U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Brian Patrick Werth, 40, of Beltsville, Maryland, to 37 years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for two counts of producing child sexual abuse material. Werth, who is a former youth ministries director at a Rockville church when he was living in Montgomery Village, was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl during a youth event at the church in 2016 was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018.

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Lines formed down the block on December 10th, when residents lined up to enjoy tacos from Mexico City’s famed Taquería El Califa de León at Tacombi’s Arlington and Bethesda location. The tacos are available until December 26th at both locations (video below by Taste MoCo).

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Marion Pearson, 67, of Durham, NC, was sentenced to 40 years in prison, suspending all but 17 years, for second-degree rape and sexual offense charges stemming from attacks in 1981, and will serve two years of supervised probation and register as a lifetime sex offender.

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Sixty Vines, the restaurant known for its revolutionary wine on-tap program and vineyard-inspired cuisine, is making its move into Maryland. It was previously reported that the restaurant signed on in Bethesda and now business filings show Gaithersburg’s Downtown Crown neighborhood as an address for a “Sixty Vines Montgomery County, LLC” taking over 212 Ellington Blvd– the former home of Pour House.

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On Tuesday, Governor Wes Moore praised Congress for its bipartisan support in rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge, addressing a national crisis with unity, and for its commitment to the Maryland Air National Guard, highlighting the collaboration between state and federal leadership. Full statement can be seen below: (more…)


On Tuesday, Governor Wes Moore announced the appointments of Jill P. Carter to the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals, Alverne Chesterfield to the Maryland State Board of Education, and Lafe Solomon as chair of the Public Employee Relations Board. (more…)


Last week we reported that Crisfield Seafood will be closing after nearly 80 years at 8012 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring The restaurant has been operating in Silver Spring since 1945 and will close permanently on Sunday, December 22nd. A visit today, as well as several reader reports, showed lines out the door and down the block for the restaurant. “It has been this way for the last five days or so” a customer told us after deciding he would wait today to get his final fix.

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