Beyond MoCo

Gordon Ramsay’s new series, “Secret Service,” premiered on May 21st and featured the beloved local Greek restaurant Parthenon, located near the DC/Maryland line at 5510 Connecticut Ave. NW, DC. Today, Callahan’s, located at 1808 Rosemont Ave. in Frederick, MD, will be showcased in the first of a special two-part episode.

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Beyond MoCo

Disney almost opened a theme park called Disney’s America in northern Virginia in the early 1990s. The proposed park was to be built in Haymarket, Virginia, near the Manassas National Battlefield Park, and would have been themed around American history.

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News

Governor Wes Moore announced $50 million in grant awards and the creation of a new philanthropic support fund to accelerate efforts to reduce vacant properties in Baltimore City through the Baltimore Vacants Reinvestment Initiative, part of the administration’s broader Reinvest Baltimore strategy. (more…)


Announcement

Join artist Nora Naranjo Morse (Kha’p’o Owenge ([Santa Clara Pueblo]), creator of Always Becoming, and the community that cares for the museum’s ephemeral outdoor sculpture family, to learn about the project’s evolution over the past two decades, and what the future holds.

Learn about the art of clay, traditions of sustainability in Pueblo building techniques, and more. Visitors can enjoy family-friendly art activities, dance performances by the Zuni Olla Maidens, watch a short film, and multiple opportunities to hear from the artist, her family, and museum experts that have contributed to the care and revitalization of the sculptures.


Event

Make something unique from surprising upcycled materials!

MakerHive is stocked with an ever-changing supply of upcycled materials collected from thrift stores, salvage centers, and community donations. Everything is sorted, cleaned, and ready to inspire your next creation.


MCFRS

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) recently shared information regarding the county’s Flood Sensor Partnership– a cooperative effort among County agencies responsible for various aspects of Public Safety, Storm Event Preparedness and Response, and Emergency Management, along with the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to install 35 next generation IoT flood sensors in flood-prone areas of the County. The flood sensors are manufactured by Intellisense and detect rising flood water levels during storm events to send early flood warnings to officials based on real-time monitoring. Additional information below, per Montgomery County:

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Maryland

Attorney General Anthony Brown has joined 20 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging the EPA’s termination of the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program, which was created under the Inflation Reduction Act to aid communities disproportionately impacted by pollution and climate change.

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Burtonsville

Update: Jeffrey’s moved the closing up to July 11th.

Jeffrey’s Subs & Pizza at 15547 Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville, which operated as Jerry’s Subs & Pizza for three decades before rebranding in 2020, has announced it will permanently close on Monday, July 14th.