MoCo Government

Per Montgomery County:


Calverton

2/2/22 Update: Construction is set to begin 

Giant Food has signed on to open at the Orchard Center on Cherry Hill Rd in Calverton, according to a report from the Washington Business Journal. Per the report, the Landover-based grocery chain has signed a lease for the roughly 64,626-square-foot ShopRite space at 12028 Cherry Hill Rd. ShopRite closed back in February of 2020 year and Aldi opened in the shopping center later that year in October.


Darnestown

Larry Hurd, current head coach of the Walter Johnson High School football team, will be inducted into the Quince Orchard High School hall of fame this evening.

Hurd, who attended Quince Orchard from 1988-1992, was a member of the state championship winning football team in 1991.


MoCo Police

WDVM is reporting that authorities in Montgomery County are investigating a hit and run that occurred Thursday morning around 3am near Pike & Rose.

According to Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Pete Piringer, the incident happened near 11500 Rockville Pike and the victim was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.


Event

Historic Indigenous Recognition Event to Take Place in Montgomery County, Maryland

The Taino American Indigenous National Organization (T.A.I.N.O.) proudly announces its upcoming signature public event,


Bethesda

Wording in headline changed from “retirement” to “stepping down”

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., today announced his decision to end his tenure as the director of the National Institutes of Health by the end of the year. Dr. Collins is the longest serving presidentially appointed NIH director, having served three U.S. presidents over more than 12 years.


Gaithersburg

Officers Will Not Be Charged For Death of Kwamena Ocran, Man Shot by Police in Gaithersburg in January

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office sent out a press release this evening announcing that a Montgomery County Grand Jury declined to indict the Gaithersburg Police Officers involved in the January 8th shooting of Kwamena Orcan, 24.