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Rockville

Rockville Police Seeks Public’s Help to Find Man Missing Since October

By MCS Staff

Yerayel Ben Yehuda, 27, of Piccard Drive, was last seen leaving his home on October 23, 2022 and is still missing, he has not been seen or heard from since that time. Police and family continue to be concerned for his welfare.

Yehuda is 5’8, 160lbs, light/med complexion, brown eyes/black hair. He suffers from a mental condition which may impact his ability to communicate in a responsible manner if approached. Yehuda is also known to frequent the Washington D.C./Northwest area and may possibly be in Virginia.

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Business

Cyber Security Solutions Company Volexity Signs Lease in Silver Spring

By MCS Staff

Company chooses ideal location with proximity to amenities & transportation options

Edge represented cyber security solutions company Volexity in its recent 2620 square foot lease at 8455 Colesville Road in the Silver Spring section of Montgomery County, Maryland. Kristin Rebeck, Vice President, Advisory Services for Edge represented the tenant and Danny Sheridan of JLL represented the landlord, Goodstone in this transaction. Volexity is a leading provider of threat intelligence and incident suppression services and solutions based in the Washington, D.C, area. The company provides cyber security and digital forensics products and services to Fortune companies, government agencies, and leading security vendors across the globe.

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Business

Envision Now Signs Lease to Elevate Rockville Office Building to 100% Occupancy

By MCS Staff

Edge has elevated 12712 Rock Creek Mill Road to 100% occupancy with the recent leasing of 3600 square of space to Envision Now, LLC. The 59,800-square-foot flex/office building is situated in the North Bethesda submarket of Montgomery County and owned by Crystal Development RCM LLC. Envision Now offers move & relocation services and building repairs and maintenance services. Envision Now was founded in 2015 by Katherine Rooker.  Ms. Rooker has 20 years of construction and government experience and supported Federal contracts ranging from $10,000 to $70 million dollars. Kenneth Fellows and Robert Pugh, both Partners, Advisory Services for Edge, oversaw the leasing strategy and program on behalf of the landlord. Marek Rich and Nick Pugh of Scheer Partners represented the tenant in this leasing transaction.

The two-story building was delivered in 1984 and is located within close proximity to MD Route 586 (Veirs Mill Road) and MD Route 355 (Rockville Pike). More than 160.000 people reside within a three-mile radius of the asset with an average household income exceeding $94,000. A free surface parking lot, loading docks, and drive-ins service the building. “12712 Rock Creek Mill Road features a highly-flexible interior layout that makes it suitable for a diverse range of businesses, ranging from professional services to light manufacturing and logistics,” stated Kenneth Fellows of Edge. “Its strategic location close to Interstate 270 and two Metro Station stops, and nearby amenities were all significant factors that contributed to this leasing success.”

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Bethesda

Porky The Litter Eater

By MCS Staff

If you’ve been to Cabin John Regional Park in the last half century or so you’ve probably seen a bizarre, miniature house-like structure that has a pig face with its mouth wide open on one side. That’s Porky. You can feed him paper and cardboard and soft drink cans, but you can’t feed him bottles or broken glass…glass gives him a tummy ache.

Porky has been there since 1966, making his debut one year after Billy the Litter Eater over at Wheaton Regional Park. “I still have nightmares of my arm getting sucked into this thing” commented Richard Schaffer as he shared a picture of the famous trash dispenser. Creepy Basement, a popular website that is comprised of creepy highlights from across the world, refers to Porky as an “eternally hungry demon pig that commands children to feed him with his creepy 1950s radio voice.”

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Downtown Silver Spring

Nike Unite Sets Opening Date in Downtown Silver Spring

By MCS Staff

Update: Nike Unite has pushed the opening date back to Thursday, February 16th.

Back in June we let you know that a Nike Unite store is coming to Downtown Silver Spring, taking over the location that was formerly home to DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse location at 910 Ellsworth Drive. After previously setting an opening date of November 3rd on its Google listing, the store pushed back the opening to “2023” and has now set an opening date of Thursday, February 2nd according to its Google listing.

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Crime

USPIS Offers Reward of Up to $50K For Information Leading to Arrest and Conviction of Suspect(s) Who Robbed USPS Letter Carrier on December 28

By MCS Staff

Per USPIS: The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect who robbed a United States Postal Service letter carrier at 1215 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The incident occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. on December 28, 2022.

The suspect is desribed as a Black male in his late 20s, aproximately 5’10” tall and of average build. The suspect was wearing a black shirt, black pants, and black and white Puma shoes. The suspect was carrying an orange jacket. The suspect fled in a red vehicle, possibly a Jeep Cherokee or Jeep Compass. TAKE NO ACTION TO APPREHEND THESE PERSONS YOURSELF. If you have any information about this incident, please contact the: U.S. Postal Inspection Service at 1-877-876-2455 (say “Law Enforcement”) Reference Case No. 3938890.

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North Bethesda

Intersection of Old Georgetown Road, Towne Rd, and Executive Blvd is Now Open

By MCS Staff

The new intersection of Old Georgetown Road, Towne Road and Executive Blvd. in North Bethesda, near Pike & Rose, opened to traffic earlier this week.

The Towne Rd extension provides a new connection (parallel to MD-355 Rockville Pike) between Executive Blvd/Josiah Henson Parkway/Montrose Rd. The project also constructed a new cycle track and shared use path (asphalt trail) along the Western edge of Pike & Rose. Tragically, in 2020, 61-year-old James O’Connor was struck and killed by an errant driver while working on utility improvements associated with the project.

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WMATA

Red Line Trains Single Tracking Between Silver Spring and Forest Glen This Weekend

By MCS Staff

Per MCDOT: Red Line Trains will be single tracking between the Silver Spring and Forest Glen stations due to leak mitigation work. The work will take place between Saturday, December 31 through Monday, January 2.

Per Metro: Metro has transitioned to a new program of preventive maintenance and planned capital work. Overnight and weekend hours will be used for enhanced preventive maintenance including cable testing to prevent smoke and fire incidents, stray current testing, trackbed cleaning, switch maintenance, torqueing (tightening fasteners, joint nuts and bolts) to eliminate excessive strain on infrastructure, and track geometry work to ensure the correct rail alignment.

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Rockville

Exclusive Look At Construction of Twinbrook Quarter, Including the Future Rockville Wegmans (Video)

By MCS Staff

Work continues on Phase One of Twinbrook Quarter, the upcoming development located on the southwest corner of the property at Rockville Pike and Halpine Road. It includes residential, office and commercial space, and will include Montgomery County’s second Wegmans (video of construction from this week available below).

Mid November update: Level 4 concrete pouring is scheduled for completion by the end of November. Levels 1 – 4 will define the space for Wegmans, other retail amenities, and the parking garage. Framing for concrete on Level 5 began last week. From this point on, all future levels will be devoted to the apartment building, going up to the 12th floor. Conditions and weather permitting, the hope is to complete pouring all levels by late Spring/early Summer 2023. Construction on the building façade should begin in early 2023. Wegmans itself is not expected to open until at least 2024. More on what to expect when the project is completed in 2024-2025, per Twinbrook Quarter:

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Athletes

MoCo’s Katie Ledecky Named AP Female Athlete of The Year For 2nd Time

By MCS Staff

A panel of 40 sports writers and editors from news outlets across the country voted MoCo-native Katie Ledecky the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the second time, edging out 400m hurdles world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in balloting. Ledecky previously won AP Female Athlete of the Year in 2017.

Ledecky was raised in Bethesda, where she attended Little Flower School through eighth grade and attended high school at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, where she graduated in 2015. During her high-school swimming career at Stone ridge, Ledecky twice set the American and US Open record in the 500-yard freestyle, and she twice set the national high school record in the 200-yard freestyle. Ledecky finished her high school career as the holder of the Stone Ridge school record in every swimming event except the 100-meter breaststroke.

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Crime

Police Investigates Shooting After Victim Walks into 7-Eleven With Gunshot Wound to His Leg; Blood Trail Leads to Nearby Apartment Building

By MCS Staff

Per Takoma Park Police: On December 27, at approximately 2:21 am, an adult male entered the 7-11 located in the 1300 block of University Blvd. suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg.  Officers arrived on the scene and provided medical aid until fire and rescue arrived.  The victim was transported to a local hospital.

Officers located a blood trail at the 7-11 leading to an apartment in the 7800 block of Kennewick Avenue.  The entrance door to the apartment building revealed signs of forced entry.  Officers cleared the apartment building and made numerous attempts to contact residents inside an apartment where blood was located but there was no response. Concerned that there might be potential victims inside the apartment, Takoma Park Police officers, with the assistance of Montgomery County Police officers, forced entry into the apartment where several individuals were found unharmed.  The individuals were taken to the police department for questioning. Items of evidentiary value were located inside and outside of the apartment.  No arrests have been made at this time.

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