The 32nd annual Burtonsville Day Celebration is back! The theme of this year is “Multicultural – Better Together.” The event takes place on Saturday, September 21, 2024 at the Marilyn J. Praisner Library & Community Recreation Center (14906 Old Columbia Pike).
District 3 Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) Commander Jason Cokinos announced that a stolen car pursuit ended in an arrest last night after a brief foot chase near Calverton, MD.
A “Recreational Water Contact Health Advisory” has been issued for Triadelphia Reservoir as WSSC Water has detected high concentrations of blue-green algae, known as Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), in the Triadelphia Reservoir.
The Sears located at 11255 New Hampshire Ave in White Oak closed its doors in early 2021. It has been sitting vacant for three years, but now there’s light at the end of the tunnel as the property was approved at a recent Board of Public Works meeting for a $2 million grant from the National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund, according to a Maryland Newsletters report.
Flavio Cesar Lanuza, the suspect who allegedly stole an MDOTSHA tow truck and led police on a chase through Prince George’s County and Montgomery County, pleaded guilty to multiple charges on Thursday. (more…)
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 2nd District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Beth Tesfaye, a missing 29-year-old woman from Burtonsville. (more…)
Pizza Hut has officially returned to the Briggs Chaney Shopping Center, opening its newest location at the Briggs Chaney Center (13884 Old Columbia Pike). The pizza chain previously had a larger, freestanding location in the shopping center for many years before it closed in 2017. The building was demolished and a new Popeyes restaurant opened in its place in 2021.
Montgomery County Police and DEA agents arrested a Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) first-grade teacher in Burtonsville after an investigation linked her to a fentanyl-related death in Washington, D.C. earlier this year.
Maryland State Police are investigating an attempted robbery and assault of a flower vendor that occurred on Sunday, August 18. (more…)