Governor Wes Moore announced $100,000 in New Start Grant Program awards to five organizations, including one in Montgomery County, to support entrepreneurship training and reentry services for currently and formerly incarcerated Marylanders.
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The now-lost city of Triadelphia (“three brothers”) was founded in 1809 by brothers-in-law Thomas Moore, Isaac Briggs, and Caleb Bentley. The three men were married to the Brooke sisters, who were descendants of Robert Brooke– the founder of nearby Brookeville in Montgomery County.
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is installing real-time ePaper bus arrival displays at 100 high-ridership stops and transit centers to improve rider experience and accessibility, with about 50 installed as of mid-July.
Spirit Halloween will open a location this year at 1683 Rockville Pike in Congressional Plaza, according to the company’s website. (more…)
A silver Acura that was reported stolen in Montgomery County was stopped in Glen Burnie, leading to the arrest of two men with outstanding warrants and the seizure of multiple suspected drugs, including Ecstasy, Crack Cocaine, and Heroin/Fentanyl. (more…)
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The Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General released a report identifying serious deficiencies in MCPS’s background screening process, including a lack of ongoing monitoring for over 12,000 employees and missing Child Protective Services checks for nearly 5,000 individuals. In response, Council President Kate Stewart and Vice President Will Jawando called for immediate corrective action, expressed deep concern over systemic failures, and announced an oversight hearing scheduled for September 26.
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A Gaithersburg woman won a $30,000 top prize on the $3 Loteria scratch-off game after purchasing her ticket at Germantown Wine and Beer on Frederick Road, becoming one of two winners to claim the prize on August 1 at Maryland Lottery headquarters. Full story below courtesy MD Lottery: (more…)
Few local establishments have as storied a past as the Holiday Inn Gaithersburg, located off of I-270’s exit 11 on the corner of 355 and Montgomery Village Ave. It once made national headlines for an audacious offering that was a symbol of 1970s opulence– a single suite priced at an astronomical $1,400 a night.
The Montgomery County Council will hold a series of public hearings in September on new legislative items and planning proposals, including two hearings on the University Boulevard Corridor Plan (Sept. 10 in Silver Spring and Sept. 16 in Rockville), as well as hearings on a proposed parking ban in bikeways and a $100,000 transportation study appropriation for the Clarksburg to Montgomery Village Corridor.
On Sunday evening, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced that Catherine Ashley Hoggle, 38, of Clarksburg, had been indicted by a Montgomery County Grand Jury on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, Sarah and Jacob Hoggle. She was arrested in Kent County following her discharge from a state psychiatric hospital. (more…)
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Below is a list of retail and restaurant updates at Westfield Montgomery Mall (7101 Democracy Blvd) in Bethesda: