It has been nearly 10 years since Walmart officially abandoned its plans to open a store in Aspen Hill. The retail giant was intending to build a 118,000-square-foot store with expanded grocery offerings on the site of the vacant BAE/Vitro office building at 4115 Aspen Hill Road, touting the creation of nearly 300 jobs.  The nearly 10-acre Aspen Hill property included a 262,000-square-foot office building that was vacant since 2010. In 2019 it was purchased by Kaiser for a future Medical Center that was originally planned to open in 2022. The pandemic halted those plans, and we are still awaiting the next move by Kaiser.

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Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 4th District Investigative Section are investigating an armed robbery that occurred on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in the 900 block of Loxford Terrace in Wheaton. Detectives have released video and photos of the suspect and are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying him. The video is available below. (more…)


The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration began resurfacing MD 650 (New Hampshire Avenue) between Milestone Drive and Shaw Avenue in Silver Spring on Sunday, May 12. The project should be completed by late June, weather permitting.  (more…)


A Silver Spring man, who is already scheduled to stand trial in a separate murder case involving the death of his pregnant girlfriend, has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of a 61-year-old man at a Shell station in Silver Spring in February 2022.

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The Washington Post’s Tom Sietsema has been the newspaper’s food critic for nearly 25 years. In his latest dining guide, highlighting the ‘26 Best New Restaurants in the DC Area‘, […]


On Monday, we reported that dozens of Red Lobster restaurants across the country, including both Montgomery County locations in Gaithersburg and Silver Spring, had abruptly closed. Contents of these restaurants are currently up for auction at www.restaurantequipment.bid.

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