Shane Lee, who is a Montgomery County native from Burtonsville, signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent this past spring after three years at Alabama and his senior year at USC. As Lee took a knee after practice on Thursday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh brought Lee’s parents out for an emotional reunion before his father Mark Lee spoke to the team (clip below).
Baskin Robbins, with many locations locally, is offering running a fun promotion on Wednesday, August 14th known as Melt Insurance– offering free scoops to anyone whose ice cream has melted in ANY ice cream shop before they could eat it, with “no proof of melt required.”
Bethesda’s Katie Ledecky made history in her final race of the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning the women’s 800m freestyle for the fourth consecutive Olympics. She ended with two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal in 2024, and took to Instagram to send her well wishes to fellow Marylander Kevin Durant as the men’s basketball team aims for a gold medal.
Buca di Beppo, the family-style Italian dining brand, today announced that it has voluntarily filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. Buca di Beppo closed its only Montgomery County location at 112 Kentlands Blvd in Gaithersburg on Sunday, June 23. A replacement has not yet signed on.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden withdrawing from the 2024 election:
Hamburger Hamlet opened its first location in West Hollywood in 1950 and later opened additional locations in the Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C. metro areas. The restaurant was started by actor Harry Lewis and his future wife Marilyn Lewis And was named for one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters.
The Kroger Co. and Albertsons Companies Inc. have disclosed the specific locations of stores, distribution centers, and a plant they plan to sell to C&S Wholesale Grocers ahead of their proposed merger with four Maryland stores on the list (two in Montgomery County).
Stone Ridge graduates Katie Ledecky (class of 2015), Phoebe Bacon (class of 2020), and Erin Gemmell (class of 2023) have all been named to the U.S. Women’s Swimming Olympic Team for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The school is located in Bethesda.
Potomac native and Bullis alumna Masai Russell set an Olympic trials record and qualified for the Paris Olympics with a 12.25 in the 100m hurdles.
Fresh off of the impressive showing by 16-year old Bullis High School rising junior Quincy Wilson at the U.S. Olympic trials, MoCo and Bullis are now rooting on two Bullis alumnae who will compete in the women’s 100m hurdles this Friday night.
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, a national brand of restaurants, is rebranding. The only Maryland location is in Garrett County’s McHenry, but did you know that there used to be a Perkins in Gaithersburg?