Earlier today, Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent George Arlotto announced that he would be recommending to the Board of Education the lifting of the mask mandate in all AACPS buildings as part of his update on school system operations at tonight’s Board meeting.
The Board of Education voted tonight, 8-0, to remove the mask mandate in all public schools. Masks will now be optional in AACPS schools starting Friday, February 18th.
Construction continues at the Fairchild Property on Century Blvd in Germantown in the area surrounded by what is mainly comprised of one-story pad-site restaurant uses (IHOP, Red Robin, Señor Tequilas), and surface parking lots.
The Fairchild Apartments will feature 6 stories of multifamily residential when completed. The 209,185 sf building will consist of 212 units and 3 levels of parking. The building will also feature amenities such as a Club Room with kitchen, a fitness and yoga room, a business center, a card room, and a courtyard with a pool.
Yesterday at approximately 11am, Montgomery County Police responded to a “domestic related event” at the Holton Arms School at 7303 River Rd. in Bethesda. The private school was briefly placed […]
The US Composting Council recognized a Rockville composting company, Compost Crew, at the USCC’s annual conference in Austin, Texas. At the United States Composting Council achievement awards, the Organics Diversion Program of the Year Award went to Rockville’s Compost Crew.
Ben Parry, Chief Executive Officer, acquired the company in 2018. Compost Crew is based in Rockville, MD and provides collection services throughout the DMV area by supporting community resilience and developing several modular small-scale compost facilities.
Senior women’s basketball player Crystal Jones is this week’s Shorewoman of the Week for the third time. Jones averaged 13.3 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per contest in a 3-1 week for Washington College. She is a Silver Spring native and graduate of Wheaton High School.
On Saturday in a 47-38 win at Ursinus, she notched her second double-double of the season with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds as Washington College tied its most single-season wins in Centennial Conference play in program history with 11. This past Thursday, Jones started the team’s game-closing 14-2 run in a 62-55 comeback win over Franklin & Marshall with a three-pointer as she scored 13 points. In Tuesday’s 62-45 win at McDaniel she led all players with 17 points. In a road game at Swarthmore on Monday night, she just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds, with her nine boards being a contest-best.
Rose Krasnow, former mayor of Rockville and 2018 candidate for County Executive, has endorsed David Blair for Montgomery County Executive. Blair and Krasnow were two of the six Democratic candidates for County Executive in the 2018 primary.
Marc Elrich won the Democratic primary with 37,532 votes. David Blair finished second, 77 votes short of Marc Elrich, with 37,455 votes, and Krasnow finished third with 19,644 votes. They were followed by Roger Berliner, George Leventhal, and Bill Frick.
Update: A representative from Trader Joe’s has reached out to us to let us know the company posted the 2/21 opening date in error. We were told that an opening date has not yet been determined and it will be shared with us as soon as it is.
The website has since been updated with the opening date removed.
On February 7th, in the District Court for Montgomery County, MD, Judge Sherri Koch sentenced defendant, Kyhree Gardner, 18, of Silver Spring, to 5-years suspend, all but 9-months in prison, and three years of probation upon release.
Staff at Burnt Mills Elementary School found a school laptop bag containing a ghost gun near the basketball court after hours on October 20th 2021. The defendant was playing basketball at the time and was later arrested after staff contacted police and an investigation ensued.
Back in November, we reported that the $48 million sale of River View (7979 E. Boulevard Drive in Alexandria, VA)– a 16,000 square foot home with an additional carriage home had set a new record for the most expensive home sale in DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) history. The home was bought buy Montgomery County native and owner of the Washington Commanders, Dan Snyder, according to a report by the Washington Business Journal.
The home belonged to the former CEO of Lockheed Martin, Robert Stevens, and was first listed a year ago (October 2020) for $60 million. At the time, listing agent Heather Corey of TTR Sotheby did not name the buyer, but did include that the buyer paid cash for the property (a term that means a loan was not taken out for the purchase).
Gaithersburg City Councilmember Rob Wu has announced that he running for Montgomery County Council in District 3. The seat is currently held by former Gaithersburg mayor, Sydney Katz.
As of today, there are no other candidates that have filed to run in the district.
A crash on Connecticut Avenue and Veirs Mill Road occurred around 2pm today. For reasons unknown at the moment, a car was driven into a tree in the median.
Some lanes are currently blocked on Connecticut Avenue between Veirs Mill Rd and Adams Drive.