Per MD Lottery:
A Wheaton woman bought a selection of Maryland Lottery scratch-offs in December as she often does during the holidays. Unlike other years, she put the games aside this time and forgot about them until after Groundhog Day. She then pulled the instant tickets out, scratched them off and one turned out to be worth $50,000.
Barberry’s at 2423 Hickerson Dr. in Wheaton is holding its grand opening today at 4pm.
The restaurant will feature American, Tex-Amex, Latin and Peruvian cuisine.
There will be a liquor license hearing on Thursday, March 3rd at 1pm for the premises known as Barriles Restaurant and Sports Bar.
The upcoming restaurant, located at 7637 New Hampshire Ave in the Takoma/Langley Crossroads shopping center in Takoma Park, will be taking over the spot formerly occupied by Mogotillo- a Salvadoran and Mexican restaurant that occupied the space for nearly a decade.
For Immediate Release: Saturday, February 19, 2022
Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the 3rd District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 22-year-old woman missing from Silver Spring.
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Friday, February 18, 2022
All three DMV Dog Haus locations, conveniently located in MoCo, will be participating in “Free Dog Haus Day!”
The locations in Bethesda (7904 Woodmont Ave), Kentlands (644 Center Point Way), and Downtown Silver Spring (933 Ellsworth Dr) will all be offering a free Haus dog on Monday, February 21st.
The City of Takoma Park announced today that the city will keep its mask mandate in place until further notice.
This will apply to all employees and visitors of city buildings and facilities, including:
Senior women’s basketball player Crystal Jones is this week’s Shorewoman of the Week for the third time. Jones averaged 13.3 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per contest in a 3-1 week for Washington College. She is a Silver Spring native and graduate of Wheaton High School.
On Saturday in a 47-38 win at Ursinus, she notched her second double-double of the season with 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds as Washington College tied its most single-season wins in Centennial Conference play in program history with 11. This past Thursday, Jones started the team’s game-closing 14-2 run in a 62-55 comeback win over Franklin & Marshall with a three-pointer as she scored 13 points. In Tuesday’s 62-45 win at McDaniel she led all players with 17 points. In a road game at Swarthmore on Monday night, she just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds, with her nine boards being a contest-best.
On February 7th, in the District Court for Montgomery County, MD, Judge Sherri Koch sentenced defendant, Kyhree Gardner, 18, of Silver Spring, to 5-years suspend, all but 9-months in prison, and three years of probation upon release.
Staff at Burnt Mills Elementary School found a school laptop bag containing a ghost gun near the basketball court after hours on October 20th 2021. The defendant was playing basketball at the time and was later arrested after staff contacted police and an investigation ensued.
A crash on Connecticut Avenue and Veirs Mill Road occurred around 2pm today. For reasons unknown at the moment, a car was driven into a tree in the median.
Some lanes are currently blocked on Connecticut Avenue between Veirs Mill Rd and Adams Drive.
SOKO, a neighborhood butchery, has officially opened at 7306 Carroll Ave in Takoma Park.
Owned and operated by partners Brad Feickert & Chris Brown, SOKO focuses on local & sustainable farms that raise animals ethically and humanly. The neighborhood butchery offers a menu that consists of breakfast and lunch. Breakfast offerings include sandwiches, breakfast burritos, bagels, bacon, and sausage. Lunch offerings include a variety of deli sandwiches with sides of fries or chips. They are open every day from 7:30am-8pm and both menus are available all day.