11/1 Update: The date we were provided has been pushed back. Date TBD.
Last year there was a delay in opening as county had not yet adapted updated restrictions to allow the outdoor rink to open until November 10th. The rink opened a couple weeks after the updated restrictions went into effect.
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Shortly before 4PM Tuesday, Officers responded to a reported bank robbery at the Essex Bank on Nelson Street in Rockville, in the plaza visible from Northbound I-270.
Officers determined that a suspect armed with a handgun robbed the bank and then fled the scene. The Rockville City Police Department is investigating in collaboration with Montgomery County Police. The incident was captured on security cameras. Further details were not immediately available.
Vanessa Moya is in critical, but stable, condition after a driver ran her over twice in a Pike & Rose parking lot early Thursday morning.
We spoke with Adriana Moya, Vanessa Moya’s sister, who told us that a fight broke out in a parking lot at Pike & Rose between 2am and 3am. Adriana tells us that Vanessa attempted to help keep peace when she was run over by a driver. The driver then ran her over once more while speeding away from the incident.
City of Rockville Requires Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations, or Weekly Testing, for Employees
Per the City of Rockville:
Federal Realty announced today that two new tenants, ESAB and Emagine IT, have committed to 909 Rose, located in the award-winning Pike & Rose neighborhood in North Bethesda.
The new tenants will join OneDigital, United Solutions, Industrious and Federal Realty. With the addition of these two tenants, the building is nearly 80 percent leased.
The Rockville Police Department will be participating in National Coffee with a Cop Day with an event at the Fallsgrove Starbucks (14941 Shady Grove Road) on Wednesday from 11am-12:30pm.
Per RCPD:
Lao Sze Chuan, a Chinese restaurant with most of its locations in the Chicago area (as well as locations in Minnesota and Connecticut), is opening today in the space formerly occupied by BRIO Tuscan Grille at 20 Paseo Drive, in North Bethesda.
Brio closed in 2017 after five years in the location
As Industrious prepares to move into its newest location in Pike & Rose, a notice has been sent out regarding the closure of 2 lanes on Rockville Pike for a brief stretch in the Pike & Rose area.
During the time frame of October 5, 2021 through October 7, 2021 from 9:00AM to 4:00PM, Jack Stone Signs will be conducting a traffic lane closure of 2 lanes for two consecutive days on MDOT SHA Route 355 (Rockville Pike) from Montrose Pkwy to Rose Ave heading South.
A transformer fire that initially began at about 7:45pm has caused power outages in some areas surrounding 5901 Montrose Road, near Towne Road, in Rockville.
The utility pole is on fire and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue are on the scene near the Monterey apartment building.
The Montgomery County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council will hold a press event and and yoga demonstration in recognition of October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month at 600 Jefferson Plaza in Rockville this morning at 11:30am.
Visit https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/fjc/dvcc/dvam.html to learn more and to see additional events.