Gaithersburg

Where You Can Still Find Some of Your Favorite Ichiban Restaurant Dishes in Gaithersburg

By Patrick Herron
Ichiban Restaurant, 2020

A big loss was felt in the community when Ichiban Restaurant at 637 N Frederick Ave in Gaithersburg closed its doors on September 12, 2021 after over 35 years in business.  Ichiban specialized in Korean BBQ and sushi, and was known for their popular lunch buffet. But did you know that the former owners, which took over the restaurant in 2005, also own two other locations that offer many of the items found on the Ichiban menu?

The restaurants are Aery Food and Ichiban Mikoshi Sushi, both located inside the LOTTE Market at 221 Muddy Branch Rd Gaithersburg. Menu items at Ichiban Mikoshi Sushi include the Spider Roll (Deep-fried soft-shell crab, avocado, cucumber, crab, tobiko) and the Flying Dragon (California roll, dressed in a half sheet of whole baked eel, eel sauce, crunch, and masago) while Aery features items like Jok Bal (Korean pig trotters cooked in soy and other spices, served with a salted shrimp paste) and Soon Dae (Sliced Korean blood sausage). Items from both restaurants can be ordered online here.

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Gaithersburg

Monument Innovation Center Breaks Ground in Gaithersburg

By MCS Staff

Monument Innovation Center, a new ground-up, state-of-the-art life science building located off I-270 in Gaithersburg, broke ground last week. The 135,000-square-foot, 4-story life science development is developed by Monument Realty, a full-service real estate firm and market leader in the Washington, D.C. region. The Monument Innovation Center will be located at 735 Watkins Mill Rd., near Kaiser Permanente and the Spectrum Town Center.

Monument Innovation Center will feature modern interior and exterior finishes and is purposefully designed to meet the standard and requirements for life science facilities, with high ceilings, enhanced electrical capacity and increased loading capacity on the tenant floors, and state-of-the-art mechanical and ventilation systems.

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Bethesda

Farrow & Ball to Open December 2022 at Bethesda Row

By MCS Staff

Farrow & Ball, the U.K. based paint and wallpaper brand, is opening a new location at Federal Realty’s Bethesda Row in December 2022. The showroom will be located at 7118 Bethesda Lane next to Simon Pearce and The Shade Store and will offer color consultations, decorating inspiration and advice. The space was originally planned to be the home of Little Sesame before the restaurant made the decision to concentrate on its hummus production and distribution earlier this summer

Per the press release: Farrow & Ball has been based in Dorset, England, since 1946. To this day, the brand remains dedicated to creating richly pigmented paints and handcrafted wallpapers using only the highest-quality ingredients. The result is a directional palette of paint colors with an extraordinary response to light and artisanal wallpapers with a tactile finish, uniquely achieved by printing paint on paper. Together, they transform homes of all kinds, inside and out, all over the world. From the signature chalky matt of Estate Emulsion to the durability of washable Modern Emulsion, each high-performance finish is carefully crafted with a precise balance of pigments and a low-VOC water base, creating an extraordinary depth of color and a beautiful finish.

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Rockville

MCFRS Respond to House Fire Tuesday Morning in Rockville

By Patrick Herron

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to a house fire in the 11700 blk of Rocking Horse Rd on Tuesday morning around 6am. According MCFRS Assistant Chief David Pazos, the fire was located in the basement of a single family home and has been extinguished.  Two occupants (one adult male, one adult female) were home at the time of the fire. Both were evaluated by EMS and the adult male was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of the fire has not yet been released. We will post an update when more information becomes available.

MCFRS units are operating in the area of 11700 blk of Rocking Horse Rd (Rockville) with a basement fire in a SFH. Fire is extinguished. Two occupants (1 adult M/1 adult F) were evaluated by EMS. Adult male transported to area hospital with NLT injuires. @mcfrsPIO @DavidPazos15 pic.twitter.com/MtGYqHCdNs

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DMV

Car Free Day 2022 Will Take Place on Thursday, September 22

By MCS Staff

Car Free Day is a worldwide event that encourages greener methods of travel; meaning ways to get around other than driving alone by car.  Commuter Connections hosts Car Free Day in the Washington, DC region to bring awareness to the benefits of travel options such as transit, bicycling and walking; and also telework for people who can work from home. Carpooling and vanpooling count too, we call that “car-lite” since they are both lighter on the wallet and the environment than driving alone in a car.

Reduce your Carbon Footprint: Using more sustainable ways to get around helps reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion. The more people who travel using bicycles, buses, trains, carpools and vanpools, the fewer pollutants are released into the atmosphere.

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DC Sports

Metro Honors Washington Spirit with New Commemorative Metro SmarTrip Card

By MCS Staff

Washington Spirit fans can now travel to games with a new commemorative Metro SmarTrip® card celebrating their National Women’s Soccer League Championship. The card is available in selected stations and features an image of the team hoisting the championship trophy after the title-winning game.

The limited-edition cards are being sold at Navy Yard, Waterfront and Gallery Place stations in specially marked fare machines. Look for the sign on top. The NWSL championship cards arrive just in time for soccer fans headed to Saturday’s game at Audi Field against the NJ/NY Gotham FC.

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WMATA

Metrobus Adjusts Some Routes to Better Serve Customers and Improve Safety

By MCS Staff

Effective Sunday, Sept. 11, Metro has implemented service adjustments on more than a dozen routes across the District, Maryland and Virginia. The changes are designed to improve the customer experience with more consistent, reliable schedules, upgraded facilities and route modifications to maintain safety.

In addition, customers who ride the 11C in Virginia will benefit from free shuttle buses that will operate instead due to major construction on the Yellow and Blue lines. The adjustments will allow metro to better allocate resources across the Metrobus network and minimize the inconvenience to customers. Wait times between buses will change by only a few minutes.

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MoCo Government

Apply for MoCo Small Business Rental Assistance Grant Program by September 30

By MCS Staff

Montgomery County’s Small Business Rental Assistance Grant Program – Phase 2 will provide grants to small businesses in qualifying industries to support rental costs, both current and arrears rent payments. The grant is intended to mitigate the injury experienced by Montgomery County businesses due to the pandemic, especially in light of the extended duration of the hardship.

Applications will be accepted through this online portal: CLICK HERE TO ACCESS PORTAL.

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Maryland

Maryland Is 2022’s 9th Most Vaccinated State, According to Study

By MCS Staff

With vaccines preventing 4 to 5 million deaths per year according to the WHO, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s States that Vaccinate the Most. Maryland came in as the 9th most vaccinated state in the country.

In order to find out which states vaccinate most, WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 17 key metrics, ranging from the share of vaccinated children to the share of people without health insurance to the flu vaccination rate among adults.

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MoCo Government

Montgomery County Council Meets on Sept. 13 at 8:45 a.m. with Briefings on Thrive Montgomery 2050, Purple Line Construction and Public Health

By Patrick Herron

More detail on each agenda item is provided below.

Updates on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Health Planning; Montgomery County Government and Montgomery County Public Schools

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