Glenmont

Earlier this year we let you know that Planet Fitness announced it will be opening new locations at 6881 New Hampshire Ave. in Takoma Park and 2201 Randolph Rd. in Wheaton (Glenmont). The Takoma Park location has since opened, but the Glenmont location has had to slightly delay its opening from the originally scheduled day of December 20th.

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Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg City Staff is currently reviewing the Final Site Plan application (SP-9569-2023) for a 234 unit residential building with integrated parking garage at 103 and 203 Spectrum Ave. within the Spectrum development off of Watkins Mill Rd. and N. Frederick Ave (355) in Gaithersburg.

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Education

The Career Readiness Education Academy (CREA) is an academic and career readiness education program for English learners in MCPS who are at least 18 years old and unlikely to meet all graduation requirements prior to turning 21 and if they are interested in pursuing an alternative pathway to a high school diploma via GED preparation. Tania Perez-Fuentes, who works for the program, tells us it’s breaking records this year.

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MCFRS

Montgomery County is touting an all-woman crew who handled every call one night last month at the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department. The county stated that although MCFRS has worked hard to diversify its numbers, there are a lot more men than women staffing its stations. Full story below, per a county press release:

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