Gaithersburg’s Adventist HealthCare, one of the largest employers in Montgomery County, earned a spot on The Washington Post’s list of Top Workplaces 2023 in the Washington, D.C., area. Adventist HealthCare was the only hospital system on the list of 199 honored employers from public and private industries, nonprofits and government agencies. Beyond the healthcare sector, Adventist HealthCare was one of only 17 organizations that The Post honored in the largest company category.

Rankings are based on a survey of employees conducted by The Post through its research partner, Energage LLC. The anonymous survey asked employees to rate their companies in areas related to workplace culture, including connection, leadership, engagement, pay and benefits. The Post invited 6,500 employers in the region to participate.


Upon arrival, 3rd District officers located Tyrone Howard Brown inside of a car with an apparent gunshot wound. Before coming to a stop, the victim crashed the car into several parked vehicles in the apartment complex’s parking lot.


Montgomery County Police are investigating a homicide that occurred last night in White Oak. According to MCPD, “At approximately 11:02 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, 3rd District officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of Heather Hollow Circle for a vehicle collision.

Upon arrival, officers found several cars that had been hit and the driver of the vehicle suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.  The male driver was transported to an area hospital, where he later died. There is no suspect information at this time and no one in custody.” We will post an update when additional information is available.


Per MCPD: Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division are investigating a homicide that occurred on Wednesday, July 6, 2023, in the 11500 block of Lockwood Drive in Silver Spring.

At approximately 9:51p.m., 3rd District officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel were dispatched to the location for the report of a shooting.    Officers arrived at the scene and located an adult male inside an apartment, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Officers provided life saving measures to the victim until Montgomery County Fire Rescue arrived.


Last year we let you know that developers Bernstein Management and Finmarc Management pulled the first permits that will allow for construction to begin on the upcoming White Oak Town Center (12345 Columbia Pike). Now, at least three tenants have signed on for the upcoming shopping center. European Wax Center, Jersey Mike’s, and Inspire Nail Bar are all slated for the shopping center that also has plans to include at least one larger full-service restaurant, a cell phone store, beer & wine, grocery store, and more.

In February 2022, BizJournals reported that “Amazon has reached a deal to open a new supermarket at a long-planned Silver Spring redevelopment fewer than three miles from the Food and Drug Administration’s campus”, referring to White Oak Town Center. “The team behind the White Oak Town Center has swapped a 41,000-square-foot Amazon-branded market, likely an Amazon Fresh, in for what had been a roughly 16,000-square-foot Trader Joe’s.” Amazon Fresh is no longer in the plans as the company has moved away from opening new grocery stores and the grocery tenant space is still available.


Montgomery County Police are investigating a homicide that occurred on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.  According to MCPD,  “At approximately 9:51p.m., 3rd District officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to an apartment in the 11500 block of Lockwood Drive in Silver Spring (White Oak) for the report of a shooting that just occurred.   

Officers arrived at the scene and located inside the apartment an adult male victim, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Officers provided life saving measures to the victim until Montgomery County Fire Rescue arrived. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.   


According to public safety reporter Cordell Pugh, the shooting occurred around 9:45pm at the Montgomery White Oak Apartments off Lockwood Dr in White Oak. The victim was reportedly shot multiple times and officers applied occlusive dressing/chest seal prior to EMS arrival. We will post an update when additional information becomes available. 

WHITE OAK CRITICAL SHOOTING: ~9:45PM Wednesday, Montgomery White Oak Apartments off Lockwood Dr in White Oak, MD (Montgomery County). Victim shot multiple times and critical inside an apartment. MCP 3D & K9 Officers applied Occlusive Dressing/Chest Seal(s) prior to 🚑 arrival.


Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a fire  in the 11500 block of February Circle, near January Drive in White Oak on Thursday, June 22. According to Chief Spokesperson for MCFRS Pete Piringer, the fire was located in a bedroom on the 2nd floor of the four-story garden apartment and was caused by a space heater that was too close to combustibles.

Two adults have been displaced. Damage is estimated to be ~$25K and there were no injuries reported. We will post an update if additional information becomes available.


Per Montgomery County: The Wheaton and White Oak libraries of Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) will offer several free animation, graphic novel and mini comic book programs for ages 10 to 50-and-over in July and August. The animation workshops explore the history, science and creative possibilities of animation. Participants will create three optical toys: a thaumatrope, a zoetrope strip and a flip-book.

The graphic novel classes teach participants to create a graphic novel page using all the conventions of graphic novel storytelling: narration, dialogue, character design, dynamic page layouts and cinematic techniques. The mini comic book workshops teach participants to write and illustrate a brief fictional, factual or a combination of both that will become six-to-eight-page narratives using one folded sheet of paper.


Montgomery County Police responded to a shooting on Friday, June 2, 2023, in the 11400 block of Stewart Lane in White Oak. According to MCPD, “At approximately 9:58 p.m., 3rd District officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting. 

Officers located a teenage female with an apparent gunshot wound to her body and provided life-saving measures until Montgomery County Fire Rescue arrived.  The victim was transported to an area hospital with non life threatening injuries. 

Officers located shell casings in the parking lot. Approximately three vehicles were hit by bullets.  No additional injuries have been reported at this time.  
The suspects have not been apprehended. 


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