The City of Gaithersburg will celebrate Pride Month throughout June with a proclamation and several community events recognizing and supporting LGBTQIA+ communities.
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A representative from franchise owner Lemek tells us that Panera Bread wants to remain in Olney, but the future of the restaurant is ultimately up to the landlord. According to the representative, there is currently no official closing date for the Panera Bread at 18141 Town Center Drive, and the restaurant is currently operating on a month-to-month basis. (more…)
A Silver Spring man is celebrating a $50,800 lottery win after purchasing a Bonus Match 5 ticket for the May 7 drawing. (more…)
The Mental Health Version of an Annual Physical Is Here
By Montgomery County Counseling Center
You get the annual physical. You go to that 9am dentist appointment. You’re vigilant about your sleep and exercise. You treat your well-being as something you maintain, not just repair. Why is mental health different? Why aren’t we more proactive? Why do we only seek out support when something goes wrong? Mental health is so often treated like an afterthought when routine check-ups can make a world of difference. Montgomery County Counseling Center is working to change the way we view mental health with a new offering designed to put wellness and preventative care on the map for good.
For most people, mental health care follows a pretty predictable pattern. Something gets hard enough and it lasts long enough that it finally feels like a problem worth addressing. So then you find a therapist and you start working on it until you’re out of crisis, and then you stop. But that’s not the only path and for a lot of people, it’s not the best starting point either; the threshold for “is it bad enough to say something” ends up being way higher than it needs to be, and a lot gets ignored in the meantime.
Think about how you approach the rest of your health. You don’t wait for a heart attack to see a cardiologist. You don’t wait until you’re sick to get your flu shot. You plan ahead. You stay on top of it. You check in. You make decisions based on something more than a gut feeling or a bad stretch. The value of a routine checkup isn’t that it always finds something. It’s that you know either way, and make minor precautionary tweaks. Mental health doesn’t have to be any different.
And yet, for most people, it is. There hasn’t really been the equivalent of an annual physical for mental health. No annual touchpoint, like a birthday or a new year, where someone sits down with a professional and simply goes over how they’re doing. There’s certainly no outside party, like a school, a sports league, or a camp that insists you get checked. That’s why people fall through the slim cracks between doing great and being at risk. After all, the absence of a crisis is not the same thing as a clean bill of mental health. (more…)
Montgomery County native Chris Van Dusen, the creator of Netflix’s global phenomenon Bridgerton, is officially bringing his next major project to the streaming giant.
Join Us for StoryBox Comics Fair, a two-day festival celebrating local and independent comics authors!
Day 1 – Saturday, June 27th, 11-5pm @ DwightMess compound (805 Silver Spring Ave): Events are open to the public, admission is FREE. Featuring Special Guest Artists, gallery exhibitions, workshops, artist talks, a modeling session (suggested donation) and exhibitors, you can dig in to indie comics and also tour the compound, which features an extensive comics collection, a rare video collection, Risograph and screenprinting studios.
Takoma Park Police are investigating an alleged assault and bicycle theft that occurred May 8 in the 1200 block of Myrtle Avenue.
According to TMZ, Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B and NFL player Stefon Diggs were seen in an apparent argument Wednesday afternoon outside a coffee shop and gym in Burtonsville. (more…)
Go to TMZ Captures Apparent Argument Between Cardi B and Stefon Diggs in Montgomery County
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Steeze Burger, which was ranked the number one burger in the DMV by The Washington Post, is set to open its first brick-and-mortar location on Sunday, May 24, at the Shops at Potomac Valley shopping center in Gaithersburg. (more…)
Dor-Ne Corset Shoppe is preparing for a new chapter, announcing plans to relocate to the Meadowood Shopping Center in Colesville after more than two decades in downtown Silver Spring.
Montgomery County Police shared an overview of reported calls for service from May 12, 2026, which included multiple vehicle thefts, burglaries, robberies, and school-related threats across several police districts in the county.
A 16-year-old Walt Whitman High School student has been charged after police say he brought a loaded handgun onto school property following an altercation involving teenagers at Westfield Montgomery on Wednesday afternoon.
The Gaithersburg Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying an individual connected to the malicious destruction of property at the Gaithersburg Police Station. (more…)