MCFRS

Alert Montgomery sent a ‘Severe Traffic Alert’ at 10:11am for a “Traffic incident closes all southbound lanes of Old Georgetown Road (MD 187) at I-270.” 10:27am Update: All southbound lanes of Old Georgetown Road (MD 187) at I-270 are open from earlier traffic incident. Expect residual delays.

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MCFRS

Alert Montgomery sent out a ‘Severe Traffic Alert’ at 8:12am on Friday Morning for an incident closes two of three lanes of both directions of Columbia Pike (US 29) near the Burnt Mills Shopping Center/Hillwood Drive. 8:31am update: All lanes of Columbia Pike (US 29) near the Burnt Mills Shopping Center/Hillwood Drive are open from earlier traffic incident. Expect residual delays.

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Celebrities

Beef was one of Netflix’s top shows in 2023 and was a breakout role for Montgomery County, MD native Young Mazino (born Christopher Young Kim). Since then, he has signed on to join the cast of hit HBO series The Last of Us, playing Jesse– “an important member of his community whose selflessness sometimes comes at a cost.”

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DC Sports

Earlier this month the Washington Spirit signed rookie Makenna Morris to a new one-year contract through the 2025 season. Morris, who was born and raised in Germantown, MD and grew up playing for Bethesda Soccer Club, joined the Spirit on a one-year deal earlier this year after being selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2024 NWSL Draft.

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Events

FITRow’s ‘Day of Fitness’ Takes Place on Saturday, September 28th at Congressional Plaza in Rockville. The event will allow the public to experience outdoor classes from premier fitness studios and local influencers. “Break a sweat during one (or all) of the 5 outdoors classes from FITRow’s three feature studios – CorePower Yoga, Pure Barre, Orangetheory Fitness, Georgetown Hill and HIIT Hard Boxing – and participating fitness influencers and business. Afterwards, cool down with drinks and bites from Matchbox, Smoothie King and CHOPT.”

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Maryland

Yelp’s annual Top 100 Places to Eat “celebrates local restaurants across the U.S. that reflect the unique tastes of the Yelp community.” Yelp’s annual Top 100 Places to Eat list covers a wide range of places to eat — from white tablecloth to food trucks and taquerias. Three Maryland restaurants made the 2024 list, coming in ranked 20th, 82nd, and 87th. Nominations for 2025 begin October 1st.

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Bethesda

Born Evil: The Serial Killer and the Savior, a true-crime miniseries from executive producer Michael Bay, premiered on September 2 on Investigation Discovery (ID) and is now streaming on MAX. The series, which covers two murders in Montgomery County, MD, drew over 6.4 million viewers in its first week, according to TheWrap.

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Maryland

Earlier today, the Justice Department filed a civil claim in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the container ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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