Below you’ll see the most recent updates or final scores of the 2024 week 6 MCPS football games. The scores will be updated as we receive them. If a score isn’t listed, it’s because we haven’t yet received a report from the game that we can confirm. An ‘F’ signifies the score is confirmed as being final:
Isaac’s Poultry Market has announced that construction has begun at its upcoming Burtonsville location. The restaurant will be located in the recently redeveloped Burtonsville Crossing shopping center, along side the upcoming Moby Dick and Eggspectation.
Talent is one of the most important factors influencing where companies choose to invest, expand, and grow. As competition for skilled workers intensifies, employers are embracing a broader talent strategy: one that leverages partnerships. Last week, almost 120 business leaders, elected officials, and members of Montgomery County’s business community attended the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation’s (MCEDC) panel, “The Talent Advantage: A Growth Strategy for Companies in Montgomery County, Maryland,” to hear how local businesses are capitalizing on the County’s world-class academic institutions, innovation ecosystem, quality of life, and economic development resources to attract and retain top talent.
Moderated by Dr. Anne Khademian, Executive Director at The Universities at Shady Grove (USG), the panel included executives from businesses and institutions across industries, including Lockheed Martin, TrilliumBIO, Thales Defense & Security, Johns Hopkins, Montgomery College, and AstraZeneca, who discussed their companies’ strategies for developing their workforce.
Talent as a Business Strategy
For companies competing in highly specialized industries like the defense industry, access to talent directly influences where they choose to locate and grow. For Lockheed Martin, which employs nearly 1,000 people in Montgomery County, talent is one of the primary reasons the company chose to be headquartered here.
“Talent is in the top one or two reasons why we are in the County,” said Todd Cohen, Senior Lead of Strategic Workforce Development, Lockheed Martin.
According to Cohen, Lockheed Martin begins working with partners to develop their talent pipeline well before students enter the workforce, including partnering with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) on programs such as coding challenges. Lockheed Martin also maintains close relationships with local higher education institutions, including the Universities at Shady Grove (USG).
That local talent pipeline is also an important factor for AstraZeneca, which employs more than 5,000 employees and contractors in Montgomery County. According to Tiffany Lukis, Director of STEM and Community Engagement at AstraZeneca, the company often taps into its alumni base from Montgomery College (ranked #26 nationally among community colleges) and USG (which offers nine different public universities onto one campus), and other local institutions to fill highly technical roles.
Local Companies Are Developing Talent and Not Just Finding It
According to the panelists, investing in existing employees is just as important as recruiting new ones.
At Suburban Hospital, workforce development is closely tied to talent retention. The hospital partners with local educational institutions to provide employees with opportunities to gain new skills and advance their careers. Programs include a Certified Nursing Assistant program through Montgomery College and English as a Second Language classes.
“A huge part of our talent strategy is to prioritize holding on to our top tier talent,” said Corey Lewson, MSW, Program Manager, Workforce Development, John Hopkins Medicine.
For smaller companies, developing talent internally can be especially valuable. Lane Edwards, Vice President of Operations, TrilliumBIO, a biomarker discovery company with fewer than 20 employees based in Rockville, described the challenge of balancing the need for highly specialized expertise with the realities of building a team at an early-stage company.
“When it comes to hiring, we have to be very strategic,” Lane said. “Do we have someone who has the expertise or someone that we can build on?”
Montgomery County has launched a Food Scraps Recycling Drop-Offs program at three area farmers markets, allowing residents to recycle food scraps through composting as part of the County’s zero-waste initiative.
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We ❤️ Teachers 5K celebrates educators through movement. On race day, runners and walkers across the country will participate in host city races, school celebrations, and virtual events — all in support of teachers and educator wellness. We'll be in beautiful Wheaton Regional Park, Join Us!
Walk it. Run it. Move for the teacher who moved you.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) responded to a collision involving a motorcycle on Thursday, October 10. (more…)
A Lynchburg, VA man has been charged with criminally negligent manslaughter and speeding in connection to a fatal March 2024 collision in Silver Spring, involving a 77-year-old woman, with sentencing scheduled for December 9, 2024. (more…)
Earlier this year we let you know Kong Dog was opening a Gaithersburg location. Permanent signage is now up at Kong Dog at 12141 Darnestown Rd at the Shops at Potomac Valley shopping center in Gaithersburg (h/t @pike.and.rozay).
Southern fast-food favorite Zaxbys is set to debut in Maryland with three locations along the Eastern Shore, starting in Cambridge in late 2025, followed by Easton and West Ocean City/Berlin. Zaxbys menu features its signature fried chicken sandwiches, wings, chicken fingers (“Zaxby’s Zingers”), crinkle-cut fries, and Texas toast.
The Maryland Lottery is seeking the winner of a Cash4Life ticket purchased at an Olney 7-Eleven, which entitles the player to $1,000 a week for life or a $1 million lump sum. (more…)
In September 2024, Maryland’s sports wagering market generated $9.4 million in contributions to the state from a handle of $532.9 million, marking its most successful month since the program began in December 2021.
MoCo’s Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) has announced that global giant MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, opened a $286 million biosafety testing facility in Rockville (9820 Darnestown Rd.) this week.