Dogfish Head Alehouse announced that it will be closing its Falls Church, VA location at 6220 Leesburg Pike in the Seven Corners Shopping Center. The restaurant says it was unable to come to terms with the property owner when it came time to renew its lease. The last day of service will be on May 15.
The Dogfish Alehouse locations at 800 W. Diamond Ave in Gaithersburg and 13041 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy in Fairfax, VA will remain open.
The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar will be opening soon in Ellicott City in nearby Howard County. The shop will be located at 8225 Main Street in the historic downtown area.
The milkshake bar, which started out just under 2 years ago in South Carolina, has recently opened locations in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Bethesda Bagels announced on Monday that they would be closing its Dupont Circle location in Washington DC this Sunday, April 24, after failing to come to a lease agreement with the landlord of the property.
After nearly 12 years and millions and millions of bagels, our Dupont Circle location will be closing. Our last day will be Sunday, April 24th. Unfortunately, we have not been able to come to an agreement with our landlord to extend our lease. Our family is EXTREMELY THANKFUL for your support over the last decade plus. We will be relocating most of our employees to our other locations.
Montgomery County native and MCPS pre-kindergarten teacher, Jan E. Williams, died in a house fire in Taneytown, Carroll County on April 16th.
Our condolences go out to Ms. Williams’ friends, family, co-workers, and students.
Charred bat meat was found in the baggage of a Germantown man by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at Washington Dulles International Airport on April 5.
Bat is considered bushmeat and is eaten in different parts of the world but is illegal to import to the United States, according to the CDC.
Baltimore City Police is ruling the deaths of three Baltimore firefighters who were killed in the line of duty as homicides, according to WJLA. The incident occurred January 24, 2022, when the firefighters were tragically killed while fighting a row house fire. Lieutenant Paul Butrim, Firefighter/Paramedic Kelsey Sadler & Firefighter/Paramedic Kenneth Lacayo were engaged in an interior attack of the fire when a significant portion of the home suddenly collapsed.
The Baltimore City Fire Union has released the following statement:
The United States Attorney’s Office of West Virginia has announced that sixteen people from Maryland and West Virginia have been indicted on conspiracy charges for distribution of controlled dangerous substances and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in Maryland and West Virginia.
The indictment alleges that large quantities of Eutylone, also known as “boot,” were trafficked from Montgomery County to Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia between February 2019 to March 15, 2022.
Just a day after it was announced that the Lerner family is exploring the possibility of selling the Washington Nationals franchise, the Baltimore Orioles have announced that the Maryland State legislature passed a historic initiative committing $1.2 billion in public funding from the State of Maryland for reinvestment in and reimagination of the Camden Yards Sports Complex.
This would be the second largest public commitment of funding to a Major League Baseball public-private sports partnership, second only to the 2009 construction of the new Yankee Stadium.
Back in December we let you know that Phillips Seafood would be permanently closing after 66 years in its iconic Ocean City location. The seafood company announced that it decided to sell the property that was home to Phillips Crab House at 2004 Philadelphia Avenue between 20th and 21st Street in Ocean City.
Yesterday, it was announced that Union Chesapeake Seafood House will be taking over the space.
Update: Sale price of team in 2006 was corrected to $450 million.
The Washington Post has reported that the Lerner family has begun the process of exploring possible changes to the team’s ownership structure, including the possibility of selling the team. Current Chevy Chase resident Ted Lerner, 96, purchased the team from Major League Baseball in 2006 for $450,000,000.
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Bridgerton, which was created by Watkins Mill alumnus Chris Van Dusen, debuted on Netflix on December 25, 2020. With a viewership of 82 million households, it became the most-watched series on Netflix at the time of its premiere, and remains the second most-watched series by total watch time on the platform. The series reached number one in 76 countries on Netflix.