Bethesda

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) will offer low-cost adult bike classes this fall, including 11 Learn to Ride sessions, one Basic Skills class, and two free walk-up e-scooter classes, with registration required and bicycles and helmets provided for participants.

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Maryland

Governor Wes Moore announced that applications for the $7 million Build Our Future grant program will reopen on August 25, offering up to $2 million in matching grants for infrastructure projects that advance Maryland’s strategic technology and innovation sectors.

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Real Estate

The latest housing data from July indicates that the average number of days a home stays on the market in Montgomery County, Md. and Washington, D.C. has increased to 31 days, a 35% increase above the five-year July average of 23 days, according to new data from the Greater Capital Area Association of REALTORS® (GCAAR).

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Event

Beautiful venue; great art, gifts and hand-crafted items; refreshments; and meet the award-winning painters, photographers, mixed media artists, ceramicists, fiber artists, and more – some 40 artists in all. It’s an extraordinary array of framed wall works, 3-d media including sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, and fiber pieces, and unframed prints.

Among them, you’ll see:


Crime

The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) is investigating a rape at a Rockville gas station and an armed bank robbery in Wheaton committed on consecutive days, and has arrested a suspect who matched descriptions, surveillance, and vehicle details linking both crimes. (more…)