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Events

Cropdusters Baseball is Bringing Family Fun to Olney; Opening Day is This Friday, June 10

By MCS Staff

Olney, meet baseball. Baseball, meet Olney. You all are going to be great friends. Cropdusters Baseball is bringing “Summer Collegiate Baseball With An Olney Vibe.”  Expect silly, family friendly, and something for everyone that’s 2-102 years old. The MoCoShow’s very own “Mr. MoCo” Alex T will be throwing out the first pitch!

Cropdusters Baseball begins its inaugural season with games on Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11, with each first pitch scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at “The Barnyard” a.k.a First Responder Field by ServPro at OBGC Park (4501 Olney Laytonsville Road Olney,MD). The park opens one hour before game time for fans to arrive and claim their seating, meals, and beverages! Tickets can be purchased on the team website, and take note: this is a cash free facility.

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Education

MCPS Hosts First “Grow Your Own” Recruitment Event

By MCS Staff

MCPS hosted a Future Educators celebration for 12 graduating seniors on June 8. The Office of Human Resources and Development has been working on a “Grow Your Own” strategy to attract, recruit and excite MCPS students with the possibility of a teaching career with the district.

The event recognized the students for their outstanding academic performance and commitment to return to MCPS once they have finished college.

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Beyond MoCo

Beyond MoCo: ‘The Office’ Experience Comes to DC in July

By MCS Staff

Coming off of the heels of The Friends Experience, the world of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company will come to life in The Office Experience with set re-creations, original show costumes and props, and opportunities for fans to celebrate their favorite moments and characters from the widely acclaimed television series The Office. Visit Schrute Farms, walk through the Dunder Mifflin office, relive Jim and Pam’s love story, and more.

Per The Office Experience website:

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Gaithersburg

Signage Up at Amazon Fresh on Shady Grove Road

By MCS Staff

Updated July 4th with additional information. Just a couple days after we showed you some of the progress of the interior at the upcoming Amazon Fresh location on Shady Grove Rd in Gaithersburg, signage has been put up on the front side of the building. It has been nearly two years since we first reported that Office Depot would be closing and that an Amazon grocery store would be taking its place back in September 2020.

Amazon Fresh, located at 15790 Shady Grove Road in Gaithersburg, looks like it will open this summer based on what we were able to see earlier this week. Fixtures and signage is up inside the store and the freezers have already been installed and are up and running. Charging stations for electric vehicles have been installed in the parking lot, located where only Amazon Fresh customers are likely to park in front of the store.

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Gaithersburg

Update on Kentlands CVS Construction

By MCS Staff

It has been approximately three years since we reported that CVS would be taking over the old Tommy Joe’s/Boulevard Tavern/Brasserie Beck/O’Donnell’s location in the Kentlands. Construction continues to progress, as the frame of the building is now nearly complete except for the roof. There’s no timetable for when CVS will be ready to open, but it wouldn’t surprise us if it opened by this end of this fall.

Gaithersburg Councilmember Neil Harris told us that CVS would be moving forward with the plan back in 2019. Demolition of the old building occurred in November with construction starting soon after.

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Germantown

Five MoCo Middle School Student-Athletes From Germantown Wrestling Have Made the Maryland National Wrestling Team

By MCS Staff

Five Montgomery County middle school student-athletes (listed below) from Germantown Wrestling have made the Maryland National Wrestling team and are currently traveling to Indianapolis Indiana for 14U nationals. All five team members live in Montgomery County, go to school in Montgomery County, and will be attending high schools in Montgomery County in 2022 or 2023.

Germantown Wrestling’s head coach Craig staton, who is also the principal of Julius West Middle school tells us that student-athletes “are all excellent kids, aside from wrestling, and we are really proud that they will be representing Germantown Wrestling Club on the national level.”

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Arts

Myles Frost, a 2017 Wootton Graduate, Earns Tony Award Nomination For His Performance as Michael Jackson in MJ The Musical

By MCS Staff

Myles Frost graduated from Wootton High School in Rockville in 2017. Four years later, in December of 2021, he took over the role of Michael Jackson on Broadway’s MJ. Frost, who plays the King of Pop in the new musical, received a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway debut.

He was nominated for ‘Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Michael Jackson in MJ the Musical. “It’s been one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I’ve been introduced to so many different things…it’s been an amazing honor.” Frost told Broadway World in a recent interview.

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Restaurants

Mandalay Announces Restaurant Will Return to Silver Spring

By MCS Staff

Popular Burmese restaurant Mandalay, which was located at 930 Bonifant Street in Silver Spring, posted a message to its Facebook account on Tuesday stating that the restaurant will be returning to Silver Spring soon.

Mandalay first announced in 2019 that it would be moving to a new location in Washington, DC., but and closed the restaurant in Silver Spring on October 31 of 2021. There have been few updates on the status of that location, but the restaurant did make another Facebook post in February, seeking the public’s opinion on possibly reopening.

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MoCo Police

Person of Interest in Custody Following Shelter in Place in Rockville Community Tuesday Night

By MCS Staff

A person of interest is in custody after a ‘Community Alert’ was put out at approximately 10:15 pm (and lifted at 11:45pm) on Tuesday night due to heavy police activity in the Rose Hill Falls community and surrounding streets in the area of Great Falls Road in Rockville. At the time, all residents were told they “should shelter in place immediately until further notice.” The community is located near Rockville Town Center.

Residents reported heavy police presence, closed roads, and a low flying helicopter with a search light on the scene after a Rockville resident called the police after for what was believed to be a person with a gun in their backyard at approximately 9:45pm.

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Kensington

Nathan Henderson Completes Eagle Scout Project in Kensington

By MCS Staff

Nathan Henderson of Boy Scout Troop 439 recently completed his Eagle Scout project at Leonard D. Jackson Ken Gar Center in Kensington. The Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America.

Nathan’s project included building and installing two benches, removing bushes, planting new bushes, and laying mulch. Thank you to Town of Kensington Public Works for pouring concrete bases for the benches. Nathan’s parents, John and Patti, were also present for the project. You can see photos of the project below.

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