The Department of Public Works is looking to create Trail Improvements at Blohm Park, which is located on Watkins Mill Rd in Gaithersburg next to the Montgomery Meadows neighborhood. The City is looking to add a boardwalk and raised overlook as part of the project.
Alert Montgomery has issued a ‘Severe Traffic Alert’ for emergency utility work that closes both directions of Layhill Rd (MD 182) between Marymont Rd and Chapel Hill Rd.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) and Gaithersburg Police are on the scene of a collision involving a driver crashing into a building at 20 South Frederick Ave, Chelsea Park Apartments, in Gaithersburg. According to Tim Pruss (@MyDronePro on Twitter/X), at least one person was trapped inside the vehicle. There is no word at this time on the cause of the crash.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to the scene of a crash on Sandy Spring Road at McKnew Road in Burtonsville on Sunday afternoon. Based on aerial visuals by Tim Pruss (@MyDronePro), the crash involves at least two vehicles and multiple patients being evaluated by EMS. Part of the intersection remains closed as of 7:25pm.
7:54pm update: Three people were transported with non-life threatening injuries, per MCFRS Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer
Joan Jett, the woman many refer to as the Queen of Rock & Roll, spent almost a decade of her life growing up in Randolph Hills and attended Wheaton High School (she left the area before graduating). She will be returning to Maryland for the Orioles game against the Texas Rangers on June 28th as the “guest splasher” in the team’s “Splash Zone” in left field, where fans are sprayed with a hose in celebration after big plays
On Friday, June 14th, FOX 5 will bring its Zip Trip to Montgomery County for the only time this season as they make it over to the Rio Lakefront boardwalk behind Silver Diner at 9811 Washingtonian Blvd Suite l-10, Gaithersburg, MD.
A broken water pipe on Saturday at Germantown Target (20908 Frederick Rd) damaged half of the store’s storage space, an employee told us today.
You may have noticed red lanes recently on Fields Rd. and Decoverly Dr. in and around Gaithersburg’s Crown neighborhood. These are new dedicated bus lanes that are a part of the Great Seneca Transit Network (GSTN), which will “provide frequent transit options, improving mobility and access to crucial jobs in the healthcare, biotech, and education sectors.”
MCPS recently shared the news of John Chase, math resource teacher at Walter Johnson High School, winning the Carl B. Allendoerfer Award for expository mathematical writing from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), for an article he co-wrote, “Bacterial Growth: Not So Simple,” in Mathematics Magazine.
On May 2nd, the Montgomery County Animal Services & Adoption Center (MCASAC) announced it was closed to the public due to an outbreak of Canine Influenza (CIV). Last week, they shared the following update in a post on social media: