Updated at 12:18pm to include the route of the transformer.
Per an e-Mail from Montgomery County Department of Transportation:
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Author: MCS Staff
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Scratch Kitchen & Bistro will be taking over the location that was formerly home to CB Acai and House of Fortune at 18062 Georgia Avenue in Olney. The new restaurant has announced on Instagram that it plans to hold its grand opening on Sunday, May 15th. Temporary signage has been up in the windows for about two weeks or so, announcing the restaurant’s May opening.
The restaurant is described as a family-owned bistro and cafe. It will serve breakfast and lunch classics made from locally sourced ingredients. CB Acai announced in November 2021 that it would be closing the Olney storefront and continue to operate its catering business and food truck. The acai bowl and smoothie spot first opened in July of 2020.
A nightmare scenario for anyone who has walked down a city street with the fear of falling through a sidewalk grate occurred for a D.C. woman on Wednesday, falling approximately 10 feet down into an air well.
At approximately 5:30pm, fire and rescue units were called to the 800 block of 4th St SW for a below grade rescue after an adult female fell approximately 10 feet down into an air well. The woman was extricated and treated for injuries and will be okay, according to DC Fire and EMS.
The Mercury at Wildwood was approved back in January of 2019 and will be located at 10241 Old Georgetown Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814, next to the existing Wildwood shopping center. It will consist of 11,000 square feet of ground floor retail and 95,000 square feet of multi-family residential uses that will be age-restricted to persons who are 55 years of age or older. There will be 60 total residential units, 8 of which will be moderately priced dwelling units (MPDUs).
HESS construction is currently working on sewer relocation in the construction process. Below you’ll see a video of the progress:
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The Jolly Shows Carnival will be at Westfield Montgomery Mall until Sunday, April 3rd. There will be over 30 attractions, including carnival rides, games, and food wagons.
The carnival supposed to start on March 23, but did not due to inclement weather.
With the U.S. projected to spent nearly $600 billion on research & development (R&D) in 2022, the personal-finance website WalletHub recently released its report on 2022’s Most & Least Innovative States.
Maryland came in 4th, ranking in the top 5 in five different categories. Nearby Washington D.C. came in 1st place on the list, while Virginia came in 6th.
The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL), founded by MoCo natives Mike and Paul Rabil, and ESPN have reached a four-year media rights agreement that will span the network’s broadcast, cable and streaming platform.
The recently retired Paul Rabil is widely considered the face of lacrosse. He attended Watkins Mill for a year, crediting his only lacrosse season there for helping him fall in love with the game, before heading over to Dematha and then Johns Hopkins for his NCAA career.
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Representatives from the MCPS Business, Management and Finance Program Advisory Committee will be present and serve as judges, mentors, or supporters.
Established entrepreneurs will bring greetings and words of inspiration and encouragement to student entrepreneurs.
Patrick “Pat” Goss was well known for his radio show Goss’ Garage and from television’s MotorWeek, where he hosted a segment with the same name. The local radio and television personality passed away unexpectedly on March 19, 2022 at the age of 80.
Goss got his start as a mechanic at Rollins Park Shell in Rockville. He later owned and managed Goss’ Garage (previously Pat Goss Car World), an automobile repair shop in Lanham (Prince George’s County) where he helped a multitudes of car owners gain understanding and confidence about their cars.
Today in the District Court for Montgomery County, MD, defendant DeMarco Rayford, 25, of Montgomery Village, was ordered held without bond. He is accused of stabbing and killing Deante Foreman. A preliminary hearing is set for April 15th at 8:30 a.m.
A 21-year-old male was killed following an altercation outside of his residence on Reprise Drive in Rockville. On Monday, March 21, at approximately 9 p.m., Montgomery County Police 6th District officers responded to the 10100 block of Reprise Drive for the report of a shooting that just occurred.
Pepco has provided $650,000 to five local community colleges and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU), including our very own Montgomery College.
The donation is to support local scholarships, teacher training and the development of curriculum geared toward educating the next generation of the energy workforce. The funding builds on $400,000 in grants provided as part of Pepco’s Community Scholars Program during the 2020-2021 academic year to support students across the company’s service area struggling to continue their education due to the impacts of the pandemic.