MoCo Government

Below is the weekly message from Montgomery County Executive (2/15/2025), followed by a video of the message: (more…)


Beyond MoCo

Yelp’s annual Top 100 Places to Eat “celebrates local restaurants across the U.S. that reflect the unique tastes of the Yelp community.” Yelp’s annual list covers a wide range of places to eat… from white tablecloth to food trucks and taquerias. This year, just one Maryland restaurant made the list.

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Gaithersburg

The City of Gaithersburg has received final permit authorization from the Maryland Department of the Environment for the Blohm Park Trails project (18900 Watkins Mill Rd. next to the Montgomery Meadows neighborhood). The final site plans for this project, SP-9735-2024, will be presented to the Planning Commission on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.

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DMV

Due to how finicky our winter weather can be, a storm showing up on a model a week or more out isn’t usually mentioned by local meteorologists. Thursday’s potential storm, however, has had a strong enough signal to be mentioned by most as we move within five days away from the possible snowstorm.

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Business

Holy Cross Silver Spring and Holy Cross Germantown have announced that they have achieved Gold Certification from the Cribs for Kids® National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program.

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Rockville

The development formerly known as Rockville Town Square has shared a press release announcing a rebrand to The Square. In recent months we’ve let you know of the upcoming Trader Joe’s scheduled to open this year, the arrival of Dirty Dough, over 1,000 people attending the ‘Tree Lighting at the Square’ event, and an overall feeling of optimism as new tenants enter.

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Law

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with a coalition of 12 attorneys general, is seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Americans’ private information through the Treasury’s payment system, after successfully obtaining a court order to block and destroy the records they had accessed. (more…)