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Gaithersburg Rapper Logic’s Song 1-800-273-8255 May Have Prevented Hundreds of Suicides, Study Finds

By Patrick Herron

According to a report published on Monday by the British Medical Journal, Gaithersburg rapper Logic’s 2017 song 1-800-273-8255 may have prevented hundreds of suicides. The song title is the phone number for the American National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

The BMJ tracked date from 34 days following three specific events, the release of the song in 2017, the MTV Video Awards in 2017, and the 2018 Grammy’s, and found the Suicide Prevention Lifeline received an excess of 9915 calls, an increase of 6.9% over the expected number. The report states, “a corresponding model for suicides indicated a reduction over the same period of 245 suicides (95% confidence interval 36 to 453) or 5.5% (95% confidence interval 0.8% to 10.1%, P=0.02) below the expected number of suicides.”

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Additional Information on Shooting That Occurred Wednesday Night in Montgomery Village 

By Patrick Herron

A 15-year-old male is in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting that occurred last night on the 18800 block of Walkers Choice Road.

According to police, at approximately 6:11 p.m., 6th District officers responded to calls of a shooting and upon arrival officers located a 15-year-old male suffering from a suspected gunshot to his chest. He was transported to an area hospital with serious injury.

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Gaithersburg Square Update: Beer and Wine Relocates, New Fire Pit, &pizza, and More

By Patrick Herron

Grog Beer and Wine at 524 N. Frederick Ave in the Gaithersburg Square shopping center is now closed and signage says the store will be moving to 513 Quince Orchard Rd in Gaithersburg this month. Grog was previously located in the space now occupied by Habit Burger.

 

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Two Multi-Family Residential Buildings With Ground Floor Commercial Use In Travis Avenue Rezoning and Concept Site Plan

By MCS Staff

KIMCO Realty has submitted Zoning Map Amendment application Z-8911-2021 and associated Concept Plan application SP-8910-2021, proposing to rezone 18501 North Frederick Avenue from C-2 (General Commercial) to CD (Corridor Development) and develop two multi-family residential buildings with ground floor commercial uses.

The shopping center is known as “Gaithersburg S.C.” and is home to MoCo’s only Bruster’s Ice Cream and Floor & Decor in the space that was once occupied by Hechinger. A new restaurant, Corner Pizza & Subs, signed on earlier this year to take over the space that was home to the first Classic Bakery location.

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Northwest Class of 2020 Graduates Develop an App to Make Exchanging Contact Information Easier

By Daniela Perez

Yuvan Sundrani (sophomore information science major at UMD), Jason Steinberg (sophomore computer science major at UMD), and Sid Jagtap (sophomore finance major at the University of Michigan) are launching an exciting new app called Soshi. Simply put, the app allows users to share all of their social media and contact information in one place with one tap.

These students were amongst the many seniors to miss out on the end of the year senior fun and started freshman year behind a screen. Quarantine left everyone with a little extra time on their hands. Jason Steinberg and Sid Jagtap founded MoCo Tutors, an affordable digital tutoring service aimed at helping Montgomery County students struggling with virtual instruction. Meanwhile, Yuvan Sundrani gained some experience and insight while interning with the artificial intelligence laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg as a Data Engineer Intern.

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Novavax Expansion Approved by Gaithersburg City Council

By MCS Staff

The Gaithersburg City Council approved unanimously approved Novavax’s development plan at Monday’s meeting.

Per Shulman Rogers, Novavax secured two sites in the City of Gaithersburg and obtained zoning approvals for a 180,000 square feet Global Headquarters and manufacturing facility delivering late summer at 700 Quince Orchard, and an additional 600,000+ square feet integrated campus next door at 14 Firstfield Road for expansion of its manufacturing and research and development capacity.

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