Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Friday, January 28, 2022
Silver Spring
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Note: A photo of the missing person was not provided by MCPD.
Per MCPD:
Per MCPD:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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On Monday, January 24, 2022, three Baltimore City Firefighters were tragically killed while fighting a row house fire. Lieutenant Paul Butrim, Firefighter/Paramedic Kelsey Sadler & Firefighter/Paramedic Kenneth Lacayo were engaged in an interior attack of the fire when a significant portion of the home suddenly collapsed. Baltimore Firefighter John McMaster is currently hospitalized with critical injuries.Firefighter/Paramedic Kenneth Lacayo was a Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad Life Member and graduated from Wheaton High School. In addition to his service with the Baltimore City Fire Department, Kenny had volunteered in Wheaton for almost 11 years.
The Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad released a statement remembering Kenny:
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Update: Jasslyn Santos has been located safe and unharmed.
Per MCPD:
Source of the Spring reports that two new restaurants, Guavaberry Dominican Restaurant and Valenciana Wine Garden, will be coming to recently vacated restaurant locations in Silver Spring.
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A fire on the 2600 block of Harris Avenue in Wheaton required approximately 65 firefighters early this morning, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.
The initial dispatch was at 2:30am for a heavy fire at a 2-story home in Wheaton. Four occupants were able to get out without injuries, but the family dog, which was located on the second floor, did not survive.
Patient First opened its Aspen Hill location last month in the Aspen Manor shopping center on Georgia Avenue, next to Outback Steakhouse. The location was even the subject of local television commercials advertising the opening. Though the commercials still air and say the urgent and primary care facility will be “opening soon,” it has already opened.
Patient Care expanded its services in Maryland with the opening of a new medical center Aspen Hill, MD, on Thursday, December 2, 2021. The new center, located at 13671 Georgia Ave, Aspen Hill, MD 20906-5214, provides area residents with walk-in, non-appointment access to urgent and primary medical care services 365 days a year, including all holidays.
UKidney™ procedure data published in the American Journal of Transplantation; the first such data published in a peer-reviewed journal
UHeart™ recipient patient reaches a two-week milestone post-transplant
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Alex Perdikis, principal owner of Koons Lincoln of Silver Spring, announced the expansion of his dealership holdings into downtown Bethesda with Koons Lincoln of Bethesda last month. The new dealership, housed in a multi-million-dollar state-of-the art facility will showcase Lincoln’s luxury line of SUVs in the heart of Bethesda’s newly revitalized commercial and residential district.
Slated to open in early 2022, the dealership, located at 7315 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda, will feature Lincoln Navigators, Aviators, and other models in an innovative street level storefront. In addition, vehicles will be showcased to the public in an elegantly illuminated glass runway. Designed to evoke a glass display case, the runway provides ample space for shoppers to browse Lincoln models and is an exciting exterior focal point of the Lincoln Boutique store. The dealership, designed by Bethesda-based Penney Design Group, will entice shoppers with additional amenities including a spacious modern lounge, coffee bar, private sales suites and more.
Blake High School athletic director Jared Fribush announced the hiring of Bryon Marshall as the new variety football head coach at the school. He has been the Junior variety head coach since 2017 and will be taking over for DeShawn Anderson, who stepped down following the fall season.
Additional information can be seen below, courtesy of Blake High School Athletics: