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Events

Additional Information on May’s Gaithersburg Book Festival

By MCS Staff

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is an annual all-day celebration of books, writers and literary excellence. One of the premier literary events in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the 2022 Festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 21, at Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm (506 S. Frederick Ave.) in Gaithersburg, Md.

Activities will include author appearances, discussions and book signings; writing workshops; a Children’s Village; onsite sales of new and used books; literary exhibitors and food, drink, ice cream and more. Admission is FREE, and free accessible shuttle service will be available from Shady Grove Metro and Lakeforest Mall.

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Business

Rockville’s Compost Crew Raises Oversubscribed $5.5M Series A To Accelerate Growth

By MCS Staff
Compost Crew raises oversubscribed $5.5M Series A to accelerate growth

DMV’s food recycling leader secures investments from Lattice Impact Capital and long-time customer Tower Companies

Compost Crew, the Rockville-based largest food scrap recycling company in the Mid-Atlantic, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $5.5M Series A investment to help propel the growth of composting in the greater Washington, D.C.metropolitan area and beyond.

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Bethesda

Bethesda Resident, Dr. William Dahut, Named Chief Scientific Officer for American Cancer Society

By MCS Staff

Dr. William Dahut, a Bethesda resident who is also a professor of medicine at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, has been named Chief Scientific Officer for the American Cancer Society.

Per the American Cancer Society:

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MoCo Government

Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening Endorses Hans Riemer for Montgomery County Executive

By MCS Staff
07.03.12- BALTIMORE, MD- Photos of former Governor, Parris Glendening, outside of the Court of Appeals Building in Annapolis. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record).

Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening has endorsed Hans Riemer for Montgomery County Executive. Glendening, a Democrat, served as the 59th Governor of Maryland from January 18, 1995, to January 15, 2003. Previously, he was the County Executive of Prince George’s County from 1982 to 1994.

His full endorsement letter, sent out by the Riemer campaign, can be seen below:

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Takoma Park

Arbor Day Tree Walk on Saturday, April 23

By MCS Staff

Join the City of Takoma Park for a celebratory tree walk and community meet-and-greet in honor of Arbor Day on Saturday, April 23. There will be an opportunity for community members to speak about tree-related community work they are doing as well as a tree walk led by the City’s Urban Forest Manager, Marty Frye.

Additional information:

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Potomac

Bullis To Hold Celebration of Life for Dwayne Haskins Jr. on April 24

By MCS Staff

The Bullis School has announced a Celebration of Life for Dwayne Haskins, Jr., who graduated from the school in 2016. The celebration will take place on Sunday, April 24th at 7pm at the Bullis School’s Kline Alumni Stadium.

Haskins was tragically killed when he was hit by a vehicle in South Florida on April 9th.

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Beyond MoCo

Beyond MoCo: The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar to Open Soon in Ellicott City

By MCS Staff

The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar will be opening soon in Ellicott City in nearby Howard County. The shop will be located at 8225 Main Street in the historic downtown area.

The milkshake bar, which started out just under 2 years ago in South Carolina, has recently opened locations in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia.

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Silver Spring

849K Lottery Ticket Purchased Last Week in MoCo Unclaimed So Far

By MCS Staff

A $849,830 Hit the Jackpot ticket was sold April 15 at State Line Market, 7817 Eastern Avenue in Silver Spring. The ticket remains unclaimed as of April 18, just three days later.

A $50,000 I Heart Cash ticket was sold April 15 at Ollie’s Beer, Wine and Deli at 2011 Veirs Mill Road, Suite A in Rockville and also remains unclaimed as of April 18, also three days later.

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MCFRS

Several Families Likely Displaced After Condo Fire Monday Morning

By MCS Staff

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units were called to the 2300 block of Grubb Road in Silver Spring at approximately 11:40am for smoke coming from the top floor of the two-level Rock Creek Village condos.

Approximately 85 firefighters were on the scene and the bulk of the the fire was knocked out out by approximately 12:20pm. The fire was out by 12:48pm.

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