Beyond MoCo

Beginning in the new year, drivers in D.C. will be prohibited from making right turns on red unless a sign indicating permission has been installed by the District Department of Transportation. The change will take place at approximately half of DC’s 1,600 intersections and

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Restaurants

Back in September we let you know that L&L Hawaiian Barbecue will open its first Maryland location right here in Montgomery County at 785 Rockville Pike, Suite G, in the Ritchie Center (Rockville). The restaurant is now in its soft opening phase with a ‘first look’ video below.

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Poolesville

The Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland announced that the Town of Poolesville was one of 17 Maryland municipalities honored at the Sustainable Maryland Awards Ceremony at the Maryland Municipal League’s annual Fall Conference last month. The Town was certified at the Bronzelevel. Sustainable Poolesville Chairman Don Street pictured accepting the award.

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Gaithersburg

The City of Gaithersburg recently shared information proudly marking the 26th anniversary of its Holiday Giving Program, which supports children aged 1 to 17 in need of holiday assistance.

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Gaithersburg

The Gaithersburg Police Department responded to a disturbance in the 300blk N. Summit Avenue on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at approximately 10:15pm, where they found a blood-covered man who later died in the hospital after receiving emergency medical treatment.  Gaithersburg police wrote “The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division (IID) is investigating a police-involved in-custody death following an incident on December 24.”

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Business

Kevin Plank, the founder of Under Armour, has a story that begins in the DC suburb of Kensington, Maryland. Born the youngest of five brothers to William and Jayne Plank, Kevin’s upbringing was steeped in the values of hard work and community service. His father, a notable real estate developer who passed away in 1993, was responsible for local projects like the Al Marah subdivision (Bethesda), while his mother served as mayor of Kensington for eight years and later directed the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs under President Ronald Reagan.

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Burtonsville

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a collision involving a pedestrian pinned under a vehicle in the Giant Food parking lot on Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville on Thursday, December 26. The patient was extricated and treated by emergency medical personnel but later succumbed to their injuries. (more…)


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