Chevy Chase

Free Prom Dress Giveaway April 1 at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School

By Patrick Herron

The “Once Upon A Prom” club will be holding a prom dress giveaway on Friday, April 1 at Bethesda Chevy Chase Highschool (4301 East-West Hwy) from 12-6pm.

The club, which is run by BCC High School sophomores Brooke Silver and Anna Antinolfi, is currently in its 12th year. It was started by the second oldest of six sisters, Carly Silver, who then passed the baton to her next oldest sister, Peyton, who, in turn, passed it to her next oldest sister, Madison—-and the continuum has played out through all six sisters.

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Update on Local Amazon Stores, Including Closings and Grocery Stores

By MCS Staff

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods (including Amazon 4 Star) in the United States and United Kingdom, per Reuters.

Amazon has an Amazon 4 Star location in Montgomery Mall in Bethesda and one that was planned for Germantown, with signage at that location recently going up. The Montgomery Mall Amazon 4 Star location will be closing permanently on march 19th, the store confirmed today.  The Germantown location will no longer be opening, despite the recent signage that was erected prior to Amazon’s announcement.

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Three Fires Across The County Overnight Leave Families Displaced

By MCS Staff

Three fires that have left two separate families displaced occurred overnight, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer. The fires occurred in Takoma Park, Germantown, and a Chevy Chase. There were no injuries reported in any of the fires.

The first was a 2-alarm fire at 7401 New Hampshire Avenue in Takoma Park at the Hampshire Tower apartments. One family consisting of two children and two adults was displaced, and there was approximately $25k in damages. No word on the cause of the fire.

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Chevy Chase Ranked “12th Best City at Money Management” by Personal Finance Website WalletHub

By MCS Staff

Personal finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2022’s Best & Worst Cities at Money Management. Montgomery County’s Chevy Chase came in at #12 on the list, which includes municipalities and major areas across the United States.

Additional Montgomery County areas are included and searchable within the list.

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Hunter’s Hound Now Open In Chevy Chase

By Patrick Herron

Irish-themed restaurant The Hunter’s Hound at 5471 Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase opened for business this past weekend.   The restaurant will be closed for the next week due to the holidays, according to a message on its website, and will reopen on December 28th.

“Dear Friends, We had a fabulous first weekend and we can’t thank you all enough for such a warm welcome! As we were delayed so much on the opening, our staff had made plans for Christmas and as a result we will be closed for the rest of the week. We will reopen for full business on Tuesday, December 28th at 4pm. From all of us, to all of you, have a great and safe holiday and we will see you next week.”

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Restaurants Opening in MoCo in 2022

By Patrick Herron

Below you’ll find a list of restaurants that plan to open in Montgomery County in 2022. Please let us know of any restaurants we may have missed.

&pizza was founded by Michael Lastoria and Steve Salis (Ted’s Bulletin, Federalist Pig, and Ensemble) in 2012 with their first location on H Street in D.C. The growing chain now has over 36 locations across the east coast including MoCo locations in Bethesda, Gaithersburg (Crown), Germantown, Pike & Rose, Silver Spring and a second Gaithersburg location coming soon.

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BusyBees Children’s Play Space to Close Permanently

By MCS Staff

BusyBees Chevy Chase will be closing its doors permanently on January 1st, 2022, according to an email sent out to customers this evening.

The children’s play space opened in Chevy Chase back in 2017 after opening in Falls Church in 2015,  but states that staff shortages have made their brand unreliable. BusyBees previously closed it’s Fairfax Corner location.

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