Maryland

UPDATE: Grand Opening Weekend has been slightly postponed. Date TBD

L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, located at 785 Rockville Pike, Suite G, in the Ritchie Center in Rockville, has announced its grand opening weekend will take place January 3 to January 6. The restaurant will occupy the space previously home to Superbowl Noodle House, which closed permanently in March. As part of the celebration, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue will raffle off a free iPhone 16.


Maryland

On Wednesday, Governor Wes Moore announced the launch of the Maryland Energy Administration’s new program to expand the number of electric school buses in use across the state as part of his $90 million climate pledge. (more…)


MCPS

The Blake High School athletics department announced the passing of former P.E. Teacher, soccer coach and assistant principal Rudy Tyrell after a battle with Leukemia. Tyrell also served as assistant principal at Gaithersburg High School and most recently returned to MCPS as an acting administrator at Seneca Valley High School after initially retiring after 30 years of service with MCPS in 2020.

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Crime

Ravinklejeet Mathon, 26, of Rockville, was sentenced to five years in prison, followed by five years of probation, for his role in a phone scam targeting a 94-year-old man, in which three gold bars valued at over $229,000 were stolen as part of an international organized crime scheme. (more…)