My Mom’s Place flower shop on Georgia Avenue was nothing but a pad of dirt when the Ember family family took over the space 50 years ago in the early 70s. They built up the location to be one of the most iconic flower shops in the area.
While the stand has been closed since the end of December, Mary Jo Ember who also owns Aspen Hill Florist (3833 Aspen Hill Rd in Northgate Plaza) across the street, has told us that it won’t be returning.
Per Montgomery County:
A donation page has been set up to help the residents impacted by the fire and explosion that devastated the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring. This incident caused serious injuries and displaced residents. For how to donate visit https://mhpartners.org/
Sandy Spring Bank is a community bank headquartered in Olney, serving the Washington metropolitan area. It operates 55 branches and 6 financial centers. The local bank came in at #5 on the 13th annual ‘America’s Best Banks’ list by esteemed business magazine, Forbes.
Forbes’ 13th annual America’s Best Banks list looks at growth, credit quality and profitability to rank the 100 largest publicly-traded banks and thrifts. Sandy Spring Bank came in 5th nationally and was the highest ranking D.C. area bank.
Update: James Authur Turbeville has been located safe and unharmed.
Per MCPD:
Performances:
Saturday June 20 @ 8pm
UPDATE: Beverly Maynard Spencer has been located safe and unharmed.
Per MCPD:
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 3, 2022
Dinosaurs are coming to Gaithersburg., when Jurassic Wonder visits the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. Jurassic Wonder is an animatronic (robot) dinosaur show where dinosaurs come alive right before your eyes, moving around and making real dinosaur sounds.
The event, which is a suitable for ages 1-12, is experienced from the safety of your car. Included in the car your is a free educational audio tour that you can stream from your phone or car radio.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) we’re called to the scene of a large brush fire on the 17200 blk of Darnestown Rd. in Boyds at approximately 1pm today.
Units from Frederick County assisted with extinguishing a large debris pile along with about an acre of grass on the farm in Boyds.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 3, 2022
Trader Joe’s has reached out to let us know that their new location at 7900 Wisconsin Avenue, named “Bethesda-Downtown”, will be opening on on March 17. There will be an opening ceremony that day at 7:55am and the store will open for business at 8am.
Originally the company had posted an opening date of 2/21 in error.
This post will be updated as more information becomes available.
3PM Update: