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Remembering the Iconic Maryland Restaurant With a 23-Page Menu and 200+ Sandwiches (Top Articles of 2025)

Published December 31, 2025 at 12:25AM

As 2025 comes to a close, we wanted to share with you some of our most-read articles of the year. This article was originally published on October 6th, and it went on to become one of our most-read articles of 2025.

Since its closing in 2013, the absence of Roy’s Place has left a hole in the hearts of many current and former Montgomery County residents. According to the now-defunct Roy’s Place website, the restaurant first opened in Rockville in 1955, offering more than 200 sandwiches. After a couple of moves within Rockville, it relocated to 2 E. Diamond Ave. in Olde Towne Gaithersburg in 1971, where it became a local institution.

Remembering Y2K And the Role MCPS Played Locally

By MCS Staff

Published December 26, 2025 at 5:20PM

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26 years ago, as the calendar crept toward the year 2000, Montgomery County Public Schools was helping lead community discussions around what many feared could be a widespread technological failure tied to the so-called Y2K problem.

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Did You Know Montgomery Village Was Once Home to an Indoor Mall?

By MCS Staff

Published December 25, 2025 at 10:48PM

The Village Mall (photos below) once stood at the heart of Montgomery Village, serving as a central gathering place for the community before eventually evolving into the shopping center that is now known as the Montgomery Village Center.

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Historic White’s Ferry Closed for Five Years With No Reopening Agreement in Sight

By MCS Staff

Published December 21, 2025 at 1:16PM | Updated December 21, 2025 at 8:42PM

White’s Ferry, a historic Potomac River crossing between Montgomery County, Maryland, and Loudoun County, Virginia, has remained closed since December 28, 2020, due to an unresolved dispute over landing rights on the Virginia side of the river.

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Germantown’s Link to the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

By Susan Soderberg

Published December 17, 2025 at 5:30AM | Updated December 17, 2025 at 9:59AM

Courtesy Susan Soderberg/Germantown Historical Society

The Lincoln Assassination Connection, by Susan Soderberg of the Germantown Historical Society

If you’ve seen the movie The Conspirator you know that George Andrew Atzerodt (alias Andrew Atwood), was one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators executed on July 7, 1865. Atzerodt was arrested in Germantown, the town where he had spent many years as a boy. How he got involved with the Booth gang and why he ended up back in Germantown is a compelling story.

The 130+ Year History of Montgomery County’s Oldest High School

By MCS Staff

Published December 9, 2025 at 5:20AM

Courtesy https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/rmhs/

Richard Montgomery High School, founded in 1892, continues to embrace its role as Montgomery County’s oldest public high school while looking ahead to its future. The Rockville school shared a published historical overview a couple years back, tracing its evolution from a modest addition to an elementary school into one of the county’s most recognized academic institutions.

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Montgomery History Receives $1 Million Gift to Launch Capital Campaign for New County History Center

By MCS Staff

Published December 8, 2025 at 1:08PM

Montgomery History, the county’s historical society since 1944, has announced a $1 million gift from publisher and philanthropist Knight Kiplinger to launch its capital campaign for a new Montgomery County History Center in downtown Rockville.

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Iconic Lakeforest Entrance Signs Have Officially Been Sold at Auction

By MCS Staff

Published December 2, 2025 at 3:01PM

Courtesy Capital Online Auctions

The iconic entrance signs from Lakeforest Mall have officially been sold, giving local residents a chance to own one of the final physical remnants of the once-bustling Gaithersburg landmark. The auction, hosted last month by Capital Online Auctions, drew strong interest, particularly for the mall’s blue entrance signs, which received the highest bids.

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FBI Searching for Man Who Killed His Father and Shot His Mother in the Neck in a 1980 Maryland Case

By Patrick Herron

Published November 30, 2025 at 7:36AM

The FBI recently highlighted a decades old Silver Spring murder case on its social media pages, sharing age progression photos of Lawrence William Fishman, who is wanted in connection with the 1980 killing of his father.

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Remembering Z104: The D.C. Area Radio Station That Defined a Generation

By MCS Staff

Published November 18, 2025 at 3:55PM

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For DC-area listeners who grew up in the late ’90s and early 2000s, few stations bring back instant nostalgia like Z104. Before streaming, before curated playlists, before every song was on demand, Z104 was the place where pop fans discovered new music, heard their favorite DJs, and felt connected to something distinctly local. Nearly two decades after it signed off, the station still lives on in the memories of those who tuned in daily.

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Remember Zayre (Later Ames)? A Look Back at a Lost Retail Icon

By MCS Staff

Published November 15, 2025 at 6:58AM

Vintage Zayre Photo

Zayre, a once-popular discount department store chain that operated along the East Coast from 1956 until 1990, holds a unique place in Montgomery County’s retail history. Though long gone, two former MoCo locations help tell the story of a brand that eventually helped give rise to today’s TJX Companies, the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods.

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