MoCo Athletics

Article written by Ben Shlesinger

While he was track coach at the now-closed, but soon-to-be reopened Woodward High School, Greg Dunston had an idea. He wanted to start a track meet at the Rockville school and naturally called it the Woodward Relays. That was in 1973. This past weekend, Dunston celebrated the 50th Woodward Relays, which hosted 25 different teams from across the area.


Gaithersburg

The personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2024’s Most Diverse Cities in America to “identify the places where people have the most unique blend of perspectives, which brings social and economic benefits.” Montgomery County, MD is home to the top three cities (areas) on the list, with Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, and Germantown coming in ranked first, second, and third.

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Gaithersburg

On Saturday, April 13, 2024, at approximately 7 p.m., MCPD tells us that “officers observed a vehicle that was reported to have been taken in an armed robbery in Delaware. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle in the area of Sam Eig Hwy. and Fields Rd. The driver of the vehicle rammed multiple police vehicles.” This was initially reported as a collision in the area of Crown/Rio in Gaithersburg until this information was made available.

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Maryland

On Friday, Governor Wes Moore announced the launch of the Port of Baltimore Worker Retention Program to help Port of Baltimore businesses retain employees as the Port recovers from the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse.

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