DMV

Metro: Silver Line Will be Ready to Open by Thanksgiving

By MCS Staff

Date for opening now rests with Safety Commission concurrence on both Silver Line certification and new 7K Return to Service Plan

Per WMATA: After successfully completing two weeks of simulated service, Metro leaders said today that they will be able to open the extension to Dulles Airport Station in time for the start of busy Thanksgiving travel, subject to approvals this week from the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) of two submissions — a data-driven Return to Service Plan for 7000-series railcars, and a safety certification report of the Silver Line extension. “We committed for the Silver Line extension to being operationally ready for the Silver Line extension in October, and we have met our deadline,” said General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke. “Since control of the extension was turned over to Metro, we and our partners at the Airports Authority, Fairfax, and Loudoun have worked diligently to complete all of the steps needed for Metro to offer safe and reliable service for rail travel to Dulles Airport and Loudoun County, and we are just awaiting concurrence from our Safety Commission partners.”

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Gaithersburg

Phenix Salon Suites Now Open in Gaithersburg

By Patrick Herron

Phenix Salon Suites, a boutique style salon concept, is now open at 363 Muddy Branch Rd in Gaithersburg. Phenix rents salon space to individual stylists that they claim offer a cozier and more relaxing setting for clients. Phenix Salon Suites has an addition location at 1776 E Jefferson Street in Rockville and 8661 Colesville Rd in Silver Spring.  Details below per its website:

“Phenix Salon Suites is the first “Boutique Salon Suite Concept” that offers luxury spacious salon suites for the independent salon professional and others. Our suites offer salon and business professionals the opportunity to own and operate their own salon type of business without the hassle and expense of facility management and maintenance. Phenix Salon Suites “Boutique” business model provides smaller intimate Salon Suite Properties with spacious Salon Suites. If you are tired of the large scale Salon Suite properties where you are just a renter – Phenix Salon Suites offers a welcome alternative that offers a cozier more relax setting in an upscale “Spa” feel.

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MDLottery

Update: Lucky Numbers Played 21 Times at a Gaithersburg Beer and Wine Store Yield $1 Million Prize

By Patrick Herron

On Monday we reported that Shady Grove Beer & Wine at 15904 Shady Grove Rd in Gaithersburg had sold 21 winning $1 Pick 5 tickets for the midday drawing on October 14, each worth $50,000. We now know that the winning tickets were claimed by a Princes George’s County man and that Shady Grove Beer & Wine will receive a $10,500 bonus from the Lottery for its participation in selling the tickets. Additional details below per the Maryland Lottery:

A 56-year-old Prince George’s County man was all smiles, for good reason, when he visited Lottery headquarters this week. The lucky Lottery player just won $1 million in Pick 5 prizes, having bought 21 individual winning tickets worth $50,000 each!

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Downtown Silver Spring

Copper Canyon Grill in Silver Spring Has Reopened After July Fire Led to $1 Million in Repairs and Renovations

By MCS Staff

The Copper Canyon Grill at 928 Ellsworth Dr in Silver Spring officially reopened on Tuesday, October 18.  A kitchen fire closed the location back on July 12.  In addition to the $1 million in repairs and renovations that were just completed, the restaurant has announced plans for future upgrades to its bar and the addition of a sushi station and a chef’s table. Copper Canyon has an additional MoCo location in Gaithersburg (Rio) and it’s sister restaurant the Stanford Grill has a location in Rockville.

Per Copper Canyon: The Copper Canyon Grill in Silver Spring is celebrating its Grand Reopening on Tuesday, October 18th, just in time for the holidays.  Copper Canyon Grill’s legacy as one of the more successful restaurants in Downtown Silver Spring Shopping Center will continue on.    The restaurant was temporarily closed for repairs due to a fire that occurred in an exhaust shaft in July.  Although there was very little damage to the restaurant, the owners decided to take extra time and measures to ensure that all the related systems were reengineered and rebuilt within current building codes. The company’s Director of Operations, Erick Cooper, stated that “the future safety of our guests and employees was too important to hurry through this process”. 

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MDLottery

$25,000 Winning Lottery Ticket Sold at 7-Eleven

By MCS Staff

“I picked three of the front numbers and I asked the guy at 7-Eleven to pick the last two numbers,” he told Lottery officials.

The happy player returned to the store after the drawing to claim a $400 prize he won on a separate Pick 5 box bet and to share news of his $25,000 win with the helpful clerk.

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Beyond MoCo

Vote Postponed Until 10/25 on Frederick County Plan That Could Lead to a Potential Closure of Sugarloaf Mountain to the Public

By MCS Staff

The Frederick County Council unanimously voted to postpone its decision on a plan to preserve Sugarloaf Mountain and its surrounding area during its meeting on Tuesday, October 18th. The vote on the Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Management Plan will now take place on October 25th.

Original report: Stronghold,  a non-profit corporation organized in 1946 by the late Gordon Strong, owns and operates the Sugarloaf mountain property “for the public’s enjoyment and education in an appreciation of natural beauty.” The Frederick County Council is scheduled to vote in today’s meeting (October 18th) on whether to approve the Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Management Plan that includes standards for development in the plan area and prohibits certain uses, including carnivals, shooting ranges and landfills, per the Frederick News Post.

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Bethesda

Bethesda Native Josh Pitsenberger Leads Yale in Rushing as a Freshman This Season

By MCS Staff

Freshman Joshua Pitsenberger leads the team in rushing through 5 games this season and had a memorable Ivy League debut last month, scoring three touchdowns and rushing for a team-high 93 yards to help lead the Yale football team to a convincing 38-14 victory over Cornell in his first Ivy League football game at Yale. Two days later, he earned his first lvy accolade by being named the league’s Rookie of the Week in late September.

By the end of the first quarter of his first Ivy League football game (against Cornell), Pitsenberger had already scored two touchdowns. The first was a 5 yard receiving touchdown from a shuffle pass on Yale’s opening drive. The second came on a 1-yard run that gave Yale the first of 31 consecutive points. Pitsenberger added another 1-yard scoring run with 39 seconds remaining in the second quarter. In his first college game ever, the previous week against Holy Cross, Pitsenberger carried 9 times for 50 yards in a 38-14 to the now 6-0 Holy Cross Crusaders.

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Gaithersburg

Pedestrian Bridge Located Behind Casey Community Center Will Be Replaced with New Structure

By MCS Staff

The pedestrian bridge located behind Casey Community Center will be removed and replaced with new structure, according to the City of Gaithersburg. During routine inspection of small span & pedestrian bridges throughout the City, a consultant noted safety concerns due to severe section loss at the bearing end locations of both steel beams on the pedestrian bridge behind Casey Community Center. The bridge was temporarily closed for safety reasons and a consultant was hired to do design for repair/replacement of the structure. The existing deck, railing, steel beams, and concrete foundations will be removed & replaced with a new structure.

The construction contractor, Brawner Builders, Inc., plans to mobilize and begin site preparation work on or about October 20, 2022. The work plan allows for approximately six weeks of site preparation, dependent upon weather conditions. This work will consist of placing perimeter sediment and erosion controls, work area fencing, the demolition and removal of the existing bridge and abutments, and the installation and curing of new concrete abutments.  The fabrication of the new pre-engineered twin galvanized steel girder pedestrian bridge with galvanized steel decking, railing, and handrails will occur simultaneously with the site work. The placement of the new pre-engineered twin galvanized steel girder pedestrian bridge with galvanized steel decking, railing, and handrails is anticipated to occur in late December, weather permitting.

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Events

40th Annual Potomac Day Parade and Celebration Will Take Place October 22

By MCS Staff

The 40th annual Potomac Day parade and celebration will begin with the parade at 10:30am in Potomac Village. The following roadways will be affected from approximately 8am-5pm, per Montgomery County:

We are told there will be than 30 entrants in the parade, including horses from the Potomac Bridle and Hiking Trails Association and the Park Police. After the parade, the Children’s Fair with rides and games will be underway, along with the Business Fair with 68 Business fair participants. Questions about the event should be directed to the Potomac Chamber of Commerce 

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Events

Montgomery Parks Virtual Speaker Series Features Denver Parks and Recreation on the Topic of Navigating Social Issues Impacting Parks

By MCS Staff

Montgomery Parks, part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, invites the public to the October 2022 session of its Parks Speaker Series on the topic of Navigating Social Issues Impacting Parks. The free session will take place online on October 26, 2022, from 1 – 2 p.m.

In this session, Denver Park Rangers Jodie Marozas and Alec Moore will discuss how the Denver Parks and Recreation Department has successfully navigated some of the social issues facing parks systems, such as alcohol use in parks and empathetic approaches to enforcement to help people in the parks who are experiencing homelessness. The speakers will share best practices on this topic and offer techniques and tools to apply these practices.

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MCDOT

MCDOT Schedule of Residential Roadway Repair (Includes % Complete For Each Project)

By MCS Staff

The Residential Roadway Repair program provides for the permanent patching and/or resurfacing of residential roadways using durable hot mix asphalt (HMA), or micro seal resurfacing to restore long term structural integrity to the aging residential infrastructure.

Please note: Paving, Resurfacing and Patching projects are seasonal activities, suspended from roughly November to March/April.  Only in progress and upcoming projects are listed. Once a project has been completed, it is removed from the table below.

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