A Tuesday morning traffic incident has closed the left lane on the inner loop of I-495 before Georgia Ave. Drivers should anticipate delays and consider taking an alternate route.
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris concluded with a spectacular closing ceremony on Sunday evening. After 15 days, the United States secured 40 gold medals and a total of 126 medals across the various events. While California led the way for the U.S. with 50 medals, Maryland had seven athletes win ten total medals (per the Washington Post).
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On Monday, Governor Wes Moore announced $7.3 million in workforce grants to “upskill Maryland’s workforce and make Maryland more competitive in emerging healthcare, information technology, skilled trade, and hospitality industries” through the Employment Advancement Right Now (EARN) Maryland program. (more…)
Shane Lee, who is a Montgomery County native from Burtonsville, signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent this past spring after three years at Alabama and his senior year at USC. As Lee took a knee after practice on Thursday, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh brought Lee’s parents out for an emotional reunion before his father Mark Lee spoke to the team (clip below).
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Baskin Robbins, with many locations locally, is offering running a fun promotion on Wednesday, August 14th known as Melt Insurance– offering free scoops to anyone whose ice cream has melted in ANY ice cream shop before they could eat it, with “no proof of melt required.”
A 21-year-old Gaithersburg man is dead following a shooting in Montgomery Village. 20-year-old Oliver Alexis Perez Fierro of Montgomery Village was identified as a possible suspect and the alleged shooter. At approximately 12:15 p.m., Perez Fierro was taken into custody and transported to the Montgomery County Public Safety Headquarters. Police say a mugshot for the suspect is not available.
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Eddie V’s Prime Seafood is requesting approval to construct a 10,000 square foot restaurant building on the property located at 151 Lakelands Drive, which is at the corner of Lakelands Drive and Great Seneca Highway in Gaithersburg.
The City of Takoma Park and the Takoma Park Police Department are warning of three common election season scams for residents to look out for as November approaches.
A Gaithersburg police officer was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by a fleeing driver involved in two shoplifting incidents on Monday afternoon.
