Visit Montgomery recently hosted the MOCO Eats Food and Beverage Conference to provide hospitality professionals with educational opportunities while also supporting MCPS students through a scholarship fundraiser and a student pitch competition. (more…)
The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) responded to a shooting at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Wheaton on Monday night. (more…)
The Maryland Transportation Authority has issued a scam alert for a text that attempt to trick residents into paying fake toll debts. The alert can be seen in full below, courtesy of MDTA:
The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration recently announced the start of dynamic testing of the Purple Line light rail vehicles. The Purple Line is a 16-mile, 21-station light rail line that will extend from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County.
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Maryland Governor Wes Moore was recently spotted in the gym with viral shooting coach Chris Matthews, known as “Lethal Shooter.” Widely recognized as the world’s most sought-after shooting coach, Matthews has honed the skills of NBA and WNBA stars including Jaylen Brown, Grayson Allen, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. The viral video showing a clip of Moore shooting in the gym has gone viral, with over a million views in two days.
As the Hoggle family continues to grapple with the enduring mystery surrounding the disappearance of siblings Sarah and Jacob Hoggle over a decade ago, Hagerstown Police have confirmed that a missing teen found on Monday is not Sarah Hoggle. The teen was brought to the department by a concerned citizen, sparking community speculation that it might be Sarah before authorities verified her identity and contacted her family.
Duke’s Grocery, a DC-based, East London-inspired gastropub, will open at 10128 River Road on Tuesday, April 8, at 6pm.
Just Ice Tea, founded by the creators of Bethesda-based Honest Tea, has announced it has expanded its nationwide presence and will be available in over 12,000 stores, including Target, CVS, Wegmans, and Amazon, offering organic, Fair Trade-certified teas in various flavors. (more…)
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined 17 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the creation of the first publicly funded religious charter school, arguing it would violate constitutional protections requiring public schools to remain secular and could threaten billions in public education funding.
A Gaithersburg man is $123,930 richer after purchasing a winning lottery ticket from the Kentlands Giant. Full story below courtesy MD Lottery: (more…)
A Montgomery County jury found Edgard Castro-Contreras, 21, guilty on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder for his role in a 2022 gang-related shooting that killed o20-year-old Edvin Agustin Leon and critically injured another. He faces multiple life sentences plus 40 years at his August 2025 sentencing. The case involves several co-defendants linked to the MS-13 gang, with trials and sentencing still pending for others. (more…)