A suspect is in custody after firing a single shot at Maryland-National Capital Park Police Officers this morning in Olney. The incident occurred at Georgia Ave and King William Dr after the suspect fled from police after an earlier incident at the Olney Swim Center.
Officers did not return fire and there were no injuries to officers. A public information officer is on the scene and more information will be released soon.
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 27, 2022
F45 Training, an Australian franchisor and operator of fitness centers based in Austin, Texas, is opening its third Montgomery County location in Olney (current locations exist in Bethesda and Silver Spring, though Google lists Bethesda as temporarily closed). The fitness center will open in the 3,200 sf location that was previously home to Pet Valu in Olney’s Fair Hill Shopping Center (previously Olney Town Center) at 18100 Town Center Drive, Unit 8115.
Pet Valu announced that it would close all of its stores in late 2020, which included 6 Montgomery County locations (Clarksburg, Damascus, Gaithersburg, Olney, Potomac, and Rockville) affecting 43 local employees. The storefront has been vacant ever since, but the klnb commercial real estate website now lists F45 as the new tenant.
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 5, 2022
The Olney Theatre at 2001 Olney Sandy Spring Rd in Olney has announced that due to multiple breakthrough cases of COVID-19, they have been forced to cancel the remaining performances of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, which was scheduled to run through January 2.
According to the theater, the final 12 performances of the run were lost due to successive COVID-19 infections among the cast.
The Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department will be conducting its Santa On a fire truck runs around Olney and surrounding area neighborhoods.
Check out Santa’s schedule, courtesy of the SSVFD.
Olney Winery has been operating since 2012. The winemaker is currently located at 18127 Town Center Drive in the Fair Hill shopping center in Olney. In 2016, Olney Winery expanded and opened a tasting room in the stone house at 12810 Shank Farm Way in Hagerstown.Now, we’ve learned that Olney Winery will be one of the new tenants at Ashton Market, a new development that includes shopping and retail, located at 12 Olney Sandy Spring Road in Ashton.
Olney Winery will remain at its current location until the new location opens. They are currently aiming for a June opening. More on Ashton Market:
You may have seen the term “NIL,” which stands for “name, image, and likeness.” Rule changes have allowed college athletes to monetize their name, image, and likeness.
Kentucky’s star pass rusher, Josh Paschal, took advantage of this as he was hired by pediatric dentist Dr. Danny Steckler to hilariously help communicate the importance of oral health.
The annual SSVFD Chanukah Fire Truck Parade and Menorah lighting will take place Tuesday, November 30th. Details below courtesy of the SSVFD:
Olney Bears Beat the Odds and Every Team in Their Division, Win CCYFCL Super Bowl
By Dave Golden
Quickway Japanese Hibachi has already put “coming soon” signage up in the location that was formerly home to Fashion Cleaners in the Shoppes of Olney shopping center, between CVS and Bubbles Hair Salon. Fashion Cleaners closed this past spring after 8 years in the location.
Quickway describes itself as bringing the Teppanyaki cooking technique to a quick service restaurant setting with cooked to order hibachi dishes. This will be the regional chain’s sixth MoCo location, with over 30 restaurants across the DMV. The latest MoCo location opened just under a year ago in Stone Mill Square (Korean Korner shopping center).