MCPS has posted the following community message summarizing the July 27th board of education meeting.
Dear MCPS Community:
Author: MCS Staff
A Powerball ticket sold in Germantown delivered a $2 million prize in the July 24 drawing.
There were also four $10,000 scratch-off winners from tickets bought at the following MoCo locations last week (type of scratch-off listed first):
During its July 29th meeting, the Montgomery County Planning Board will review the design for the renovation of Columbia Local Park at 14900 Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville.
Per the planning board documents, the recommended facility plan converts the two existing tennis courts into a dog park. The dog park consists of an 8,200-square-foot large dog area and a 2,700-square-foot small dog area, both accessed via a central, double-gated vestibule that allows owners to safely leash and unleash their dogs before entering or exiting the park.
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Update from MCDOT: “Unfortunately, the proposed extension of Montrose Pkwy between Parklawn Dr. & Viers Mill Rd. was not funded. We are updating the related page on our website. MCDOT is requesting funding for a study to add a bridge at the CSX Railroad tracks.”
Article previously provided the project description and construction dates from the MCDOT website.
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Wayback Burgers, a fast-casual burger chain based out of Connecticut, is coming to Montgomery County with a new location in Gaithersburg.
Construction on the restaurant begins today. It will be located at The Shops of Potomac Valley shopping center at 12121 Darnestown Rd. in the location that was formerly home to an AT&T store and a tanning salon before that.
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Updated 11/23/21 to include information on where the pageant can be watched
Layilah Nasser, a Montgomery county resident, was recently crowned Miss Maryland 2021.
When residents across the county put in their orders for $5 gyros at Big Greek Cafe on Wednesday, July 14th, they saw that the price had increased to $6– the first time the price of the Wednesday gyro special had increased in over a decade.
“Since 2009 we’ve held onto that price of $5 gyro. Unfortunately due to the rise in cost due to the current drastic increases, we can no longer sustain that price and we had to make the hard decision to raise the price by $1” Big Greek Cafe ownership told us.
Back on April 1st, we let you know that Bethesda Bagels would be coming to 14929-D Shady Grove Rd in Rockville, the former site of GameStop, in Fallsgrove (the GameStop location closed in January of this year).
We were recently informed by representatives for Bethesda Bagels that construction on the site started on July 6th.
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Earlier this morning, David Simon tweeted that he was excited to be filming in Baltimore. “Alarm just went off. A** up and moving. Today is the first day of filming in Baltimore in more than 14 years. Good to be home.”
The MoCo native graduated from B-CC high school and is perhaps best known for creating one of the most popular HBO series of all-time, The Wire. The reason Simon is in Baltimore is for the filming of his new limited series on HBO, We Own This City, based on the book We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption by investigative journalist Justin Fenton.
Starbucks is moving in to the Glenmont Shopping Center, taking over the location what was previously home to Capital One and a Chevy Chase banks (2315 Randolph Road).
The 2,800+ square foot building was built in 1998 and had been available for sale for months. A couple weeks ago Starbucks put up a “coming soon” banner, and construction at the building has already started (see photos below).
A new shop that will feature “ice cream, acai bowls, dog treats, and more” will be coming to Germantown Town Center, taking over the location that was formerly home to Town Center Cleaners (next to Acqua Nails).
Temporary signage has gone up at the location stating that the shop will offer everything listed above. A neon sign is also up in the window that reads “100% Sweet.” As of now, we’re unsure if it’s referring to the new name of the location or if it’s describing the upcoming menu.