Health

Governor Wes Moore Joins Twenty States to Announce Reproductive Freedom Alliance

By Patrick Herron

Per the State of Maryland: Today, Governor Wes Moore joined California Governor Gavin Newsom, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Delaware Governor John Carney, Hawai’i Governor Josh Green, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, to announce the launch of a multi-state Reproductive Freedom Alliance (Alliance).

The Alliance is a non-partisan coalition of 20 Governors committed to protecting and expanding reproductive freedom in their states, the largest such coalition ever convened. The Alliance will work together to strengthen reproductive freedom in the face of an unprecedented assault on abortion access and other forms of reproductive health care by states hostile to abortion rights and judges who are advancing their ideological agenda. All Governors who support reproductive freedom are welcome to join the Alliance.

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Sandy Spring

Detectives Investigate Burglary of Medical Cannabis Dispensary

By Patrick Herron

Per MCPD: Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police- 3rd District Investigative Section are investigating a commercial burglary that occurred on Monday, December 26, 2022, at the Herbiculture in the 4000 block of Sandy Spring Road. Detectives have released surveillance video of the suspects and are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying them.  The investigation by detectives has revealed that two suspects smashed a door and entered the establishment. Once inside, the suspects forced entry into the safe and stole and undisclosed amount of merchandise before leaving the scene.

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Gaithersburg

B2J Fish Soup Now Open in Gaithersburg

By Patrick Herron

B2J, which specializes in traditional Szechuan-style fish soup, is now open at 9629 Lost Knife Rd in the Montgomery Village Crossing shopping center in Gaithersburg. The menu include a variety of soups where you choose the broth flavor, protein, and add-ons, including tilapia, bass, and Waygu beef. B2J has additional locations in New Jersey, Texas, and Washington State.

Montgomery Village Crossing is also home to BLT Grill, Hook & Reel, Roy Rogers, and the recently opened Los Amigos. Nori Japan, one of the last remaining tenants at Lakeforest Mall, is also expected to open a location in the shopping center later this year.

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Rockville

Google Provides Universities at Shady Grove with $500K Gift to Strengthen Pathway Programs

By Patrick Herron

Per the Universities at Shady Grove: Google and the Universities at Shady Grove (USG), a regional higher education center in Maryland, are partnering to help shape how higher education institutions can best ensure the success of a rapidly changing and increasingly less traditional student population, by building targeted pathways to degree completion and strong career opportunities. Google has provided a $500,000 gift to USG to support the development of educational pathway analytics, with a long view of systemic change in the way higher education serves the “fluid” learner of today and tomorrow. The goal is to develop an applied research framework for measuring, assessing and learning how to design and implement pathway programs that lead students to college degree completion and career success, and support workforce development. This gift is part of the Grow with Google initiative that helps create new career opportunities through skill development and new pathways to the workforce.

USG is a regional higher education center of the University System of Maryland (USM) in Rockville, Md., which offers nearly 80 undergraduate and graduate-level programs from nine different state universities on one campus. All undergraduate programs offered at the campus provide the upper-division coursework toward bachelor’s degrees and are tailored to serving transfer students, many of whom follow a path from high school to community college, before being admitted into one of the universities that offer some of their programs at USG.

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Downtown Silver Spring

Nike Unite Opens in Downtown Silver Spring This Thursday

By MCS Staff

Nike Unite will be opening its Downtown Silver location on Thursday, February 23, according to a recording on the store’s phone line. The store will be open from 10am-8pm Monday through Saturday and 11am-6pm on Sundays.

Back in June we let you know that the Nike Unite store would be coming to Downtown Silver Spring, taking over the location that was formerly home to DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse location at 910 Ellsworth Drive. Nike is also opening a store in Bethesda.

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Laytonsville

Laytonsville Community Mourns the Loss of The Office Owner Larry Swenson

By MCS Staff

The Swenson family, who owns The Office Cafe & Lounge at 6860 Olney Laytonsville Rd in Laytonsville, is mourning the loss of Larry Swenson. The family has shared the following message below via The Office Cafe & Lounge Facebook Page, referring to Swenson as an incredible man, husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend:

“We are deeply saddened to share the passing of our beloved owner Larry Swenson.

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MCFRS

One Dead After Early Morning Crash on I-495 Near Rockville Pike

By Patrick Herron

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a collision with entrapment this morning around 5am on the inner loop of I495 after Old Georgetown Rd, in the area of Rt355. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, a vehicle caught on fire after it went off the road and into a wooded area. There were two occupants inside the vehicle; one patient was extricated and transported with Priority 3, non-life threatening injuries, another young adult patient had Priority 1 traumatic life-threatening injuries and died on scene. We will post an update when additional information is available.

Per @mcfrsPIO on Twitter: “Update – IL Beltway IAO Rockville Pike , collision, vehicle off road in woods on fire, two (2) occupants in vehicle, 1 patient extricated & transported Pri3, NLT; another young adult patient had Pri1 traumatic life-threatening injury, treated on scene, but did not survive, no tx”

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MCFRS

Dog Rescued From Construction Hole Monday Night

By MCS Staff

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a call for a “big dog” stuck in a construction hole on the 700 block of of Kersey Rd, off of Arcola Ave, in the Kemp Mill area of Silver Spring at approximately 9pm on Monday night (photo below).

MCFRS Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer described the dog as a “fairly large, fluffy, family dog” who was walking in the backyard and fell into a construction hole and got stuck. Rescue crews, assisted by Technical Rescue Team TR700, were able to rescue the dog after about an hour. The dog was unharmed.

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Silver Spring

Family Mourns Loss of Melanie Diaz– The Woman Killed in Silver Spring Apartment Fire on Saturday

By MCS Staff

25-year-old Melanie Diaz was killed in Saturday’s fire at The Arrive apartment building in Silver Spring. She was found unresponsive in the seventh floor stairway, along with her two dogs, when attempting to evacuate the building from her eleventh-story apartment. Her family described her as someone who “filled everyone’s life with happiness.”

Diaz was a 2021 graduate of Georgetown University who began her career in DC following college and lived at the Silver Spring apartment building. Her family has traveled from Florida and a GoFundMe was started on their behalf to help with funeral expenses and support for them as they will be out of work for an undetermined amount of time:

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Beyond MoCo

DC Named 6th “Hardest Working City in America”, According to Report

By MCS Staff

With March 3 being Employee Appreciation Day and Americans working an average of 1,791 hours per year, much more than people in many other industrialized countries, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2023’s Hardest-Working Cities in America.Washington D.C. came in 6th in the nation.

In order to determine where Americans work the hardest, WalletHub compared the 116 largest cities across 11 key metrics. The data set ranges from employment rate to average hours worked per week to share of workers with multiple jobs.

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DMV

More Metrorail Service Coming to the Red Line on Busiest Days of the Week Starting Today

By MCS Staff

Beginning today (Tuesday, February 21), Red Line customers will see more trains on the busiest days of the week. Trains will operate every 8 minutes all day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, which have become Metro’s highest ridership days as the region recovers from the pandemic.

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