Events

Additional Information on May’s Gaithersburg Book Festival

By MCS Staff

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is an annual all-day celebration of books, writers and literary excellence. One of the premier literary events in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, the 2022 Festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 21, at Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm (506 S. Frederick Ave.) in Gaithersburg, Md.

Activities will include author appearances, discussions and book signings; writing workshops; a Children’s Village; onsite sales of new and used books; literary exhibitors and food, drink, ice cream and more. Admission is FREE, and free accessible shuttle service will be available from Shady Grove Metro and Lakeforest Mall.

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Beyond MoCo

Beyond MoCo: Dogfish Head Alehouse to Close its Falls Church, VA Location

By Patrick Herron

Dogfish Head Alehouse announced that it will be closing its Falls Church, VA location at 6220 Leesburg Pike in the Seven Corners Shopping Center.  The restaurant says it was unable to come to terms with the property owner when it came time to renew its lease.  The last day of service will be on May 15.

The Dogfish Alehouse locations at 800 W. Diamond Ave in Gaithersburg and 13041 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy in Fairfax, VA will remain open.

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Business

Rockville’s Compost Crew Raises Oversubscribed $5.5M Series A To Accelerate Growth

By MCS Staff
Compost Crew raises oversubscribed $5.5M Series A to accelerate growth

DMV’s food recycling leader secures investments from Lattice Impact Capital and long-time customer Tower Companies

Compost Crew, the Rockville-based largest food scrap recycling company in the Mid-Atlantic, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $5.5M Series A investment to help propel the growth of composting in the greater Washington, D.C.metropolitan area and beyond.

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Bethesda

Bethesda Resident, Dr. William Dahut, Named Chief Scientific Officer for American Cancer Society

By MCS Staff

Dr. William Dahut, a Bethesda resident who is also a professor of medicine at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, has been named Chief Scientific Officer for the American Cancer Society.

Per the American Cancer Society:

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MoCo Government

Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening Endorses Hans Riemer for Montgomery County Executive

By MCS Staff
07.03.12- BALTIMORE, MD- Photos of former Governor, Parris Glendening, outside of the Court of Appeals Building in Annapolis. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record).

Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening has endorsed Hans Riemer for Montgomery County Executive. Glendening, a Democrat, served as the 59th Governor of Maryland from January 18, 1995, to January 15, 2003. Previously, he was the County Executive of Prince George’s County from 1982 to 1994.

His full endorsement letter, sent out by the Riemer campaign, can be seen below:

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