little misunderstanding. See, they’re McDonald’s… I’m McDowell’s. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds.”

That’s the famous line delivered by John Amos’ character Cleo McDowell in the 1988 Eddie Murphy hit movie Coming to America.


Entertainment

Krystian Ochman rose to fame when won The Voice of Poland in 2020 by singing Madonna’s Frozen, Frank Sinatra’s My Way (duet with his coach), and Polish song Nie Czejak Mnie w Argentynie. Now, the singer is representing Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest with his song River.

Ochman graduated from Wootton High School in 2017. While at Wootton he starred in many theatrical productions at the school and later moved to Poland where he studied at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Poland.


Damascus

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units responded to a call on Barnes Road in Damascus at approximately 3:45pm on Thursday, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.

Units arrived on the scene of a house fire on Barnes Road, between Clarksburg Road and Bethesda Church Road. At least one person was trapped inside and rescued by responding units. Units also prevented a person from re-entering the burning home and also rescued several dogs from the property.


Education

MCPS sent out a community message with “key things to know for Thursday, March 31.”

They include important COVID-19 reminders about spring break, a notice that kindergarten registration is now open, upcoming community engagement events, an update on community engagement officers, w and more.


Restaurants

We first let you know that Two Hands Seoul Fresh Corn Dogs would be coming to Westfield Wheaton Mall all the way back in November, 2020. We have now been told by representatives of the restaurant that they will finally be opening this Friday, April 1.

The Korean Corn Dog restaurant is located in the former Teavana space in the mall’s upper level. Two Hands currently has locations in Arizona, California, Nevada, New York, Texas, and Virginia (Centreville).


MCFRS

Reecey, the dog that was rescued from a burning, smoke-filled condo on March 30th by MCFRS, only to go missing after bolting from firefighters, has been reunited with her owner.

Her owner provided an update on Saturday via twitter, “Thank you everybody there’s so many people to think my girl is back home and doing great.”


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