Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Bethesda
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 26, 2022
The DC Touchdown Club held an awards ceremony last Thursday at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda to honor many local football greats. Among the honorees were longtime Washington Redskins offensive lineman Joe Jacoby, 2x ACC Coach of the Year Ralph Friedgen, Maryland’s all-time winningest head football coach And former Good Counsel football coach Bob Milloy, and former Wootton/Avalon student/athlete and Dallas Cowboys defensive back Trevon Diggs, and Quince Orchard High School football head coach John Kelly.
The awards ceremony featured a cocktail hour followed by a seated dinner and Super Bowl Champion Rick “Doc” Walker emceeing the awards ceremony. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Ralph Friedgen. Bob Milloy was inducted to the DC Touchdown Club’s Circle of Legends. The Washington Metro Player of the Year award went to Trevon Diggs. The Washington Metro High School Coach of the Year went to John Kelly.
Thrillist, a media website covering food, drink, travel and entertainment, created a list of nine D.C. suburbs that “have under-the-radar restaurants, meandering hiking trails, and more to explore just outside of DC.” One third of the list ended up being right here in Montgomery County, with Bethesda, Wheaton, and Rockville finding their way onto the list that also included 4 areas in Northern Virginia and 2 in Prince George’s County.
For anyone concerned about their favorite area not being included, we will be working with TasteMoCo to find out which area in Montgomery County has the best food! That will be coming soon to the TasteMoCo instagram account. Below you’ll see the excerpts from Thrillist’s list regarding the areas in Montgomery County.
The Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation is the first Mid-Century Modern historic district in Montgomery County
Montgomery Planning has announced the approval by the Montgomery County Council of an Amendment to the Master Plan for Historic Preservation of the Potomac Overlook Historic District. The Amendment was approved on April 19 by the County Council and covers nineteen houses located approximately two-and-a-half miles to the southwest of downtown Bethesda and overlooking the Potomac River. Potomac Overlook is the first Mid-Century Modern historic district in Montgomery County.
Under Armor in Montgomery Mall (7101 Democracy Blvd, Bethesda) will be closing for several months beginning on April 26 for remodeling.
During this time, Under Armor will have a temporary location in the mall at the former site of Sports Nation, which closed back in February. The temporary store is expected to be open a few days after the main location closes and will feature a majority of their inventory, except for kids clothing.
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Bethesda Vapor Company has announced via its social media that it will be closing permanently at the end of this month (April 2022).
It has been located at 4823 Fairmont Ave. in Bethesda since 2014 and per its instagram account offers “the best E-juice, WaterPipes, CBD & Handpipes.”
Dr. William Dahut, a Bethesda resident who is also a professor of medicine at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, has been named Chief Scientific Officer for the American Cancer Society.
Per the American Cancer Society:
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Per Montgomery County:
The region has not hosted a professional golf tournament since the 2018 PGA Quicken Loans National was held at TPC Potomac. After this year, the Wells Fargo Championship will return to its home base at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C. Quail Hollow is hosting the Presidents Cup in September (following a postponement in 2021 because of the pandemic), compelling the PGA Tour to find an alternate site.
The Purple Line Transit Partners announced on Thursday that they have secured funding to complete the remainder of construction on the Purple Line, as well as for future operations and management. The purple line is a 16-mile light-rail line with 21 stations that will go from Bethesda New Carrollton in Prince George’s County.
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