The Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown is offering free COVID testing tomorrow from 9 AM – 3 PM in their parking lot (12901 Town Commons Dr).
They are also hosting their Hispanic Heritage Family Day event, but you do not have to be registered for the event (registration is full) to take advantage of the testing.
Overturned Vehicle at Northwest High School in Germantown
A vehicle was driven into a tree and flipped over earlier today at Northwest High School in Germantown.
Ulta Germantown Opens Tomorrow (Friday, 9/25)
Ulta is having their Grand Opening on Friday, September 25th in the Neelsville Shopping Center in Germantown (20938 Frederick Road).
Over the weekend USA TODAY reported that home-goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond revealed 63 stores that will be closing by the end of 2020. The list included three Maryland locations, including the store located in Gaithersburg Square.
Bed Bath & Beyond has two other MoCo locations, in Germantown and Rockville, that will remain open for now. Earlier this summer the company revealed that it will close 200 of its stores in the next two years, so this may just be the first round of closures.
Shirley Butler Has Died at 91, Leaving a Legacy at Butler’s Orchard
Shirley Brown Butler, whose family invited visitors to “pick their own” produce at Butler’s Orchard, has died at 91 years old. She was lovingly known as “Mrs. B” on the farm. She could be found driving around Butler’s Orchard in her golf cart, followed by her dog Dakota.
Montgomery County has the highest population out of all Maryland counties.
Today, we’re sharing with you the 10 areas with the highest population in MoCo, per the United States Census Bureau.
Dustin Construction recently announced the substantial completion of Seneca Valley High School in Montgomery County– now the largest high school in the state of Maryland.
This 452,500 SF replacement high school was constructed while the current school remained operational on the same site.
The Cider Barrel Hopes to Reopen this Fall
Back in 2017 a local pastry chef attempted to raise money to bring back The Cider Barrel. Her efforts fell short and the barrel remained unoccupied on the side of 355.
“Take Me Home, Country Roads” was inspired by Clopper Road in Gaithersburg and Germantown. Though some believe the name of the song was going to be “Take Me Home, Clopper Road,” that has been confirmed to be untrue. Bill Danoff was inspired to write “Take Me Home, Country Roads” as he drove on Clopper Road in Gaithersburg (then a country road) on his way to a family reunion with his then-girlfriend Taffy Nivert, who also helped with the song (the duo was known as Fat City).
He and John Denver sang the song together the next night and recorded it the following Monday. Danoff has confirmed that Clopper Rd. was the inspiration in various interviews. Our featured photo is a shot of Clopper Road in 1945, courtesy of Steve Michaels. It looks a little different than the road that is part of Exit 10 on I-270 today.
Back in December we told you that Ulta would be taking over the old Dress Barn location in the Neelsville Shopping Center in Germantown. This morning we were told that they expect the location to open around October.
Ulta Beauty, an America beauty chain with over 1,000 stores that carry cosmetics, skincare brands, men’s and women’s fragrances, nail products, bath & body products, beauty tools, hair care products, and is equipped with a salon, brow bar, and skin bar, is coming to the Neelsville Village shopping center in Germantown.
We Art Fun, a new paint-it-yourself studio will open in Germantown in September.
The location will be right across from the Germantown library.