The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against Evgenii Ptitsyn, 42, a Russian national, for allegedly administering the sale, distribution, and operation of Phobos ransomware. Ptitsyn made his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on November 4 after being extradited from South Korea.
The weather team at WUSA9, led by legendary meteorologist Topper Shutt has released its 2024-2025 Winter Outlook, which has the highest snow totals of the outlooks we’ve looked at so far this fall. We have already broken down meteorologist Mike Thomas and FOX 5’s Winter Outlook and Doug Kammerer and the NBC 4 Storm Team’s outlook, so let’s see what channel 9 has to say.
With the expensive holiday shopping season coming up and holiday spending expected to reach more than $980 billion, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2024 Holiday Budgets by City report, with one Maryland city ranked 17th in the country out of 558 qualifying cities/areas.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) are in the calendar development process for the 2025-2026 school year and seeking feedback on two draft traditional calendars for additional feedback from students, staff, families, and community members.
Pike & Rose is hosting a “Santa Crawl” on Saturday, December 14th from 2pm until 10pm. “Tis the Season! Kick off the holidays at North Bethesda’s Santa Crawl at Pike & Rose with games, music and specials for all to enjoy.”
Takoma Park Police shared on Monday that the department responded to two commercial burglaries on the morning of Friday, November 15. Per police:
The Washington Post’s Tom Sietsema has been the newspaper’s food critic for nearly 25 years. In a recent dining guide he highlighted “5 great affordable restaurants in the D.C. area”, which included Montgomery County’s El Chante Comedor y Fritanga Nica (photos below).
Chi-Chi’s, once a popular Mexican restaurant chain, faced a steep decline after a deadly hepatitis A outbreak in 2003, which sickened hundreds and led to multiple lawsuits. Combined with financial struggles and increased competition, the chain ultimately filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in the U.S. shortly after. (more…)
Montgomery County’s second Tatte location will open on Wednesday, November 20th at 5400 Westbard Ave in Bethesda. An employee has sent us photos of the bakery from a friends and family event held on Monday, November 18th (available below).
Montgomery Parks has announced programming and operating hours for the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend, Thursday, November 28, through Sunday, December 1, 2024.
Following this weekend’s NWSL semifinal action, the Washington Spirit is set to face the Orlando Pride in next weekend’s NWSL Championship in Kansas City.