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News Around MoCo (12/29/17 Edition)

By MCS Staff

Montgomery County Council Member, Roger Berliner, tweeted the following about prepaying property tax in MoCo: “The County issued an update on the property tax prepayment option & the IRS advisory on this matter: bit.ly/2E7UrZK. It is very disappointing. We did what we could. Do consult with your tax adviser before considering prepayments.”

Popular Silver Spring coffee shop, Bump ‘N Grind, is holding the grand opening of their kiosk at Ellsworth Place (formerly City Place Mall). Ellsworth Place is slowly but surely making the right moves.
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Burgerim Is Coming To Wheaton Mall!

By MCS Staff

They sell mini-burgers (not sliders) using 2.8 ounce patties that are larger than a slider sized patty. Their selling point is variety, and there’s plenty of it. They offer 11 different types of patties, including beef, dry aged beef, Wagyu beef, merguez, Turkey, lamb, chicken, salmon, veggie, Spanish beef, and falafel.

Their disc shaped fries are more like slices of potatoes, but they also provide the option to get sweet potato fries (in the traditional shape), onion rings, or home fries (cubes potatoes tossed in chili sauce and topped with sesame seeds).

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10 Restaurants In MoCo Where Time Stands Still

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Some of my favorite restaurants in MoCo are the ones you step foot in and feel like you’ve entered 1991. The food is usually really good, but you’d never know it by looking at the restaurant from the outside. The bar is often filled with the same regulars that have been taking up seats for decades. I don’t want to call them “divey” cause there’s a negative connotation that comes with that and most of the time these places hold some of our favorite memories (all images via the Restaurants Facebook pages).

Here’s 10 of them:

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Northwood Graduate Flies to Florida to Meet 81 Year Old Woman He Befriended Through ‘Words With Friends’

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The 22 year old flew down to Florida for a meeting organized by Amy Butler, a pastor at the Riverside Church in Upper Manhattan. They got to hang out at the retirement community In Florida that Roz lives in. Spencer has won 210 of their 324 games, according to this XXL article: www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/12/harlem-rapper-86-year-old-woman-words-with-friends/

Here are a few photos of their meeting that Spencer tweeted earlier this week. What an awesome story!

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Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Silver Spring Opened Its Doors This Morning

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Former Baltimore Raven, Eugene Monroe, was on hand as the dispensary held their open house with empty cases today. Products such as oils, concentrates, transdermal patches, creams, pills, and flowers will be available at the dispensary. Edibles will not be allowed in the state of Maryland.

The first arrival of medical marijuana is expected next week.

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News Around MoCo, 11/13/17 Edition

By MCS Staff

Tree lighting ceremonies will take place at Pike & Rose (4pm-7pm) and Rio Washingtonian (6:30pm-8pm) on November 17th. Rockville Town Square will hold theirs on November 18th (5pm-8pm).

Damascus, Northwest, Paint Branch, and Quince Orchard High Schools will be playing in the regional football finals on Friday (NW and QO will be playing each other).

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An Evening in Downtown Silver Spring (Plus a Little More)

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My tour started with a tasting at Moorenko’s, a place that I believe has the BEST ice cream in MoCo. I tried all 30 flavors they had on hand and in a couple weeks I’m going to give you an in-depth look at what Moorenko’s has to offer.

As we continued to walk, we passed Denizen’s. Denizen’s is a local brewery that I also visited a few days before this tour. When I went, it was a warm day and I got to enjoy two very different beers on their patio. The Gruit and the Big Red Norm. It was a good time and a fun place to hang out for a bit.

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The 7 Best Places To Buy in MoCo (and a few up and coming spots)

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Since I’m a huge fan of lists, I wanted to create an accurate list of the “best” places to buy in MoCo. In order to make this list accurate I asked local realtor, Jonathan Fox, to help me break down the county’s “best” areas and include a few up and coming areas that he thinks are due for a dramatic increase in price over the coming years. Here’s what he had to say:

So as a long time realtor and resident of Montgomery County I am often asked where the “best” opportunities and areas to buy houses are located, and what our future real estate markets in MoCo will ultimately look like. In this piece I will do my best to break it down for you.

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News Around MoCo (7/12/17 Edition)

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One of our Twitter followers informed us of a rumor swirling around Olney about the possibility of Sakura closing and being replaced with an IHOP. For what it’s worth, I called Sakura last night and the manager told me that this is not true.

K-Mart and Payless in the Kentlands will both close by the end of this summer.
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