Author: MCS Staff

Maryland

Maryland Delegation Announces Nearly $43 Million for Statewide Road Safety Programs

By MCS Staff

S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) announced $42,882,024 in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding, through the Safe Streets for All grant program, for Maryland localities to upgrade outdated roadway infrastructure and improve safety.

$7,500,000 for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to improve trail crossings through safety measures such as installing new traffic signals and additional lighting and launch an educational safety programs campaign to improve for pedestrians and cyclists in Montgomery and Prince George’s County.

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Bethesda

NSA Bethesda Participating in Training Exercises That Could Cause Increased Traffic Near Walter Reed

By MCS Staff
211027-N-FV870-1001 (U.S. Navy photo by Jeremy K. Brooks)

NSA Bethesda, under Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) and Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), will conduct annual training exercises to practice and reinforce skills and measures to take when an active shooter, terror or other security-related incident occurs.

The exercises begin Feb. 6 and conclude Feb. 17, excluding Feb. 11-12. During this time, as part of the training, real world responses including the placement of barriers and heightened security measures may occur (e.g. 100% ID checks). A possibility exists that traffic may be substantially impacted in and around the installation during training drills tied to the exercise.

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Bethesda

Lidl Continues MoCo Expansion With Bethesda Location

By MCS Staff

Lidl is coming to Bethesda. The grocery store will open at the 41,300 SF location that was formerly home to Safeway on Old Georgetown Road for over 25 years, according to a report by Robert Dyer. Safeway closed at 7625 Old Georgetown Road in in March 2018 after opening in 1991. An opening date for the upcoming Lidl is not yet available.

Lidl opened its first grocery store in Takoma Park in December 2020. That was followed by a store in Glenmont in 2021, and the grocery store then opened a location in Montgomery Village about a year ago. Locations in Germantown and Rockville are also planned.

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Rockville

Rockville Mayor and City Council Add Two Seats to City Council

By MCS Staff

Voters in Rockville’s November 2023 election will have the opportunity to vote for seven members of the city’s elected body, following a unanimous vote Monday by the Mayor and Council on a resolution to add two seats to the council. The Mayor and Council adopted a resolution that will amend the city’s charter to increase the number of elected councilmembers from four to six, one of the recommendations to come from a review of Rockville’s charter by the Charter Review Commission.

The amendment will formally become part of the city charter on the 50th day following the Feb. 6 vote, unless a petition signed by 20% or more registered Rockville voters is presented to the Mayor and Council by day 40. (The petition must meet requirements prescribed in Article V, Section 2 of the charter.) The city’s Charter Review Commission has made several recommendations that could change the city’s voting age, the size of the Mayor and Council, and other elements of city elections.

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Gaithersburg

CVS Kentlands Sets Opening Date

By MCS Staff

Almost four years after we first reported that CVS would be taking over the old Tommy Joe’s/O’Donnell’s location in the Kentlands (311 Kentlands Blvd), the store has set an opening date. The grand opening will take place on Sunday, February 19 at 8am, according to a sign on the door (pictured below).

In 2021 CVS announced that it would be closing approximately 900 stores over the next 3 years due to “changes in population, consumer buying patterns and future health needs.” A CVS location on Veirs Mill Rd. closed last November, Rockville Town Square CVS closed in April, and the Twinbrook CVS closed in August. New CVS locations are still opening, however, with a new store in Clarksburg and one coming soon near the Shady Grove Metro station.

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Germantown

Bed Bath & Beyond is Closing in Germantown

By MCS Staff

A representative from the Germantown Bed Bath & Beyond location at 12940 Middlebrook in the Germantown Commons shopping center has confirmed that the store will be closing permanently. “Store Closing” signage was recently placed on the store windows, though the store wasn’t initially included on the list of 87 upcoming closures across the country for the company.

Bed Bath & Beyond last week announced that it will be closing Maryland locations in Annapolis, Ocean City, and Westminster, but the two existing Montgomery County locations were not on the list. Today, the company announced that an additional 150 stores will be closing. A list of the impending closures is not yet available, but the representative from the Germantown location told us that the  nearby Rockville and Frederick stores would remain open.

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MoCo History

Black History in MoCo: Josiah Henson

By MCS Staff

Last April, Montgomery Parks opened the Josiah Henson Museum and Park, a 3.34-acre park located at 11420 Old Georgetown Road in the Luxmanor Community of North Bethesda. The museum and park is dedicated to telling the story of resilience and perseverance in overcoming slavery, based on the detailed words and experiences of Josiah Henson – enslaved in Montgomery County for much of his life.

The Josiah Henson Museum and Park tells the inspirational life story of Reverend Josiah Henson, who was born into slavery yet defied the odds to become an influential author, abolitionist, minister, public speaker, and a world-renowned figure. One of Henson’s many accomplishments was his 1849 autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, which inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe’s landmark anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

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Bethesda

AMC Announces ‘Sightline’ Which Changes Price of Movie Ticket Based on Seat Location

By MCS Staff

AMC Theaters, the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and the world, announced Sightline at AMC – a ticket pricing initiative based on seat location within each auditorium. AMC describes this as giving moviegoers multiple options to meet their viewing preferences. “With Sightline at AMC, moviegoers now have the option to pay less, or more, for a movie ticket based on their seat selection. The initiative has already rolled out to select AMC locations and will be expanded to all domestic AMC and AMC DINE-IN locations by the end of the year.” Montgomery County has three AMC locations– Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Rio Lakefront in Gaithersburg, and Wheaton Mall in Wheaton.

Additional information per AMC: Sightline at AMC more closely aligns AMC’s approach to seat pricing with the experience-based options offered by other entertainment and event venues, and offers three different seat-pricing options:

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Education

Agenda for Board of Education Business Meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023

By MCS Staff

The Board of Education will hold its business meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Closed session will begin at 9:00 a.m. Public agenda items will begin at 11:00 a.m.  The meeting will be cablecast live on Comcast Channel 34 (HD 1071), Verizon Channel 36, RCN channel 89, and the MCPS website

The agenda, with related materials attached, can be found on the Board of Education’s BoardDocs site (please visit this link for the most up-to-date agenda)

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Gaithersburg

Approximately $85K in Damage, Likely Cause Revealed Following Gaithersburg House Fire

By MCS Staff

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a call for a fire on the unit block of Hutton Street of S. Summit Avenue in Gaithersburg at approximately 2pm on Monday afternoon, according to MCFRS Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer.

Upon arrival, crews found fire and smoke coming from the two-story single family home with all occupants already out of the house. By 2:26pm, the bulk of the fire had been knocked out and firefighters were checking for any possible extension and no extension to the attic or basement was found.

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