Germantown

Update on Proposed Lidl Germantown Location

By MCS Staff

Back in September we let you know that Lidl, a German international discount supermarket chain, was under contract to purchase the subject properties between Walter Johnson Road and Germantown Road and seeks to develop a 31,000 square foot Lidl Grocery Store with associated parking and open space areas. The application was accepted on December 15th of 2021 with future planning board action pending. Signs about potential development have been up since summer 2021.

The project site occupies approximately 2.8 acres of land on Walter Johnson Road between Bowman Mill Drive and Wisteria Drive, a few blocks northeast of the Germantown MARC Station. The site is a consolidation of several parcels of land. Currently, the site is partially wooded. The developed portion of the site houses an office building with a copy center on the ground floor and part of the parking lot for an adjacent credit union building.

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Maryland Soccer Foundation Elects First Woman to Lead Board of Directors

By MCS Staff
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The Maryland Soccer Foundation, in its 23rd year as the governing board of the Maryland SoccerPlex and Adventist HealthCare Fieldhouse, has elected long-time board member Joyce Fuhrmann as its newest president. Fuhrmann is the first woman to hold the post.

Fuhrmann joined the board in 2013 and most recently served as treasurer. She is also Director of the BSE Operations and STEM Initiatives at the Universities at Shady Grove.

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Germantown’s Qiagen Completes U.S. Federal Contract to Detect Covid Infections

By MCS Staff

QIAGEN, a Netherlands-based holding company with its U.S. headquarters in Germantown, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Earlier this week Qiagen announced that it had completed a U.S. federal contract to equip local public health authorities with QIAcuity digital PCR system for COVID-19 surveillance.

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Update: Germantown Homicide Victim Identified as Northwest High School Senior

By Patrick Herron

1/26/22 Update: The victim has been identified by Montgomery County Police as17-year-old Jailyn Lawrence Jones, of Germantown.  Jones was a senior at Northwest High School. 

Anyone with information regarding this crime is asked to call the Major Crimes Division at 240-773-5070 or 240-773-TIPS, or contact Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).  A reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the homicide suspect(s). Callers can remain anonymous.

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