Rockville

The Rockville City Police Department responded to a car fire in the driveway of a home on the 1300 block of Gladstone Dr this morning around 6:30am. According to RCPD, the fire appears to have been purposely set on fire.

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue is conducting the follow up investigation.


Business

UKidney™ procedure data published in the American Journal of Transplantation; the first such data published in a peer-reviewed journal

UHeart™ recipient patient reaches a two-week milestone post-transplant


East County

Christopher Bolton, a lifelong MoCo resident who currently resides in Fairland, has announced his candidacy for County Council in District 5 (a new district in East County that spans from White Oak to Spencerville, Burtonsville, and parts of Leisure World).

Bolton is a Democrat who served in the navy for 5 years. He joins Brian Anleu, Fatmata Barrie, William “Chip” Montier, Daniel Koroma, Kristin Mink, and Jeremiah Pope in the District 5 race.


Business

You’ve likely seen cranes and construction the last few months next to Lifetime Fitness in Gaithersburg. The construction is for The Carnegie at Washingtonian, a Kisco Senior Living Center, that will feature a seven-story complex with 302 one and two bedroom floorpans for independent living and memory care residences.

The groundbreaking of The Carnegie at Washingtonian Center  was last October, but the work has been more visible as of late. Situated on 8.5 acres beside RIO Lakefront at Washingtonian Center, The Carnegie is set to welcome residents in the spring of 2024.


Bethesda

Alex Perdikis, principal owner of Koons Lincoln of Silver Spring, announced the expansion of his dealership holdings into downtown Bethesda with Koons Lincoln of Bethesda last month. The new dealership, housed in a multi-million-dollar state-of-the art facility will showcase Lincoln’s luxury line of SUVs in the heart of Bethesda’s newly revitalized commercial and residential district.

Slated to open in early 2022, the dealership, located at 7315 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, will feature Lincoln Navigators, Aviators, and other models in an innovative street level storefront. In addition, vehicles will be showcased to the public in an elegantly illuminated glass runway. Designed to evoke a glass display case, the runway provides ample space for shoppers to browse Lincoln models and is an exciting exterior focal point of the Lincoln Boutique store. The dealership, designed by Bethesda-based Penney Design Group, will entice shoppers with additional amenities including a spacious modern lounge, coffee bar, private sales suites and more.


Business

Two weeks ago, Gaithersburg-based Novavax received approval for its Covid-19 Vaccine from the South Korean food and drug administration and filed for emergency use authorization in South Africa. In late December it received emergency authorization in India, and earlier this week Novavax announced its Australian approval.

Additional information can be found in the press release below:


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