Beyond MoCo

Big Greek Cafe opened its ninth location at 8874 McGaw Rd in Columbia, MD a couple months back. The Maryland-based chain that started in Downtown Silver Spring has now merged with VA-based Souvlaki Bar and will open four new location in Virginia next year.

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MCDOT

Montgomery County’s Ride On bus service was ranked second nationally in the 2024 Riders Choice Awards for Most Popular Agency and recently recognized for a 20% ridership growth by the American Public Transportation Association.

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Aspen Hill

An adult male suspect was arrested after assaulting a truck driver with a box cutter, smashing the vehicle’s window, and attempting to steal the truck outside the Aspen Hill Giant; the victim sustained minor injuries and escaped.

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Maryland

On Friday, Governor Wes Moore signed an executive order introducing initiatives like a Business Advancement Office, Certified Sites Program, and Coordinated Permitting Review Council to support Maryland’s economic development and streamline business processes. (more…)


Gaithersburg

A Montgomery County police officer and another driver sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries in a two-vehicle collision on December 20, 2024, near Snouffer School Road and Flower Hill Way, with the officer rescued from a burning police cruiser. (more…)


Gaithersburg

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS)  responded to a crash on Flower Hill Way and Snouffer School Rd. shortly before 4:30pm on Friday afternoon in Gaithersburg. The crash involved a Montgomery County Police Department vehicle.

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Crime

U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Brian Patrick Werth, 40, of Beltsville, Maryland, to 37 years in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for two counts of producing child sexual abuse material. Werth, who is a former youth ministries director at a Rockville church when he was living in Montgomery Village, was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl during a youth event at the church in 2016 was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018.

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