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MoCo News
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One of our Twitter followers informed us of a rumor swirling around Olney about the possibility of Sakura closing and being replaced with an IHOP. For what it’s worth, I called Sakura last night and the manager told me that this is not true.
K-Mart and Payless in the Kentlands will both close by the end of this summer.
http://www.mymcmedia.org/closings-and-changes-at-kentlands-square-shopping-center-in-gaithersburg-photos/
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We were told that one of the managers of Middlebrook Square shopping center has told our follower (very close connection between the two) that the first dispensary in MoCo will be located in the Germantown Shopping Center.
A quick search resulted in the screen capture found in this article; a job listing on Indeed.com
with a listing for ‘Medical Cannabis Dispensary Agents (Budtenders)’ in Germantown, MD.
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In the mid-80s, Aris Mardirossian opened his convenience store named “6-Twelve,” based on the worldwide chain 7-Eleven (7,400 stores in North America with hundreds more across the world at the time).
By 1990, his Gaithersburg-based chain grew to 20 stores and there were rumors that he would be purchasing 600 7-Eleven stores in the DMV (the rumors were denied by 7-Eleven executives).
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Hometown Holidays Music Festival (featuring Taste of Rockville) is going down on Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 and 28). Free music, inexpensive and great tasting food, and so much more at Rockville Town Square.
Quince Orchard High School alum, Darnell Leslie, has signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent.
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Staples on Georgia Avenue has closed permanently (Silver Spring).
After 41 years, Seneca Valley held the last sporting event at the stadium last Thursday (Germantown).
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Guitar Center opens their second MoCo location at Ellsworth Place in Silver Spring this week (there’s one in Rockville).
After a delay of a few months, Nespresso has opened in Montgomery Mall.