According to a tweet from MCFRSPIO Pete Piringer, the man was able to recognize the snake as a copperhead. Piringer also states that the bite marks were indicative of a venomous snake.
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Derwood
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Muncaster Mill, less commonly known as Highway 115, is a road that starts at Woodfield Rd. in Gaithersburg and extends to Norbeck Rd. in Rockville.
The following passage can be found on the Montgomery Parks website: “The unusually picturesque frame grist mill (where grains like wheat and corn were ground into flour) with a steep gambrel roof and stone piers, was part of the adjacent “Milton” farm, home of the Robertson and Muncaster families.
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Williams decided his next move would be attending and playing for Montgomery College-Germantown (at the time, each campus had separate athletic teams). While he was at MC, he grew 7 inches, becoming a 6’9 forward by his sophomore year.
His growth spurt and effective play at MC garnered the attention of Georgetown Hoyas head coach John Thompson, who offered Williams a scholarship. Williams averaged a double-double, with over 10 points and 10 rebounds per game in his first year at Georgetown, finishing his Georgetown basketball career with averages of 10.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. While at Georgetown, he played with NBA players Allen Iverson, Don Reid, and Othella Harrington.
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She has modeled for Nike, Barney’s, and Marie Claire among others. She recently completed her first international beauty campaign with CVS, where she can be found on billboards across the country. The CVS beauty ads are all photoshop-free and we’re produced by women.
When she’s in town, she loves going to brunch at First Watch or Barking Mad Cafe. She also does kickboxing at iLoveKickboxing in Germantown to stay in shape.
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Montgomery County has strong ties to many celebrities, but we wanted to list a few that aren’t discussed as much as the usual suspects. Check out this list of just 10 of the thousands of celebrities with MoCo ties below:
Pamela Reed: You may recognize her from one of her many movie or television roles (Kindergarten Cop, Junior, Jericho, NCIS: Los Angeles, etc.), but before she went to Hollywood, Reed lived in Silver Spring and attended Springbrook High School.
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The list is based on cost of living, school ratings, crime rates, job opportunities, and other data.
MoCo areas comprised 19 of the top 25 areas on the list.
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Some of my favorite restaurants in MoCo are the ones you step foot in and feel like you’ve entered 1991. The food is usually really good, but you’d never know it by looking at the restaurant from the outside. The bar is often filled with the same regulars that have been taking up seats for decades. I don’t want to call them “divey” cause there’s a negative connotation that comes with that and most of the time these places hold some of our favorite memories (all images via the Restaurants Facebook pages).
Here’s 10 of them: