Bethesda

The North Face Store on Bethesda Row is Closing Permanently

By MCS Staff

The North Face store at Bethesda Row will be closing permanently this Monday, January 17th, 2022, according to a recording when you call the store.

The 5,000 square-foot-store opened at 4848 Bethesda Avenue on Bethesda Row back in 2011 and is the only freestanding North Face store in Montgomery County. The closest location can be found in Tyson’s and a representative at the store told us there are no plans for that location to close. There are also nearby locations at the Hagerstown Outlets, Annapolis Mall, and Towson Town Center.

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Bethesda-Based Aledade Acquires Advance Care Planning Company Iris Healthcare as Part of New Health Services Arm

By MCS Staff

Bethesda-Based Aledade, founded in 2014, is considered one of the leading physician enablement companies helping independent practices, health centers, and clinics deliver better care to their patients and thrive in value-based care. With more than 1,000 practices in 37 states, Aledade shares in the risk and reward across more than 140 value-based contracts representing more than 1.7 million patient lives under management.

Aledade announced the acquisition of Austin-based Iris Healthcare. This is Aledade’s first acquisition. Additional information is available in the press release below:

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Police Asking for Assistance in Locating Missing Bethesda Woman Last Seen on January 6

By Patrick Herron

The United States Park Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 54-year-0ld Sibylle Zitko of Bethesda, who has been missing from the area of the C&O Canal at Lock 7 in Cabin John since January 6.

Detectives are asking anyone who may have information leading to Mrs. Zitko’s whereabouts to contact USPP Dispatch at (202) 610-7500 or the Criminal Investigations Tip Line at (202) 379-4877 or [email protected]

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NIH Postponing Elective Surgeries After Increase in Staff Covid Infections/Exposures

By MCS Staff

Dr. James Gilman, chief executive officer of NIH’s clinical center, announced in an email to staff that elective surgeries would be postponed at Bethesda’s NIH starting next week, according to Reuters.

Reuters reviewed the memo, which also stated that at least 80 clinical center staff called in sick on Wednesday due to Covid-19 infections or exposures.

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Issa Rae, Who Grew Up in Potomac, Ends Successful Five-Year Run of Her Show ‘Insecure’

By MCS Staff

Issa Rae was born in Los Angeles. After moving to Senegal for a couple years where her father, a pediatrician,  attempted to open a hospital, her family moved to Potomac, Maryland.

While growing up in Potomac, she was in a gifted and talented program at Cold Spring Elementary School. Rae was quoted as saying that in her time in Potomac, she grew up with “things that aren’t considered ‘Black,’ like the swim team and street hockey and Passover dinners with Jewish best friends.”

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Additional Information About Man Who Was Killed in Stairwell Outside of Bethesda Target

By MCS Staff

Karena Wilson went to work at Chick Fil A in Germantown today, on Christmas Eve, just five days after her 33 year old son, Lawrence Richard Wilson, Jr., was killed by three teenagers in Bethesda on Sunday night. Karena needs the money to pay for her son’s funeral, she told us.

A GoFundMe has been started by Karena’s sister in an attempt to raise $3,000 to help Karena pay for her son’s funeral.

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MoCo’s Brookmont Named “Richest City in Maryland” in List Created by Forbes and MoneyWise

By MCS Staff

MoneyWise conducted research based on a list created by Forbes that put together a combined list of the “richest and poorest cities in each state.” The list made by Forbes uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey five-year estimates.

Montgomery County’s Brookmont community was listed as “the richest” area in the state of Maryland. Brookmont is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County. It is often considered part of neighboring Bethesda because it falls within Bethesda’s 20816 zip code. Previously, in the 1980 and 1990 census, Brookmont was joined with Cabin John as “Cabin John-Brookmont”, but the census area disbanded to form Cabin John and Brookmont as separate areas in 2000.

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