Dewey Dog Park at 11720 Dewey Road in Silver Spring will be closed from Monday, March 21 until Friday, March 25 for renovations, according to Montgomery Parks.
Click here to see a full list of Montgomery County dog parks.
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The City of Rockville has announced they will be participating in Earth Hour, an annual event that encourages people to turn off all non-essential electricity in their homes for one hour.
“Rockville will turn out the lights in observance of Earth Hour, an international effort in support of climate change action. Earth Hour encourages people to turn off all non-essential lights in their homes and businesses for one hour, from 8:30-9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26.
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Updated on 3/25 to reflect new opening date of 5/3/22
Hip Flask, the rooftop bar that’s inside of The Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ, has set an opening date. Representatives tell us the bar will open on Tuesday, May 3rd
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The Beltway Bistro food truck is preparing to make its debut, and it has been quite a ride. Last summer Burtonsville resident James Turner was about to launch his food truck, Beltway Bistro, when the truck was stolen and later recovered with all of the kitchen equipment gutted from the truck.
Licensing was challenging for Turner, but he was able to make it through and was about two weeks away from opening when the truck was stolen around Memorial day of 2021. It was recovered a few days later in Charles County, “gutted, wrecked, steering column messed up, painted, propane tank found inside – probably about to be burned.”
RespectFest is returning the week of March 21-27 (virtual from 3/21-3/26 and in person on 3/27).
The mission of RespectFest is to promote respect in dating relationships and to raise community awareness about the prevalence of teen dating violence. Montgomery County middle and high school students have been submitting videos as part of a contest. Top prize is $1,000 and the winners will be announced at the festival. There are nearly 400 entries from students.
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Sam’s Cafe & Market, also known as Sam’s Hookah, will close permanently at the end of March. The cafe/market/hookah bar has been open in Rockville at 844 Rockville Pike for over a decade and at a previous location across Rockville Pike before that for a combined 24 years.
A representative from the store told us that the closure is due to the owners retiring. They also. let us know of big sales on all products until they close at the end of the month, for anyone interested in discounted products from the store.
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Updated at 9:20am to reflect that there were three people involved in the crash
A collision involving three vehicles occurred on Clara Barton Parkway in the area of Little Falls Bridge at approximately 4:20am this morning, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue PIO Pete Piringer.
A fire at the Willow Manor At Fairland complex, in Fairland, has left approximately 30 units uninhabitable, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue PIO, Pete Piringer.
Rescue units were initially dispatched at around 11am for a fire in the stairwell of the apartment complex, which is a senior living center for adults 62 years and up.
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Per Quince Orchard High School:
Performances run April 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th
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Officer Mark Miles has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Maryland-National Capital Park Police, accusing them of discrimination and harassment. The lawsuit names the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and Stephanie Harvey (Miles’ former supervisor), as defendants.
Miles was transferred to Harvey’s unit in 2020, where he alleges Harvey called him “colored” and condoned racist remarks that officers made in text messages. According to NBC Washington, the lawsuit states that “Harvey and other officers repeatedly made racist, hateful and offensive comments on that text chain with impunity,” and “these comments included racial and other offensive ‘jokes,’ condoning ‘civil war’ or ‘race war’ and extremist militia groups, and overt threats of violence against African American citizens.”
National physical rehab chain ATI Physical Therapy will be opening a new location at 9156 Rothbury Dr in Montgomery Village, the former site of PetValu.