Back in March we let you know that the Olney Boys and Girls Community Sports Association, in conjunction with Koa Sports, worked out an agreement to bring a baseball team playing in the Cal Ripken Baseball League to the Olney area in the summer of 2022.
Last month the team needed help with potential names and have narrowed it down to 7 based on suggestions from all of you.
Construction has started at the upcoming Qdoba location in the newly rebranded Rock Grove Center on the corner of 355 and Shady Grove Road.
The fast-casual chain will be opening its newest location at 16260 Frederick Road in the location that was formerly home to Jerry’s Subs and Pizza.
Many in the area watched the Washington Football Team beat the New York Giants in a back and forth game on Thursday night, but the action has eyes across the world on the gam, bringing in the highest viewership of any Thursday Night Football game since week 3 of the 2018 season.
Per the NFL:
Back in March we let you know that Zofia’s Kitchen would be taking over the location that was home to Mahshad Modern Persian Kitchen in King Farm at 404 King Farm Blvd.
There wasn’t any progress after the Zofia’s Kitchen Instagram post announcing the location and a “space available” sign was put up a couple months back. We called Zofia’s Kitchen this morning, which now operates as Rogi, and were told that the deal fell through and that there are currently no plans to move into the area.
Katie Ledecky, one of the greatest female swimmers of all-time, visited Little Flower School in Bethesda yesterday. Ledecky provided words of encouragement to current students at the school while proudly wearing her most recent gold and silver medals from the recent 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held this summer). She and her Team USA Swimming teammate Phoebe Bacon both attended the school while growing up right here in MoCo.
The 8th annual Harvest Moon Festival will take place this Sunday, September 19th at Veterans Plaza in Downtown Silver Spring from 1pm-7pm (Silver Spring Civic Center, 1 Veterans Plaza)
The outdoor event will feature a diverse array of exhibitors, live music & art performances, a comedy tent, and will feature Anthony Spearman-Leach as the festival director of ceremonies.
Below you’ll see the most recent updates or final scores of the week 3 MCPS football games. They’ll be updated as we receive them.
If a score isn’t listed, it’s because we didn’t receive a report from the game.
It has been a couple months since we told your that Mr. Wish, a fresh fruit beverage and bubble tea shop, was coming to Congressional Plaza in Rockville– taking over the location that was formerly home to Honeyfish Poke in Congressional Plaza (1615 Rockville Pike).
Per Mr. Wish: 🕺🏻Get Ready! Mr.Wish is Coming to Rockville, MD! | Fresh – Natural Fruit Tea | Fresh Boba |🧋Celebrate with us on 09/25 & 09/26, first 100 customers will get our boba keychain as a gift! 🍊 Soft Opening 09/22-09/24 🍌 Grand Opening 09/25-09/26 BOGO Free [Wish Special (M)] 🥝 50% off on 2nd Drink 09/27-09/28📍1615 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 ⏰ Mon-Thurs 11AM-9PM | Fri-Sun 11AM-10PM
On September 15, officers from the Montgomery County Police – 6th District responded to the 11000 block of Game Preserve Road to assist the Maryland Department of National Resources Police with a call for the found remains of an adult male. The body of the adult male had been discovered in a pond.
The Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division, have identified the remains as Waymon Meadows Anderson, age 57, of Montgomery Village. Anderson had been reported missing and was last seen in the 9900 block of Medical Center Drive on September 11, 2021.
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department – Major Crimes Division have arrested and charged three individuals for the 2017 homicide of 17-year-old Christian Leroy Matthews in Silver Spring.
On March 21, 2017, at approximately 2:25 a.m., 3rd District officers responded to the 1000 block of Mondrian Terrace for a suspicious situation.
Each year, Variety celebrates the live-action, scripted TV producers whose series made the biggest impact over the course of the year.
This year two Montgomery County natives were featured in the article. Darren Star, for Emily in Paris and Younger, and Chris Van Dusen for Bridgerton.