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Katie Ledecky Has Broken The Record For Most Individual Swimming World Titles of All Time

Published July 29, 2023 at 7:21PM

MoCo native Katie Ledecky’s gold medal in the women‘s 800m has given her the most career individual swimming world titles of all time, with 16 overall. She has surpassed fellow Marylander Michael Phelps, who previously held the record with 15.

Ledecky won the 800m freestyle race on Saturday with a time of 8 minutes and 8.87 seconds. She now holds the 29 fastest times in history in the event and also became the first swimmer to win any event six times at worlds. She has never lost since winning her first 800m back in 2012 when she was just 12 years old. Ledecky finished the world championships in took gold in the 800m and 1500m frees along with two silvers.

Trader Joe’s Recalls Items Due to Possible Insect and Rock Contamination

By Patrick Herron

Published July 29, 2023 at 3:17PM

Trader’s Joe’s has removed a broccoli cheddar soup and falafel from its shelves after learning that the products were possibly contaminated with foreign objects. The grocery store is telling its customers that they should return the items to any Trader Joe’s location for a full refund. The company issued the following two announcements:

Last week Trader Joe’s recalled its Almond Windmill and Dark Chocolate Chunk & Almond Cookies due to the possibility that the products were also contaminated with rocks. Trader Joe’s has MoCo locations Bethesda, Rockville, and Silver Spring.

Wagshal’s Market and BBQ at Bonfield’s is Now Open in Bethesda

By MCS Staff

Published July 29, 2023 at 6:50AM

Wagshal’s Market and BBQ at Bonfield’s is now open, offering quality produce, a meat and seafood market, and Pitmaster’s Back Alley BBQ at 6124 MacArthur Blvd. in Bethesda.

In operation for over 90 years, Wagshal’s has been one of Washington, DC’s premier delicatessen and gourmet market. “We take pride in purchasing the finest ingredients from LOCAL farmers, some of whom our relationships go back more than 25 years.” Wagshal’s Pitmaster’s Back Alley BBQ uses tried and true recipes from across the nation. Offering specialties from Ibérico de Bellota Costilla (Spanish pork ribs) to Pitmasters Chickpit Sandwich.

Concern for Missing 74-Year-Old Man

By Patrick Herron

Published July 28, 2023 at 3:27PM

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 2nd District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Joseph Emmanuel Calliste, a missing 74-year-old. Calliste was last seen on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 4:05 p.m., in the 8600 block of Old Georgetown Road. He is 5-feet, 6-inches tall, 160 Ibs., and has long sideburns and a mustache. Calliste was last seen wearing a black hat, black shirt, black cloth slippers and unknown pants.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Joseph Emmanuel Calliste is asked to call Montgomery County Police Non-Emergency (301) 279-8000 (24-hour line).

Annual Monitoring Report for Bethesda Downtown Plan Presented to MoCo Planning Board

By MCS Staff

Published July 27, 2023 at 5:07PM

Planners provide updates on Bethesda Overlay Zone, development, schools, and more

The Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan recommended the creation of the Bethesda Overlay Zone. The Montgomery County Council, through Zoning Text Amendment 16-20, Ordinance No. 18-28, adopted the Bethesda Overlay Zone in July 2017 to implement the recommendations of the Bethesda Downtown Sector Plan as it relates to density, building heights, affordable housing goals, parks and open space and design.

Sunflower Field and Stars of Nature in Peak Form at McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area on River Road

By Patrick Herron

Published July 27, 2023 at 12:22AM

Per Montgomery County: A spectacle of nature in Montgomery County is nearing its summer peak as the vast sunflower fields of the McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area on River Road in Potomac is showing off its best right now. There is no fee or permit required to access the property. The 2,000-acre tract in a mixture of woodlands, fields, wooded bottomland and managed wetland impoundments (green-tree reservoirs). The property shares a common boundary with the National Park Service Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the south and borders Seneca Creek State Park on the east.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources—Wildlife and Heritage Service plants sunflowers each spring on the McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area. The primary purpose for planting sunflowers on wildlife management areas is to provide a food source for mourning doves, as well as other wildlife species. In addition to mourning doves, sunflowers and sunflower seeds are a favorite food source for a host of other songbirds, mammals and pollinators. Sunflowers require pollination by insects, usually bees, to produce a seed crop. In turn, honey bees and many species of native bees, benefit from the abundant nectar and pollen that sunflowers produce.

Update: Fugitive Wanted for 2010 Murder Extradited from Mexico; Charged With First-Degree Murder and Unlawful Flight

By Patrick Herron

Published July 26, 2023 at 5:26PM

Per MCPD: Jorge Rueda Landeros, the murder suspect who fled to Mexico after allegedly killing a Bethesda woman, has been extradited to Montgomery County. Rueda Landeros was wanted in connection to the 2010 homicide of 52-year-old Sue Ann Marcum, an American University accounting professor.

Rueda Landeros, now 53-years-old, is accused of killing Marcum in her home in the 6200 block of Massachusetts Avenue on October 25, 2010. The Medical Examiner determined Marcum’s cause of death to be blunt force trauma and asphyxiation.

Murder Fugitive Extradited from Mexico Scheduled for First Appearance Inside Montgomery County Courtroom

By Patrick Herron

Published July 26, 2023 at 10:18AM

After twelve years on the run, murder fugitive Jorge Rueda Landeros was arrested in Mexico and charged in connection to the 2010 murder of Sue Marcum, of Bethesda. In December 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Baltimore Field Office received information that Rueda Landeros was likely living in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The FBI – Baltimore Field Office coordinated with Mexican authorities to extradite Rueda Landeros. He was returned to Montgomery County on Tuesday, July 26 and is scheduled to appear in a Rockville courtroom later this afternoon.

At first, it appeared the case was a robbery as Marcum was found dead in the basement of her home. Later, it was reportedly discovered that Landeros was the beneficiary of Marcum’s $500,000 life insurance policy, which police believed played a role in the murder. DNA that did not belong to Marcum was also found on the murder weapon. Investigators discovered Landeros, who was in Mexico and communicating with police through email, would occasionally cross the border to visit family. Montgomery County Police detectives requested that border patrol stop Landeros on his next trip to Texas and take a DNA sample from him. That sample matched DNA found on the murder weapon in Marcum’s home and Landeros was charged with first-degree murder the next say.

MoCo’s Katie Ledecky Ties Michael Phelps For Most Individual Swimming Titles

By MCS Staff

Published July 25, 2023 at 7:11PM

Earlier this month we let you know that Montgomery County’s very own Katie Ledecky finished the 1500m with a time of 15:29.64 and now now owns all of the top 15 times ever recorded in the event. Now, Ledecky has become the first person to win five world titles in two different events and she has tied Michael Phelps for the most individual world golds in swimming with 15.

Ledecky won the 1500m freestyle by a whopping 17.04 seconds at the world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, on Tuesday. According to NBC Sports, “It was Ledecky’s best time since lowering her world record to 15:20.48 in 2018, a welcome sight after moving from Stanford to the University of Florida after the Tokyo Olympics.

Latest Update on The Heights Food Hall

By Patrick Herron

Published July 25, 2023 at 5:37PM | Updated September 18, 2023 at 9:54PM

Update: The targeted opening is now by the end of September

The Heights Food Hall at Wisconsin Place in Chevy Chase is now targeting a late August opening. The new food hall will be located in the space formerly occupied by Anthropologie and PF Chang’s on the 5400 block of Wisconsin Ave. The Heights will offer both indoor and outdoor patio dining and will be open seven days a week from 11am-Midnight. According to Common Plate Hospitality (CPH) group, the food hall will include: e one full-service restaurant (Urbano), a full-service bar (The Heights Bar), a speakeasy (The Turncoat), and eight local food stalls, including one stall picked from Urbano’s “Stall Wars” competition. We expect the following culinary partners at this anticipated culinary space:

Trader Joe’s Recalls Cookies That May Contain Rocks

By Patrick Herron

Published July 24, 2023 at 11:37AM | Updated July 24, 2023 at 12:06PM

All potentially affected product has been removed from sale and destroyed. If you purchased or received any donations of Almond Windmill Cookies and/or Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies, please do not eat them. We urge you to discard the product or return it to any Trader Joe’s for a full refund. Customers with questions may contact Trader Joe’s Customer Relations at (626) 599-3817 [Monday through Friday, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Pacific Time] or send us an email.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.”