Maryland
Maryland and DC attorneys general, along with Everytown Law, have filed a lawsuit against three Montgomery County gun dealers for allegedly facilitating illegal straw purchases, leading to gun trafficking and increased violence in the region. (more…)
On Wednesday, Sept. 4, the second season of girls’ flag football in Maryland will commence with the Kick-Off Classic – a 26-game slate across eight different statewide locations. A ceremony will be held at each of the eight locations, while Ravens Cheerleaders, Poe and Legends, including Femi Ayanbadejo, Bryan Hall, Trevor Pryce, Ray Rice and Torrey Smith, will be on hand at several of the game sites to take in the action. The Washington Commanders will also support the initiative with appearances from their spirit squad, legends and mascot at each of the four Montgomery County locations (specific names and locations not available yet for Commanders).
To celebrate National Fried Chicken Day earlier this summer, popular restaurant review website Yelp released its list of the best friend chicken spots in each state. The list was created by the “Yelp Elite Squad” which is comprised of reviewers who have reached elite status in the website’s tier system. The restaurant chosen for Maryland is BRD.
Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman will announce Maryland’s participation in the IRS Direct File program, a new free online tax filing system, at a press conference joined by state and federal leaders on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 in Annapolis. (more…)
Gambero Rosso, an Italian food and wine magazine that was founded in 1986, has been publishing its restaurant guide since 1990. The guide, Ristoranti d’Italia, describes the best Italian restaurants across the world. For each place it attributes a rating from 60 to 100 and, only for the best restaurants, a number of forchette (‘forks’) ranging from 1 to 3. Only one Italian restaurant from Maryland has ever earned a forchette (fork)— IL Pizzico in Rockville earned una forchetta/one fork (video of the experience available below).
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The community is supporting the family of Chase Lancaster, a Seneca Valley High School (Germantown) student who was shot on August 9th while shielding a teenage girl he had never met before when gunshots broke out at a party in Urbana, according to an interview with NBC4’s Aimee Cho. Chase has since undergone 14 surgeries and recently opened his eyes for the first time.
The 8-acre corn maze since has been growing since 2006 at the Maryland Corn Maze, which is the largest farm parcel left in Anne Arundel County (389 Gambrills Rd., Gambrills, MD). This year, the corn maze will have a Taylor Swift theme.
Great Place To Work and PEOPLE magazine have recognized Bethesda’s Marriott International as one of the 2024 PEOPLE® Companies that Care. This marks Marriott International’s (Marriott) fifth consecutive year on the list and highest placement to date at number four. Marriott’s inclusion on the list is a recognition of the company’s focus on its sustainability and social impact platform, Serve 360: Doing Good in Every Direction.
Last night, the Maryland Car Rally Task Force, in collaboration with state police and local law enforcement, dismantled eleven illegal exhibition driving events across Baltimore, Prince George’s, and Anne Arundel counties, resulting in seven arrests, the recovery of a stolen vehicle, and the seizure of an illegal firearm. (more…)
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Carter Scott has been named the winner of the Postal Service’s Driver of the Year Award. He is a Silver Spring resident, according to Source of the Spring, who works out of the Suburban Processing and Distribution Center in Gaithersburg.